The ridiculous story of a ragtag band of survivors in a world ravaged by a virus which turns people into vampires. These survivors find themselves trapped in a hospital and can't get out...because...uh....the doors are locked? They're trying to find their way down to the basement to get to a parking garage.....before.....uh.....the generator dies and the security door won't let them out? They stumble around in this deserted building, being hunted by packs of vampires who seem to have no trouble getting around. They come to door after door, which they can't get through because they are locked. I'm sorry, but did the world's supply of crow bars just vaporize when this plague hit? Which brings out one of the many flaws in this movie. If I was a "survivor" in a world overrun by vampires, I'd be carrying every weapon I could get my hands on. Even if I couldn't find a gun anywhere, I'd get a butcher knife, a steel rod, hell, a big stick. But these people carry nothing. They make no attempt to actively defend themselves from the vampires. They simply wander around like sheep waiting to be eaten. But wait, along comes our hero. He does come along right? I mean, I do believe I remember seeing one of two quick flashes of him, mumbling some stupid commands to his "team". And I believe he did actually kill a vampire, right? The fight scenes happened so fast, and were filmed with constantly shifting camera angles so that you couldn't tell what happened. You see a flash of his face, a flash of his sword, and then blood is flying everywhere. Nothing he does in this movie even approximates acting. Like good wine, some actors get better and better with age. Steven Seagal just goes sour. Like this movie.
Review of Against the Dark
