Dark Country (2009)

Purely Joyful Movie!

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

First off, you know what this movie looks like? Imagine picking up a shattered egg that had just now fallen out of an eagle's nest. And inside, you see this half-formed, or in this case, nearly nearly complete fetus, but not just fetus, another two, three days THIS would have been a little eagle.This movie would never have been a super-big colossal mainstream hit, but it could have been an eagle amongst other cult movies......but something went wrong. Listening to the DVD commentary just adds fuel to this suspicion. It is as their budget ran out, the time limits, something. Some plug was pulled. The egg was shattered and the chick is not properly formed yet. But what there is of the chick, it would have been some eagle.Instead, it kinda limps as it flies.There are so many mistakes, if you'd honk a car horn for each and every one, it would be a virtual cacophony.Let me just say, as I started off watching, I thought I LIKE THIS... THIS I'M GONNA GIVE A 10.(I tend not to be too thrilled with my movies. I collect them for the sake of the pretty actresses and I am that way stuck in a trend that means they're kinda Bumsville and it soon shows as you watch. I'm trying to say few movies win me over in an instant. This one very very soon had me thinking WOW this is promising LOOK AT THAT PRETTY GIRL - Lauren German you are a vision, you are a little goddess, Lauren MERE WORDS CAN'T DO YOU JUSTICE - hell, waking up and you are married to THAT ONE? Is not exactly a fate worse than death. Oh, okay, gotta get back on track.... Also, the way the titles appear, grand graphic novel style, settle in for the ride of your life...I just wanna say that besides looking AWESOME, Lauren gives a wonderfully convincing acting performance. Critics praise Thomas Jane? Aw pshaw! It's Lauren! Lauren in the trailer made me buy this movie (which I'd never heard of before) and Lauren is worth it ALL THE WAY. Her screen presence is magnificent and I consider her ONE OF THE VERY BEST I'VE EVER SEEN ON FILM......and people, I am that fool fan boy here on IMDb known as The Raven, a laughable little critter, but people, I know what I am talking about, I am a man of taste, not ashamed of admitting what I like LIKE SO MANY ENVIOUS ONES OUT THERE.Let's just all admit in: Lauren is a Class A dream-girl, and that old Dodge speeding along the deserted highway (er, deserted road that used to be a highway, whatever) = the stuff that dreams are made of. To bring in some story to give it suspense, we have the nightmare intruding upon paradise.But the problem is: Too much nightmare.It's all ruined by the overplaying of the Bloodyface character, who plays the misery of his situation not like a severely hurt human but like an alien in a grotesque rubber mask.This movie fails because of shoddy bodywork done to the vehicle. It ultimately needed only a glossy coat over that purring engine.It didn't get it.For shame.I'm sure some exec guys in accounting were to blame. It was a money thing.Stupid.Stupid stupid shame.

Plot wasn't the strongest side of that movie. In fact, there was few of it. However background and setting where quite intriguing. Night landscapes of the desert, impressive starry skies and mysterious lights behind the scenes were absorbing my attention and didn't let me get bored, despite late night time when I watched the film. Also old cars were adding some of the flavor. As for the story itself, it was not much complicated, and quite predictable, so that can be counted as a disadvantage. It was mainly played by two actors who did quite well.Not a great movie, but still worth watching.

I felt this movie heaped on 'style' like a trowel and ended up falling very short of the markFrom the outset we have a movie that is trying to be somewhere in the middle of Psycho and Sin City but unfortunately this is in the same league as neither. The script and storyline are not strong enough to support the o.t.t picture and sound in this The sound design is quite annoying. witness lights buzzing at the rest area, not particularly new and then they decide to keep going with it loudly all the way through the entire scene. How about give us a hint and then introduce a different sound? Or even better create something completely newI also found the ice cube scene quite comical, which I'm guessing is not the effect they were afterLess would have been more here, and it appears they were trying too hard with what they had. David Lynch this definitely isn't. For me, it was severely lacking in substance and true style

The movie was boring. And sort of predictable to me. And many people who have watched Twilight Zone TV show. Was the man Crazy or was the man in Hell? We will never know, This 10 Line crap is bull. Because you really don't need to know anymore than this movie sucked. I mean the girl didn't even get naked. Was the man a serial killer? Was it all a dream and he worked in a Elementary School as a Lunch lady? I think Highlander guy could do better, That was the Highlander guy wasn't it? Hey did you guys hear about the Chilean earthquake? Whats up with that? any way back to the movie. Um I liked the 1940's greenscreen like in the car driving scenes