cmp_gr This movie, apart from completely stupid, is also awfully disgusting There are no words to describe this piece of trash, neither is it necessary.I am completely disappointed, because I am a Seagal fan and I could by no means believe Steaven could participate in such an unspeakable and to vomit (literally meant) disgusting nonsense. Is he believing he is addressing to idiots! Does he not respect his fans at all?Strong recommendation for everybody and especially for the Seagal fans: KEEP OFF THIS garbage!My vote: 1/10, because I cannot give less.

nathynmasters-845-608407 I gave this movie a chance. I have to admit I went into it expecting it to suck, so maybe my lowered expectation had something to do with it, but the movie starts off like many others describing the disaster, we meet the survivors and meet Seagal and his crew. We cut between the survivors and the hunters until they meet up. This was actually better than many of the film's he's been in.Much of the issue comes from Seagal being part of an ensemble cast. While he got a lot of the spotlight, the film simply wasn't about him. While he is billed as a lead to help sell the film there's a lot more going on here.So I'm going to give this movie a 7. As an action horror film it was pretty good. Wasn't on the level of some, but it was good. And the creatures are cool too, they're like a mix of vampire and zombie. Seagal and his team do kick a lot of butt, so that can't be the reason as to why so many people hate on this film. I will admit Seagal didn't do a ton of Akido, but the fight scenes are still pretty good.

DigitalRevenantX7 PLOT OUTLINE: In a zombie-infested future, a group of survivors are trying to make their way out of the hospital they have been using as a shelter before they become trapped. Meanwhile a group of "hunters", ex-military assassins on a mission to eliminate any zombies they encounter, converge on the hospital.Against the Dark is a direct-to-video action / horror film that is notable for a number of reasons. First, it is the first true horror film that 90s' action icon Steven Seagal has ever made (not counting his third film, MARKED FOR DEATH, which was borderline-genre material). The other reason is that the film has a novelty premise that is quite genius in its simplicity – take Seagal & pit him against zombies.Unlike many action film fanatics, I'm not really that much of a fan of Seagal. I do enjoy some of his films, most notably UNDER SIEGE, but I have to admit that Seagal, while an undeniable screen presence, is not really a good actor. He has only one expression (narrowing his eyes to show just how deadly serious he is), mumbles his lines in a whisper-quiet voice that forces you to turn on the subtitles in order to understand what the hell he is saying, goes through his films with a self-righteousness that proves to be quite irritating & is a massive fan of using ultra-violence to take down his enemies (along with a tendency towards breaking people's limbs).That said, the very same qualities that tend to drag down Seagal's action films (especially the ultra-violence) would work really well in a horror film. That was the reason I chose to rent the DVD for the review (I'm also planning to review as many of Seagal's films as I can).Well, to be honest, not only is Against the Dark a disappointing horror film, it is also one of Seagal's worst films (the single worst being ATTACK FORCE). The main reason for this is the fact that Seagal is not the star of the show. Sure, he is top-billed in the credits, but the actor only appears in the film for a maximum of ten minutes. Instead, it is up to the supporting cast to carry the film on their shoulders. Tanoai Reed, the cousin of wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, becomes the de facto star of the film, managing to take down numerous zombies & making it look easy. The other actors are surprisingly good, inhibiting their roles with a competence that is almost enough to elevate the film above the run of mediocre zombie films that have invaded the video store since the early 2000s.What stops it from rising above the tide is the routine script that the film has been stuck with. Seagal does tend to write the scripts for half his films, but left this one for someone else – I wonder what would have happened if Seagal wrote this script. The zombies are another weakness – one character refers to them as vampires while they are surprisingly easy to destroy, not to mention the fact that they don't pose much of an intellectual threat, instead being the usual stock horror villains for the genre – gone are the Romero shamblers, the Fulci gutmunchers & the Snyder speedsters.Moving back to Seagal, the actor spends the few minutes he's in swinging his sword in the direction of the zombies while wearing his trademark long leather coat (the same coat that he has worn in numerous other DTV actioners – probably due to the fact that he has put on some weight & doesn't want his fans to notice, an exercise in futility since his weight has been the talk of action fans for the past few years). Seagal also has the indignity of having his voice dubbed over. Veteran actor Keith David appears in the film as a military commander who desperately tries to prevent his superiors from bombing the hospital that the cast are in.The only people who would have a great time with this film will be the gore hounds. There are a number of scenes where the gore nearly drowns the screen.

ManBehindTheMask63 This is a pretty cool straight-to-video action/horror flick that happens to co-star Steven Seagal. I say co-star because he really isn't in it that much. But when you do see him he is kicking butt. Seagal looks thinner and there are some pretty cool one liners. Very over-the-top. The special effects were surprisingly good and top notch. Basically a group of survivors are hiding out in an abandoned hospital from the zombie/vampires. Seagal leads a group known as "hunters" and they team up with the survivors inside. The acting is decent and the gore is plenty. Seagal really isn't the star of the flick. The black sidekick does most of the butt kicking but you do get a lot of sword action from Seagal. A huge step up from Killswitch. Urban Justice and Pistol Whipped are both good films from Seagal's straight-to-video era.