Alone in the Dark is the latest film from Director Uwe Boll who also has the horrific House of the Dead under his belt. It doesn't come as a surprise, but this film is just as bad as his 2003 disaster. This man has a preference for video games, that is clear. The problem is he has no vision whatsoever, but turning some interesting video games into two hour messes and headaches.
From its principle, we understand this film is not going to be entirely accurate to the popular atari video game, but it turns out that this film as a whole is beyond recognition. There is nothing to be said for fanatics of the game that can be compared to the jumbled mess that has been put on screen. A complete CGI marathon is what the audience receives and the CGI looks just plain awful.
This film looks more like a Computer Generated film that happens to have actual people in it then a film with actors that happens to have CGI in it. Everyone should avoid any film that seems to be in that situation. And when a movie has a simple story and then becomes a repetitive kill anything that is not human type of film, this would be a good time to do something more useful with your time.
Alone in the Dark is laughable from its premise. It begins with a small narration from Christian Slater who plays Edward Carnby, a detective of the paranormal. Slater is always set with a trench coat and gun. He comes across Aline Cedrac who is played by Tara Reid and then of course they encounter creatures that are unknown to mankind. Their acting is average, but that is not enough to lift this deformed production.
It is saddening to think there are plenty of independent directors trying to make their way into Hollywood and instead we have someone with almost zero talent making disgraced movies. Uwe Boll is practically taking millions of dollars and turning it into a pile of wasted manure. Directing is easy when you read the guidebook for "How to not direct a movie".
With Bloodrayne in post-production, its hard to imagine if Uwe Boll might change for his own good. The audience expects more of the same nonsense and more of the same garbage. If Uwe can somehow change his direction into a more intelligent and though-provoking kind of way then we might see a brighter future for video game based movies. However, if not, then we will witness more good video games being turned into a pile of the smelliest cowdum.
Does Uwe Boll truly think he is doing a good job with his video game based films? This could be so, however I cannot come to any conclusion. What is far worse is that Boll has three other video game based films being made which include Bloodrayne, Hunter: The Reckoning and Far Cry. I don't think I speak for myself only when I yell at Hollywood to eliminate him from touching anymore films period.
Alone in the Dark's half a star comes from the actors who are made to look worse than they truly are and for an idea that might have turned out passable if Uwe Boll was not in the directors spot. Uwe Boll's direction overpowers these two things and therefore it will easily rank in the bottom ten films of 2005. Alone in the Dark deserved to be a straight to video film, but even that would be praising it.
