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Alone in the Dark (2005)
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Reviews Counted:116
Fresh:1
Rotten:115
Average Rating:1.7/10
Consensus: Inept on almost every level, Alone in the Dark may not work as a thriller, but it's good for some head-slapping, incredulous laughter.
Theatrical Release: Jan 28, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $5.1M
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Starring: Christian Slater, Tara Reid, Stephen Dorff, Frank C. Turner
Director: Uwe Boll
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REVIEWS FOR ALONE IN THE DARK
The horror. The hor-ror!
Apr 29, 2009
Lame monster movies like this adaptation of the popular Atari video game are scary for all the wrong reasons.
Aug 7, 2008
The late Gene Siskel once devised a simple method of measuring a film's worth: 'Is this film more interesting than a documentary of the same actors having lunch?' 'Alone in the Dark' doesn't come close to matching that standard.
May 29, 2008
There's nothing even remotely entertaining about this film -- audiences should stay home and play the original (or one of its numerous sequels) on Playstation instead.
Mar 1, 2007
Christian Slater and Stephen Dorff, the reigning princes of Hollywood schlock, join forces in this brain-dead adaptation of a popular video game.
Jan 5, 2007
Top CriticAny chance for suspense is thwarted by gratuitous violence, heavy-metal–propelled action sequences and laughably flat dialogue between characters who are barely more developed than in the Atari version.
Jun 24, 2006
better than expected, but, considering the reputation of its author, this isn't much of an achievement
Nov 6, 2005
Alone in the Dark pourrait figurer dans un dictionnaire en exemple frappant de ce que signifie «insipide».
Jul 27, 2005
Eu devia ter suspeitado de algo quando meu aparelho de DVD pareceu se recusar a rodar este filme. E posso jurar que ele pediu um Cepacol depois que a tortura chegou ao fim.
Jul 16, 2005
This is pretty close to one of the worse movies that I've ever seen and having to recap it is making my brain bleed..
Jun 25, 2005
As long as director Uwe Boll is given money to make films, we are guaranteed at least one unintentionally uproarious gut-buster a year.
Jun 15, 2005
Boll’s vague X-Files rip-off isn’t scary or exciting, but inadvertently he’s made a movie funnier than a lot of the purported comedies Hollywood cranks out.
Apr 13, 2005
How Uwe Boll manages to scrape together enough investment money to give wing to this type of overblown, amateurish gibberish is truly a mystery of the cosmos...
Mar 30, 2005
Little of Alone in the Dark makes Earthly sense, but it at least knows how to be bad in original ways.
Mar 1, 2005
Has just about everything a snarky bad movie lover could want--that is, except a guy and two robots sitting in the bottom right hand corner.
Feb 27, 2005
Remember to get your bets in early as the Razzie winner for 2005.
Feb 10, 2005
You start hoping that Ashton Kutcher is going to come out and tell them they’re punk’d, because you just can’t believe this is for real. You feel sorry for these actors...
Feb 8, 2005
It's never good when the audience starts laughing as soon as the movie begins -- and nothing has happened.
Feb 7, 2005
For as busy as this movie is, you'd think it would have more going on. Instead, it's just a big, chewy wad of badness.
Feb 7, 2005
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