ALONE IN THE DARK (DVD Review) - 7/1/07

First off this is a terrible film - But it is also terribly entertaining! For the hour and a half running time I was entertained with some laughs, explosions & fights, a bit of romance and a vague but fairly interesting story along the lines of archaeological mythos with a sprinkle of Matrix-style FX and some gobbledygook about a door between worlds. Chuck in Christian Slater and Stephen Dorff to the mix with some crazy CGI monsters and a lot of guns going off and for the first 20 minutes or so it really does come across quite well. You could certainly watch it once and enjoy it for what it is and at least the Director & Producers made an effort with this DVD release as there is also a nice slew of Special Features to go with it unlike some piss-poor Vanilla discs I could tell you about. Based on a game ( Hollywood's desperation now stretches for the last few years in gaining new material for films by trawling the games/comics market for inspiration - Some adaptions haven't been that successful) which I have never heard of; a Paranormal Detective investigates Supernatural events and gets involved with his ex-government agency, looking into a mystery from his past and (not surprising!) the "end of the world" as usual gubbins. SPECIAL FEATURES: Commentary and Into The Dark Making Of Featurette. Shedding The Light Featurette with Storyboard To Screen Feature. Bullet Time Animatic and five Music Videos. Plus a great Dolby/DTS 5.1. Soundtrack.

"It's behind you!"

"Your saying yours is bigger than mine?"