Movie; The Darkness (2016) Caution; Spoiler Alert

The Darkness

 

Came out; 2016

Time; 1 Hour 32 Minutes

Watched on; Amazon

Rating; PG-13 for thematic elements, some disturbing violence, brief sensuality and language

IMDB Rating; 4.3/10

Rotten Tomatoes Score;

Tomatoemeter: 4%.

Average Rating: 2.7/10.

Reviews Counted: 28.

Fresh; 1. Rotten: 27.

20% Liked it

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Synopsis; A family returns from a Grand Canyon vacation, haunted by an acient supernatural entity they unknowingly awakened and engages them in a fight for their survival

Staring;

Kevin Bacon as Peter Taylor

Radha Mitchell as Bronny Taylor

David Mazouz as Michael Taylor

Lucy Fry as Stephanie Taylor

Storyline;

Same as the synopsis

Thoughts;

This movie starts out with two families on a trip. They aren’t clear as to where they actually are at first. The kids go exploring and leave a younger boy, who is explained as being different alone on the rocks. He drops something and falls into a hidden cavern. There he finds some rocks. He touches one. Once he returns to his family and go home that’s when the movie really starts.

We now find out that he’s autistic. He seems to have a sensitivity towards people touching his backpack. For some reason he isn’t in school and it’s clear that the older sister is a teenager and goes to a private school of some kind.

Strange things start happing to the family. The neighbors dog won’t stop barking at them and there are strange sounds in the house.

Cut to about mid movie we find out that Michael took the stones and the story behind what he found and what is happening.

There really isn’t a whole lot of action. The movie is actually pretty dull. I was hoping that since it had Kevin Bacon in it it’d be decent, I was wrong. The story line was good, but the movie itself was not.