Dark Country (V)
| release date | October 6 2009 |
| studio | Stage 6 Films / Sony PIctures |
| director | Thomas Jane |
| writer | Tab Murphy, Steven Niles |
| starring | Thomas Jane, Laura German, Ron Perlman |
| trailer 1 | Trailer #1 |
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This was a above average thriller. if you redid the start and end you could have a very good thriller. But it was a good debut from Thomas Jane as a film maker.
This film try to be so many suspense thrillers I have seen in the past. It felt a little like a David Lynch film, but certainly was not as good, in fact the story was very weak and I truly did not care about the characters enough to care about the twisted Twilight Zone twist at the end. This movie will flat out bore you and its disappointing because I normally like Thomas Jane.
With the cheesy beginning, I almost turned this off. However about 1/2 hour into it my wife looked at me and said “I feel like I’m watching a Twilight Zone episode.” And she was right! If you watch it from that angle, it was at least mildly entertaining, not much more, but at least that.
does this crap even count as a horror movie,,,,,,wad wuz thomas jane thinkin,,,,,
Fucking horrible. Didn’t even make it to the end of this insipid piece of shit.
An interesting and quite impressive film-noir/msytery-thriller, the directorial debut from the underrated actor Thomas Jane. A bit too slow-paced in the first half, the story is a little too messedf up – but apart from that it’s really splendid.
Visually it’s highly appealing with wonderful-looking and atmospheric landscapes, great camera work, some unique shots and a brilliant comic-book-look. It’s pretty tense and suspenseful (especially in the last third), the cast is simply superb (Jane himself, Lauren German, Ron Perlman), the jazzy soundtrack is extremely cool and the final plot-twist is excellent (plus: the ice-cube-scene, one of the most erotic things I’ve seen in a long time).
A very satisfactory debut film.
It didn’t suck, but it wasn’t very good…It’s like a very dark, dull Twilight Zone episode.
A newly married couple hits the road and drives through the desert from Las Vegas when they encounter a person who was just in an accident. They take him and try to find some help, but they get more than they bargained for and all hell breaks loose.
I was intrigued by this film from the trailer, not because of the story or the actors, but it was the visual flare that grabbed me. It was a film noir with a twilight zone twist and that was exactly what the film gives you. Dark Country is the directorial debut of Thomas Jane and with Dark Country he shows that he has some interesting concepts and talent to back it up, yet still needs time to hone those skills. Dark Country, while showcasing some impressive scenes, comes off as slightly amateurish at times.
The most evident is the green screen. Now, Jane has obviously chosen to make it noticeable that when they are in the car, that the scenery in the background was stylized to make it feel like a comic book. It works, but the problem lies in the production values that are evident in the cracks. Bits of the green screen are visible through our lead female characters hair and around their faces. This takes you out of the film and you realize that you’re watching a film.
The second would be the audio. While Jane pays a lot of attention to the detail of the visuals, he seems to have let the audio slide a little bit. If a film has bad visuals, the audience can forgive you as long as the sound is good. If a film has bad audio, you are screwed. While the film doesn’t have horrible audio, there are times that it feels like it was put together in a day. ADR is very evident and jolting.
I give the film some credit for the intrigue. I immediately wanted to listen to the audio commentary from Jane to see what his agenda was. I got some of the film, while other parts of it were lost on me. The film is without a doubt a Twilight Zone entry aided by the film noir and graphic novel aspects that Jane added. It’s a genre piece that has a specific market. Jane knows what he is doing and comes off extremely prepared and knowledgeable. I just wish he would have taken a bit more time with this one and improved those little imperfections.
It’s funny, during the film there were parts where I asked myself if Jane was trying to make a 3D film. Reading up on the film, much to my surprise it apparently was suppose to be a 3D film. Not only that, but Jane is apparently not happy with the final product. I can see his frustration because there is a lot here that could be good. Instead it feels as if it’s an exercise. A project to see if Jane could actually direct.
Dark Country is a beautiful looking film that has a few problems, yet those few problems are jarring enough to make you upset with the final product.