Darkness Falls (2020 film)
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| Darkness Falls | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Julien Seri |
| Written by | Giles Daoust |
| Produced by | Luke Barnett Giles Daoust Mike Macari Vincent Masciale |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Shan Liljestrand |
| Edited by | Brody Gusar |
| Music by | Sacha Chaban |
Production company | Title Media |
| Distributed by | WTFilms |
Release dates | 7 March 2020 (Glasgow Film Festival) 12 June 2020 (UK) |
Running time | 84 minutes |
| Countries | Belgium France United States |
| Language | English |
Darkness Falls is a 2020 crime thriller film directed by Julien Seri, starring Shawn Ashmore, Gary Cole and Lin Shaye.
Cast[edit]
- Shawn Ashmore as Jeff Anderson
- Gary Cole as Mark Witver
- Richard Harmon as Adam Witver
- Daniella Alonso as Kelly Alderman
- Judah Mackey as Frankie Anderson
- Sonya Walger as Jane Wilson
- Vahina Giocante as Elizabeth Anderson
- Lin Shaye as Angela Anderson
- Stefania Spampinato as Amanda Tyler
- James Logan as Suspect
- David Gianopoulos as Officer Walker
- Tanner Thomason as Paramedic
- Aliza Pearl as Officer Pearl
Reception[edit]
Anton Bitel of SciFiNow wrote that while the film "comes very slickly packaged", the dialogue is "perfunctory at best", the "cat-and-mouse, cop vs killer mechanics are entirely generic" and the female characters are "mere foils for Jeff".[1]
Jeffrey Anderson of Common Sense Media rated the film 1 star out of 5 and wrote that Seri "has delivered a good-looking Los Angeles noir that quickly becomes nearly unwatchable, thanks to wonky dialogue, shrill performances, a flat story, and overbearing music."[2]
Sheila O'Malley of RogerEbert.com rated the film 1 star out of 4 and called the film a "bizarre series of cliché after cliché, with no real work done to fill in the blanks with complexity, nuance, or even basic human reality."[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Rowan-Legg, Shelagh (7 March 2020). "ANDERSON FALLS: GLASGOW FRIGHTFEST REVIEW". SciFiNow. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ Anderson, Jeffrey. "Darkness Falls". Common Sense Media. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ O'Malley, Sheila (12 June 2020). "Darkness Falls". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
