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Against the Dark (2009)

Directed by Richard Crudo

Action | Horror | Science Fiction

Overview

When most of the population of Earth is infected by a virus and transformed into flesh eaters and blood drinking creatures, a group of hunters lead by Tao and his sword chase the vampire zombies to eliminate them. Six non-infected survivors try to find the exit of an abandoned hospital crowded of the infected creatures. Meanwhile, the military is ready to bomb the whole area.

Rated R | Length 93 minutes

Actors

Steven Seagal | Linden Ashby | Jenna Harrison | Danny Midwinter | Emma Catherwood | Stephen Hagan | Daniel Percival | Skye Bennett | Tanoai Reed | Keith David | Clay Donahue Fontenot | Andreea Ungureanu | Claudiu Bleonţ | Stephen Haynes | Meda Andreea Victor | Florian Ciprian | Dian Hristov | Tania Dobre | Mihaela Constantin

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
05/31/2012TVDVDLibrary5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Steven Seagal has really declined to the level of not doing any real stunt work/physical hand-to-hand combat stuff anymore. Not sure why that is, but it’s too bad, because Against the Dark could have really used some Seagal ass-kicking in it.

To be fair, he does do some ass-kicking, but it’s all with bladed weapons and the cinematography on those scenes leaves something to be desired. It wasn’t terrible, but wasn’t terribly good either.

Despite the worn down premise and the mostly singular location (a hospital), there were a few interesting moments (one in particular, involving a broken beer bottle and a grenade, was pretty damn inventive and cool) that kept me from dozing off. Still, I can’t say I recommend anyone seek this out and watch it.

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