After the Dark (2014)

How sad is this?

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Blistering performances.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Bad acting. Completely unbelievable plot. Imagine a 13 year old who has no idea what a philosophy class is, no idea how people would act in a life threatening situation, a weirdly vindicative and not-at-all realistic teacher character, and the stupidest ending ever and he'd still write a better script than this.

I hardly ever write reviews unless a movie is incredible or pure trash. This movie is pure trash. I am still in disbelief at how bad this movie is.1. The lead actress in the movie is so bad. Its so bad that all of her lines are almost straight monotone. 2. Their "logic" is anything but logical. It would be like having a thought experiment and in the middle someone say "i went into this room and there was a time machine and everyone lived happily ever after"...Its like there was no rules. You could make up whatever you would like. I was going to keep going with this but i just realized i have wasted too much time on this movie. I recommend skipping this horrible waste of time.

I thought it was a great film. Sure, I didn't like the female lead because of her horrible acting but I personally didn't think it took away from the movie much. As others have said, the ideas are good and I think they executed it very well. Definitely worth a watch. I felt like it went by in a flash, I enjoyed it so much. But just a side note, I was originally interested in some philosophy before so you may not see it the same as I did. It's a bit different from the average movie, as in I feel it's best to watch while imagining yourself as one of the students and making your own judgments on the choices made throughout. It's quite thought provoking and a nice movie to watch if you want to relax (not much action) and, although it sounds contradictory to my comment about pretending to be a student, it's a movie where you can just take a backseat approach.

In response to the vast weight of negative posts about this movie, I would like to say: I loved it. Saw it more than a year ago - and it's occupied my mind periodically ever since. I'm a fan of the post-apocalypse genre. A big fan. But that doesn't mean I like just any movie dealing with it. This was far and away the most thought provoking and intelligent movie on the subject I can remember seeing. I wish I had a philosophy teacher that asked questions like these (although not necessarily doing some of the other things this teacher did). Fully absorbed from start to finish. Loved the way the story played out differently each time. I don't get all the negativity about it - it was so novel. So unusual. For a movie of this genre, to go in this direction - making me think deeply about what I would do - who I would chose - it was just so refreshingly original. It exposes prejudices and intolerance. It shows you that your first and most practical thoughts may not be the best - especially when you add information you didn't know at first - totally changing the calculation. There are surprises and unanticipated developments. WHY DIDN'T THEY ENTER ALL THE COMBINATIONS TO GET OUT!!????Okay, that's a question I asked myself as well. That's one of my points - it makes you ask these questions. It's not a "plot hole". It's the outcome of a thought experiment in which not all the best decisions were made - leading to a disastrous outcome. Then there is the debate about whether it's "fair" to have part of the first scenario figure into the second scenario. Remember that this is a thought experiment. This is not really happening - they are just exploring possibilities in their minds, in a philosophy class. ANYTHING is valid in such a setting. Have you never just had an idea and let your mind run with it? It doesn't have to make perfect sense. I am so enamored of this movie that I have described it in detail to my coworkers - and they were on the edge of their seats, just listening to my account. Splendid. Incredibly original and gripping. That's my take on it.