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Alone in the Dark
2005
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Positive Reviews
7
Negative reviews
63
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3.0
When the giant, intelligent bees of the future sift through the ashes of our civilization, they will find Alone in the Dark, and they will understand. ..
EW
1.5
With production values as inconsistent as its tone, pic reps a schizoid hybrid of action genres, morphing from supernatural chiller to zombie thriller ..
Variety
0.5
Any chance for suspense is thwarted by gratuitous violence, heavy metal propelled action sequences and laughably flat dialogue between characters who ..
Time Out
0.6
Saying Uwe Bolls Alone in the Dark is better than his 2003 American debut House of the Dead is akin to praising syphilis for not being HIV.
2.0
De Niro, whose performances can never exactly be described as bad, delivers the kind of instantly forgettable turn that reminds viewers hes made films ..
1.5
This is definitely for people who 1) love the video game, 2) think Slater and Dorff are eminently watchable, no matter what bad flick theyre in and 3) ..
0.0
Its just the most inept filmmaking you can catch in theatres right now, or probably all year long.
0.0
This horror film, spun off from an old Atari video game, is so inept on every level, you wonder why the distributor didnt release it straight to video ..
The New York Times
3.1
Grab your funniest smartass friends and have a good time ripping this piece of crap to shreds. I know I did. But if youre looking for a good movie, st ..
E Film Critic
0.0
Seriously, Boll appears to have one goal here, and thats convincing Tim Burton to film a biopic about him.
San Francisco Chronicle
1.0
Christian Slater may be talented, but hes not a headliner anymore.
Cinema Blend
2.0
Terrible beyond belief, like the worst 1940s serial ever made. As for Slater and Dorff...well, theyve been in worse movies wait a minute, no they have ..
One Guys Opinion
0.5
The garish editing and stilted, exposition only dialogue induce the frisson of an Americas Most Wanted re enactment that pays unexpected, sidesplittin ..
Village Voice
1.5
Once the poorly staged mayhem erupts, theres no disguising the fact that its all been a pointless buildup to 40 minutes of running, shooting and screa ..
Tv Guide
0.0
Now Boll intercuts their exploration with the fates of the nameless, faceless commandos as theyre systematically killed off, and if you havent figured ..
Mark Reviews Movies
1.9
And star Jared Robbins isnt much better, overacting his way through every single scene hes in (theres probably a reason hes never appeared in anything ..
Reel Film Reviews
2.0
But dont forget, theres also those experiments Hudgens did 22 years ago.
Eric Ds Nider
0.5
Theres nothing even remotely entertaining about this film audiences should stay home and play the original (or one of its numerous sequels) on Playsta ..
Film Journal International ..
1.3
The film is filled with hilariously bad performances, expository dialogue and production values that suggest it could have been a low budget film scho ..
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
0.6
so far off the scale bad that the only possible reaction is to laugh at it and I do mean at it and not with it.
Internet Reviews
0.6
Its beyond pointless to try to reconstruct or deconstruct that nonsense here.
Boston
0.5
The title is reasonably fitting, since I very nearly was alone in the dark when I saw it.
Mountain X
1.3
Alone in the Dark is so awful, anyone who spends 10 bucks seeing it ought to get 11 bucks change and a written apology from the director and cast.
Toronto Star
0.5
Even a dark blank screen would be more entertaining than anything included in this incomprehensible horror film.
Reel Talk Reviews
0.5
The streaming, agonizingly long preamble (In a galaxy far away no one should have to sit through this film), with simultaneous narration, quickly elic ..
Flim Threet
0.0
Any such thought quickly fades, though, as writer director Uwe Boll keeps on finding new ways of hitting rather astonishing cinematic lows.
Mr Brown Movies
0.6
This is jaw dropping, awe inspiring, I cant believe someone made this crap badness were dealing with.
The Movie Boy
3.0
Director Uwe Boll (House of the Dead) has made a cottage industry out of this kind of junk. Maybe its time for him to close up shop.
Seattle Pi
1.5
In reality, intellectual drag makes her look less like a scientist than a stripper at the beginning of her act.
Pajiba
0.0
Director Uwe Boll (is) a latter day Ed Wood who fancies himself a cross between action sytlish John Woo and B movie horror ific John Carpenter.
Spliced Wire
1.3
Im not complaining that the movie isnt realistic, because clearly that style isnt called for.
Movie Habit
1.0
Believe it or not, it is possible to inspire decent cinema from the roots of Nintendo or Playstation. But you cant do it with Pong caliber talent.
Boxoffice Magazine
3.0
So poorly built, so horribly acted and so sloppily stitched together that its not even at the straight to DVD level.
E Online
0.5
Maybe the only people who can explain this flicks nonsensical plotline are those who squandered their youth mastering the Atari video game on which it ..
La Weekly
1.5
As an audience participation midnight movie, Alone in the Dark has potential.
Kansas City
0.0
Perhaps hoping to be a sort of hybrid Matrix meets Indiana Jones meets Alien, Unfortunately, Alone in the Dark is just a bad movie.
Ross Anthony
0.0
as predictable as watching a bag of microwave popcorn pop and as terrifying as a herd of dust bunnies
Killer Movie Reviews
0.0
She doesnt even show us some skin during the gratuitous sex scene, which makes it even more meaningless and unnecessary than usual.
Waffle Movies
1.5
The cheap, loud Alone In The Dark marks an improvement over Bolls last effort, simply because it doesnt cut away to subliminal flashes of images from ..
Film Avclub
0.5
The characters discover some writing which translates as: If youve made it this far alive, youre already dead.
Scifi Movie Page
2.0
If nothing else, Alone in the Dark proves that its possible to dumb down a video game.
Guide Live
1.5
Christian Slater and Stephen Dorff, the reigning princes of Hollywood schlock, join forces in this brain dead adaptation of a popular video game.
Chicago Reader
2.0
Every time its used, it evokes an awkward combination of laughter and discomfort which, as the film sinks deeper and deeper into oblivion, is the only ..
Flip Side Archive
1.3
Its tempting to call Alone in the Dark one of those movies so bad that its almost good. But that might send the wrong signal to Hollywood.
Freep
2.0
If its somehow twice as good as Alone in the Dark, its still going to be a chore to sit through.
From The Balcony
1.0
Trying to rehash this plot is like trying to describe a Jackson Pollock painting while drunk
Filmcritic.com
0.6
The film looks like it was made for $1.05 with its murky cinematography, sloppy special effects, and cheap sets.
Aisle Seat
1.3
Woefully murky and meaningless...The worlds most durable and heavy duty flashlight couldnt bring an ounce of brightness to the underwhelming Alone in ..
Movie Eye
1.0
Theres a point in the movie where its best to stop trying to make sense out of this unintelligible story... right after the opening credits.
TheMovieChicks.com
3.0
I walked in expecting to see a fun adaptation of a video game franchise that I had fond memories of.
Wp Me
1.5
Tara Reid responds to the camera like shes just caught a paparazzo; every line of dialogue begins with, Hey guys, be it ordering lunch or reacting to ..
IGN Movies
2.0
If anyone were pondering what Ed Wood would be like today if he were armed with foreign financing and computer effects, look no further than Uwe Boll.
Film Jerk
0.0
In the first of many ridiculous scenes, this guy doesnt flinch when repeatedly shot in the chest, yet reacts big time to one of Carnbys karate kicks.)
Ear Of Newt
1.0
Its never good when the audience starts laughing as soon as the movie begins and nothing has happened.
Film Force Ign
0.0
Dorff has messed about in bad science fiction (Blade) for quite a while and occasionally hes entertaining in a berserker kind of way.
The Tyee
2.0
Bolls vague X Files rip off isnt scary or exciting, but inadvertently hes made a movie funnier than a lot of the purported comedies Hollywood cranks o ..
Reel Times: Reflections on ..
3.0
Thanks for the surgical enhancement, Tara Reid. As I always say, if saline made you a great actor then Sean Penn would have gills.
Movie Juice
1.3
In this chintzy video game blow up, Christian Slater battles zombies and transmogrified beasties, revealing the horror of a once promising career turn ..
Boston Phoenix
2.3
There is a reason to fear being alone in the dark: its this movie.
Apollo Guide
1.0
You start hoping that Ashton Kutcher is going to come out and tell them theyre punkd, because you just cant believe this is for real. You feel sorry f ..
Chud
1.5
This is pretty close to one of the worse movies that Ive ever seen and having to recap it is making my brain bleed..
3 Black Chicks
0.0
How do you savage something this pathetic, this completely unbothered by the basic concept of passable composition
The Cinema Phile Blog
3.0
They say that even ugly babies have faces their mothers love, but this is truly a film that not even hardcore genre fans could appreciate.
Now Playing Mag
0.6
Alone in the Dark doesnt even deserve the indignity of going straight to video
Wash Times
2.0
Alone in the Dark co stars perpetual party girl Tara Reid as an archeologist. That alone should give you some clue as to how bad this movie is.
Access Atlanta
0.6
At its heart, the movie is a 90 minute special effects reel, with enough shattered glass, splattered blood and digitally enhanced beasts to satisfy un ..
Rossiter Drake
1.5
In any case, ALONE IN THE DARK is better than expected, but, considering the reputation of its author, this isnt much of an achievement.
Drax Review Blog Spot
0.5
...films like Battlefield Earth and The Adventures of Pluto Nash await a film of this magnitude because it gets awfully lonely on the island of misfit ..
Ww2 Gazette
0.6
Dont watch Alone in the Dark. Not even as a joke. Its eighty minutes that absolutely no one can give you back.
Más Gamers
1.0
A better title for this film would have been Dazed and Confused. Thats certainly how I felt afterwards.
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