في الظلام

source: In Darkness

I know. blind damsel in distress. you've seen it all before. no you haven't. lots of twists and turns. you'll have a good time.

I watched this flick mostly because Natalie Dormer played the lead chatacter, and was involved in making the script. It had some ponential, but lot of twists that were not in line with the whole movie, made this movie to be almost laughable. So many plot holes regarding her bindnes, and totaly unexplained reasons for the main antagonist, why would he be such a master villain, was to much for me. Everyting from the score, acting, and the script in this flick were poorly performed.

No British thriller can be done without the most absurd, ham-handed and obvious conspiracy thrown in. I won't spoil the "twist" at the end other than to say it is childish.

Boring Stuff!! Boring Stuff!! Very predictable a big thumbs down!

There have been a bunch of movies centering on a blind character many of them have similarities, so this movie was a complete surprise for me. It kind of gets off to a slow start but a lot of good stories get off to a slow start. This is like an old Hollywood suspense movie, you know something is going on under the surface, you make guesses, you're intrigued but you're not quite sure what's going to happen next. It pulls you in and suddenly you're immersed. Natalie Dormer is Brilliant in this movie, I felt her pain, her sadness and her strength. I hope they remember her when it's nomination time. I felt her performance was that good. Joely Richardson who I remember as the wife from "Nip/Tuck" was at first unrecognizable to me but there's no hiding that voice. For the most part I don't think she's that great of an actress, she mostly seems to have 1 character, cold and aloof but it works for her in this movie. The other actors did a fine job, none of them really stood out for me, the police detective being the least interesting. The cinematography was really nice, the music was wonderful, I wish there would have been more of Natalie's character playing piano, it was so beautiful. As with any good suspense story there were some surprising moments and it kept me thinking and wondering right to the end. This isn't an action movie with CGI special effects, it's a real movie with a believable intricate plot. I thoroughly enjoyed it, I'm sure I'm going to be watching it again where I'll pay more attention to details. There are some movies you can only truly experience everything it offers, the first time you see it and you can never have that experience again but you need to watch it again to observe seemingly insignificant nuances. If you're a fan of interesting movies with a fully developed plot and good acting I'm sure you will enjoy this movie. If nothing else it's an original story, it's not a remake or a reboot, something that's becoming quite rare in the entertainment industry.

Dormer's earlier film The Forest was boring n lousy but in this film she gave a good performance. I liked this film's suspense n story. This movie will keep u glued till the end. The sex scene was necessary to establish the connection between the characters n the nudity to show off the tattoos.

At the beginning, In Darkness plays like a good thriller centered on a blind musician who witnesses an horrible crime (with her ears) and then lives in a permanent paranoïa. Natalie acts - reasonnably - well. The director knows his jobs. Fine. And then things begin to unravel. Deeply. The plot turns to farce. Useless violent scenes are followed by useless dialogues. Just an example: would you torture a woman in van driving on a road, after kidnapping in a crowded street? Would you do that or, first, ask to give you what you want? Non, overkill, of course. Don't you think you could have met your victim, at night, in her appartment, without risking to be arrested by the police? Oh my... And that is far from being the sole inconsistency of this mediocre scenario. The worst being the so called BIG FINAL TWIST (Night Shyamala get out of this picture!) Silly. Meaningless. Laughable. You're left exhausted and bewildered by a big big mess. The scanrio has been co-written by Miss Dormer, and I guess she has managed to have some big melodramatic scenes, like actors competing for the Academy Awards like to play. Well, when a melodramatic scene makes no sense whatsoever and destroys the credibility of your character, you could do better without. Why a "5" note? Because of the photography, the level of acting and the idea at the start. I would give a much lower note to the script alone.

I love Natalie Dormer's classic beauty as it has an underlying strength to it. I loved her in Game of Thrones and The Tudors but she really gets the spotlight in this engaging thriller. The problem is the ending seems like is should have been the sequel. In Hockey, they saying goes "Play for 60 minutes", Anthony Byrne was up 5-0 going into the 3rd and lost 6-5 in overtime. By trying to make the ending too twisty, he loses all of the momentum he had so carefully and effectively constructed. This could have been a classic with a bit more modern action and more pathos in the back story especially towards the end. Anthony's TV background shows and not in a good way.

Many great actors/actresses but the story didn't pull me in.