Edges of Darkness
Edges of Darkness
NR | 22 September 2008 (USA)
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Three interconnected tales of terror set against the backdrop of a zombie apocalypse.

Reviews
IslandGuru Who payed the critics
Daninger very weak, unfortunately
CommentsXp Best movie ever!
ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.
Paul Magne Haakonsen And the DVD cover was so promising, but that illusion all shattered when I sat down and actually watched the movie. It was just abysmal, and I had to give up about 45 minutes into it, so I made it halfway through.This is supposed to be an interlinking trilogy of short stories taking place during a zombie apocalypse, but it just didn't function properly. First of all, there was vampires in one of the segments. Yeah, vampires! Secondly, there was a guy was was madly obsessed with his computer, and paid no attention to his wife or the zombie apocalypse outside the window, yeah, that was just so believable. And to make matters worse, then he had ordered some hard drive for his computer, which was delivered by mail. Yep, by mail, apparently during the end of days and a zombie apocalypse, the US Mail is still up and running. That just was just downright stupid! But it doesn't stop there, no! The hard drive apparently was some kind of living organism, capable of sending out tendrils to leech energy from living beings. I wonder who actually thought that this would be a great idea.I will say that the movie started out tremendously with lots of gore and mayhem, which was nice, and it looked promising, but wow it collapsed into a heap of rubbish so quickly. The stories are driven by laughable plots, bad dialogue and very little coherent connection between the three story lines. The acting, though, well at least that was bearable to behold. So at least the movie gets one point for having adequate actors and actresses on the cast.For a zombie movie, then "Edges of Darkness" was a horrible disappointment. There was about 5 good minutes worth of gore and mutilation in the 45 minutes that I managed to sit through. The rest that I saw was just rubbish. "Edges of Darkness" is hardly worth the effort, and I know now that it will be bagged, tagged and put on my DVD shelves never to be taken out again.As a zombie aficionado I was thoroughly bored and disappointed with this movie, and I wouldn't recommend that you pick it up, unless you are a fan of any of the people in the movie. It is an insult to the zombie genre.
raveoddgrl Imagine something circling outside the rim of a black hole; it never falls in but circles it eternally. That is this movie: eternally circling outside the plot of what could have been a good movie. It tries to be an anthology but only with a laughable tenuous link to the other movies. It tries to be a plot driven horror film, with too few scares and not enough plot. Yet, strangely, it has grown on me. The "Overbite" story is the most lacking on plot but the couple's story intrigued me and they're believable as a couple. I wish it was a series. The "Up the Ante" story, I believe also could have been good, if it had been fully realized. However, the "Entanglement" story was utterly horrible. It's one bright spot, was the actress that played the wife. She is probably awesome with stronger material.In the end, I believe this movie had the ability to be something more than it was. It had decent actors and plots that had potential (NOT including "Entanglement") but it failed. I gave it 5 stars because it was halfway there. Forever outside the powerful star of a good movie.
dbborroughs Interrelated stories about what happens in various apartments during a zombie take over of the world. After a great start that sets up the world of the film and shows one of the characters rescuing others the film settles into what is going on in three apartments during the nightmare. Most of what occurs is a great deal of talking as everyone talks about what is going on and the weird events that are transpiring. I'm not sure how all of it really relates, like the vampire stuff. As some one said in a review, its as if the writers took all the ideas they had for a bunch of short films and crammed them into one film. It really doesn't work and the stories differences seem to work against each other. For me the promise of the early scenes got lost in the talk and unrelated nonsense. I got to the point that when the phone rang I took the call and just let the movie run. Which is not a good sign. I'd take a pass
TheCrow111 The only thing this movie was missing was a plot. It was as if a bunch of horror movie writers sat around and wrote an terrible movie based off of their ideas. The movie was based off of bunch of people who all believe they are the last people on earth(which they aren't) that have nothing in common except that there are zombies outside of their house. There really wasn't anything good to say about this movie. I mean even the cactus had a name. I have never wanted a zombie to eat my brains out more than after i finished this movie. Here is a crazy question, Why didn't any zombies get killed in this movie? More mice died than zombies. However, There is a zombie apocalypse outside and you have the curtains open!