Regular Price $14.98

Starring: Christian Slater,  Tara Reid,  Stephen Dorff,  Frank C. Turner,  Matthew Walker, 
Directed By: Uwe Boll, 
Rated: R (Restricted)
Release Date: 2005-01-28
Studio: Lions Gate
Format: Closed-captioned,  Color,  DVD-Video,  Widescreen,  NTSC, 

Editorial Reviews and DVD Information about Alone in the Dark

Amazon.com
As another entry in the video-game-to-movie genre, Alone in the Dark certainly delivers in terms of its splattering gore and number of things that get shot or blown up with the kind of arsenal familiar to any fan of games that allow the player to shoot or blow things up. You could argue that some game-based movies have been big successes--gauged either by audience appeal or box office scores. Even though a lot of hardcore gamers probably won't care, Alone in the Dark is not of that ilk. At least the Resident Evil and Tomb Raider series had some interesting characters and locations (not to mention sexy stars). But Alone in the Dark is crippled from the first by a mundane setting of caves, laboratories, and street-fighting backgrounds as well as a cast (including Christian Slater, Stephen Dorff, and Tara Reid) that couldn't be less interested in the overly complex plot. The absurdity starts right away with a long expository pre-title text crawl that carries all the gravitas of a "Monty Python" sketch intro. The gist of the plot has a group of scientists, special-ops military guys, and paranormal freaks and geeks investigating evil creatures that were once harnessed by an extinct subset race of Native Americans. Unleashed again, the creatures must be destroyed, which is where the video game blasting and attendant gore comes into play. Considering the cult following the game series carries (the first installment is over a decade old), Alone in the Dark could find a nice little life on DVD, but theater-goers might discover the title's a little too literal. --Ted Fry

Customer Reviews for Alone in the Dark

The scariest part of the film was Christian Slater and Tara Ried's acting
I caught Alone in the Dark late last night and am still trying to figure out what kept me awake to watch it. It wasn't the story or the acting. I think it was my deep desire to see Christian Slater and/or Tara Ried get ripped apart by the creatures. In addition the a washed up slater and the always brilliant Tara Reid (joking) there was a special laughable appearence by Stephen Dorff. The overacting was abundant and everything else was severely lacking. The only positive about this film was the creatures themselves. They looked like and alien/scorpion mix and dwelled in the darkness. Very cool. Outside of that there really isn't much here folks.Alone in the Dark

Why Did I Waste My Money???
Why did I waste my money on this atrocity?!?!?! Alone In The Dark, based off the video game, can be described in many different words, but all bad ones. Some words to describe ALONE IN THE DARK are as follows: atrocious, abysmal, outstanding (in the bad way), barbaric, diabolical, repulsive, odious, apalling, horrendous, etc., etc., etc. You get the idea.

The effects were okay, but they would have been better if the plot made sense, which, as you may guess, it didn't. The acting was awful, and there were so many unexpected parts of the movie that seemed as though they were just thrown in there for kicks because the director was bored.

Unless you want to throw your precious, hard-earned money down the drain and into the pipes and cesspool, STAY AWAY FROM THIS MOVIE AT ALL TIMES!! You won't regret not buying it, and that's for real!Alone in the Dark

half and half
okay, i'm one of the few people out there that thought this movie wasn't that bad. don't get me wrong i mean it was bloody awful but it was so campy and funny that i wouldn't be surprised if they rereleased it in the theatres and it became like a Rocky Horror thing with people throwing stuff and yelling at the screen. then it would be bearable. honestly though the action scenes and the special features were what made this movie enjoyable to me. everything else was like a total wtf moment.Alone in the Dark

A failure on all levels
"Alone in the Dark" fails miserably as both a regular film and as something that might be appreciated as a bad movie, primarily because it commits the cardinal sin of being boring. Hey, this is a movie with ancient civilizations and an ancient McGuffin, a government paranormal research team, and some monsters that look like Alien. You can make a bad movie with those elements, but making that movie _boring_ on top of that is quite an achievement. What makes "Alone in the Dark" even worse is that the first five minutes actually have kind of a goofy energy that is missing from the remainder of the movie. Those first five minutes are like a promise to the audience that is broken by the rest of the film. Even "House of the Dead," Boll's previous video game movie, is entertaining as a bad movie because of its wacky energy - it keeps things moving and takes advantage, on a B-movie level, of its key story elements. "Alone in the Dark" fails to do so.

Christian Slater does his best with the material he was given, and even Tara Reid manages to gamely get through her part. The fault here is clearly in writing and direction. The editor has to take some blame as well.

Do not be caught alone in the dark with this movie, unless you need a sleep aid.Alone in the Dark

Was this suppose to be a horror flick?
If your looking for sometype of horror then skip this right now. The less said about this movie the better. Its very predictable with an awkward story. Lots of cliches and bad dialogue. But it does deliver on the action and gore. I can't take that away. So if your looking for some blood then this could be your rental right here. Also the extras contain 6 heavy metal videos.Alone in the Dark