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ReviewScore: 11 out of 100
SBD Star Rating:
by Lew Irwin
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 Reviews don't come any worse than those for the horror film Alone in the Dark. Stephen Holden in the New York Times writes that it "is so inept on every level, you wonder why the distributor didn't release it straight to video, or better, toss it directly into the trash." Similarly, Jack Mathews writes in the New York Daily News that it "is no better than whatever you might pick up while wearing a blindfold at Blockbuster, even if you happen to reach into a trash can." How bad is it really? "So bad in ways the people who coined the word never even thought of," writes Chris Kaltenbach in the Baltimore Sun, "that it's hard to imagine anyone over the age of 10 was involved with it." Janice Page in the Boston Globe remarks that the film has reached the lowest "level of pee-yew." But leave it to Kevin Thomas in the Los Angeles Times to find a jewel where others find trash. Thomas writes that the film has "fast pace, lots of gadgets, monsters, explosive special effects, plenty of inscrutable plot twists and turns. Beyond that, director Uwe Boll, cinematographer Mathias Neumann and production designer Tink have created a striking-looking world for their film -- one that's shadowy, brooding and menacing. On a purely visual level, Alone in the Dark is persuasive. |
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