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Release Date:
28 January 2005 (USA) moreTagline:
Evil awakens. morePlot:
Based on the video game, Alone in the Dark focuses on Edward Carnby, a detective of the paranormal, who slowly unravels a mysterious events with deadly results. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(25 articles)
Uwe boll’s Tunnel Rats: Review (From 24FramesPerSecond. 21 February 2009, 2:57 AM, PST)
Uwe Boll wants you to fund his next film
(From TotalFilm. 15 February 2009, 1:03 PM, PST)
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I went on a quest for the worst movie ever made that had a high budget, and It has been discovered. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Christian Slater | ... | Edward Carnby | |
| Tara Reid | ... | Aline Cedrac | |
| Stephen Dorff | ... | Cmdr. Richard Burke | |
| Frank C. Turner | ... | Sam Fischer | |
| Matthew Walker | ... | Prof. Lionel Hudgens | |
| Will Sanderson | ... | Agent Miles | |
| Mark Acheson | ... | Captain Chernick (as Mark Atcheson) | |
| Darren Shahlavi | ... | John Dillon | |
| Karin Konoval | ... | Sister Clara | |
| Craig Bruhnanski | ... | 80's Sheriff (as Craig Brunanski) | |
| Kwesi Ameyaw | ... | Deputy Adams | |
| Dustyn Arthurs | ... | Young Edward | |
| Catherine Lough Haggquist | ... | Krash | |
| Ed Anders | ... | James Pinkerton | |
| Brad Turner | ... | Beat Cop |
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Rated R for violence and language.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
USA:96 min | Argentina:96 minLanguage:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Germany:18 (director's cut) | UK:18 | Taiwan:R-12 | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:M18 | New Zealand:R16 | Finland:K-15 | Spain:13 | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:13 | South Korea:15 (cable rating) | Canada:14A | Germany:16 | Philippines:R-13 | USA:R | Australia:MAFun Stuff
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Was given an additional ten million after execs read the green draft of the shooting script. Uwe Boll poured the money into special effects and ended up losing a lot of the background in the script. Thus, the title scroll at the beginning of the film. moreGoofs:
Continuity: During the taxi chase, the taxi rams Carnby's taxi and the bonnet/fender are dented. However, seconds later when they turn a corner, the taxi is undamaged. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Prof. Lionel Hudgens: [narrating] In 1967, mine workers discovered the first remnants of a long lost Native American civilization - The Abkani. The Abkani believed that there are two worlds on this planet, a world of light and a world of darkness. 10,000 years ago the Abkani opened a gate between these worlds...
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Synthetic Generation moreFAQ
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True, there are many movies much worse then this movie. This movie was no Manos: The Hands of Fate, or Troll 2 (yes, I have seen them both.. twice) but at the same time this movie is No Alien, Predator or even Alien Vs. Predator (Yes, even that movie surpassed this). Movies like this make Battlefield Earth look like a Star Wars it is so bad. Razzie awards lookout, your biggest competition has just arrived in theaters. This film I'm talking about is of course Alone in the Dark. I'll try to take you though a step by step process on why this film was so bad.
Acting- I'll first start off with what perhaps was the best component of this film (next to the ending credits, which played 'Wish I had An Angel', the acting. Christian Slater must be proud of himself, he successfully proved that it is possible to act decent in a film worse then drinking antifreeze. Though all his awful dialog he had to speak, it made me wonder why he just didn't walk off the set halfway. Perhaps it was because of Stephen Dorff being in the film as well (somebody he wishes he could be but fails at it). Tara Reid is a bad actress but good looking and that's all that really matters in films like these. That is not to say the acting was perfect though, it was average, not good, and perhaps the only thing in the film not good.
The Soundtrack- Except for 'Wish I had An Angel', the soundtrack is pointless and bad heavy medal being pumped into the viewers ears, perhaps to disguise the awful story (something I will get to soon). A long and very expensive 2 CD soundtrack is now up for sale for those musically challenged.
The Directing- Directed by Hollywoods favorite director Uwe Ball who brought us the classic House of the Dead. Telling us "Yes, movies can get this utterly bad and that's just the beginning to my deadly saga of awful movies". At least it is said to be directed by Uwe Ball. Without being told I would have guessed a monkey was kidnapped from the Congo, brought here and forced to make opinions on how to make the movie under penalty of being shocked. The director of photography was probably a camcorder taped onto a skateboard and pushed forward until it hits a wall. On the scenes where the camera should stay still it is constantly moving, not allowing us to stop anywhere and when it should be moving in action, the camera stops for some reason.
The Producing- Who on earth is stupid enough to put money towards this bomb? I pity the fool... sometimes. Sometimes I'm glad he or she was taught such a lesson to never put money towards garbage worse then dog dung tied up in a bag.
The Writing / Storyboard- Trying to Analise the story is more painful then jamming an ice pick under a big toe and kicking a soccer ball as hard as I possibly could with it right after but I will still attempt it.
Edward Carnby escapes as a child from an orphanage where 20 children where to go under science experiments. He escapes and hides in an electrical outlet where he is electrocuted (this is the point where it got so bad i started to laugh out loud). Then it fast-forwards many years later where he's a paranoia detective. He get's attacked by some zombie that can't be shot to death, kills it and moves on with life. Later on he gets attacked by some crazy looking monster and he discovers secrets that nobody else knows.
Yeah, the plot is bad, really really bad. The film beings with expecting us to read approximately 10 minutes, which felt like 100, of random text about an untrue civilization called the Abskani. The film goes not to have one twist after another, more then the audience can handle, more then the audience wants to handle, more then the audience could ever care about. This storyline is rock bottom bad that even Double Dragon does better.
Overall, miss out on this movie. I gave it a 1 out of 10 but that is because there is no 0.