Alone in the Dark

Seattle Post-Intelligencer by

Director Uwe Boll ("House of the Dead") has made a cottage industry out of this kind of junk. Maybe it's time for him to close up shop.

Dallas Observer by Bill Gallo

Here is the horror-action genre at its silliest and most uninspired.

Washington Post by Desson Thomson

This is definitely for people who 1) love the video game, 2) think Slater and Dorff are eminently watchable, no matter what bad flick they're in and 3) are wearing industrial-strength ear plugs.

Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas

Since the film is based on the Atari video game of the same name, it also has much to appeal to headbangers: fast pace, lots of gadgets, monsters, explosive special effects, plenty of inscrutable plot twists and turns.

Charlotte Observer by Lawrence Toppman

Slater narrates as if reading a restaurant menu. Reid seems to have learned each long sentence in segments, so she wouldn't be overtaxed.

The Hollywood Reporter by Michael Rechtshaffen

One of those rare instances of a movie being so bad ... it's still really bad.

Chicago Tribune by Michael Wilmington

That this bit of pustulence is based on a video game of the same name is no surprise. It explains the thin plot, characters and abundant gunplay.

The New York Times by Stephen Holden

So inept on every level, you wonder why the distributor didn't release it straight to video, or better, toss it directly into the trash.