Die Herrschaft der Schatten (2010)

Die Herrschaft der Schatten: Directed by Brad Anderson. With Hayden Christensen, John Leguizamo, Thandiwe Newton, Jacob Latimore. The population of Detroit has almost completely disappeared, but a few remain. As daylight disappears they realize that the Dark is coming for them.

“u0026#39;VANISHING ON 7TH STREETu0026#39;: Two and a Half Stars (Out of Five) u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBrad Anderson directs this apocalyptic horror film about an unknown darkness falling on mankind and devouring everything in itu0026#39;s path. Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton, John Lequizamo and newcomer Jacob Latimore star as a small group of survivors who band together. The film was written by Anthony Jaswinski (whou0026#39;s written a few other low rent horror films no oneu0026#39;s heard of, mainly of the made for TV variety). Anderson has shown some skill in past projects (he directed the impressive 2004 thriller u0026#39;THE MACHINISTu0026#39;, featuring a 110 pound Christian Bale) but here he sinks to pure mediocrity directing a pretty forgettable routine thriller.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOne random day thereu0026#39;s a severe power outage and most of the worldu0026#39;s population vanishes into thin air, leaving nothing behind but their clothes. The remaining survivors are quickly gobbled up by the ever growing darkness as well and the only way to escape it is to stay in the light, which becomes more and more scarce as electricity continues to fail and the days grow shorter and shorter. The film focuses on four surviving strangers who find each other in a bar on 7th Street in Detroit Michigan. Christensen stars as a TV anchorman named Luke, Leguizamo co-stars as a movie theater projectionist named Paul, Newton also co-stars as a mother desperately looking for her lost child and Latimore plays a young boy first camped out in the bar hopelessly waiting for his mom to return.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe film is interesting at first but none of itu0026#39;s puzzling questions are really answered. Itu0026#39;s suspenseful and effectively eerie at times but nothing builds to a very satisfying conclusion. The point of the movie is never clearly known. Some will enjoy itu0026#39;s open-endedness but others will be frustrated by what some will call itu0026#39;s creative laziness. The performances are all adequate at best, the screenplay somewhat boring and the directing ho-hum. Not a complete waste of time for horror and suspense thriller fans but ultimately forgettable.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWatch our review show u0026#39;MOVIE TALKu0026#39; at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aotBOLCP-Yg”