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Dark Light
2000, regia di Andrew Harrison
Scheda: Nazione: Irlanda - Produzione: Midnight Pictures - Distribuzione: Midnight Pictures, Mill Creek Entertainment - Soggetto: Paul Barton, Andrew Harrison, Darryl Sloan - Sceneggiatura: Darryl Sloan - Fotografia: Andrew Harrison - Montaggio: Andrew Harrison - Musiche: Darryl Sloan - Formato: Color - Durata: 68' (79').
Cast:
Paul Barton, Darryl
Sloan, Keith Fairgrieve, Andrew Harrison, Lenora McClimonds, Harry Hamill,
Thomas Vaughan,
John Moore, Patrick Hanna,
Chris Winter, Matt Adamson, Trevor Bullick, Lynne Adamson, Johnny Thompson, Dale
Lockens, William Moore.
Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review:
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taliesinttlg.blogspot.it:
«If
you haven’t heard of this film I wouldn’t be concerned (though by the end of the
review I hope you'll want to see the film). Dark Light is by Midnight
Pictures productions, and is so independent that there isn’t really a
distribution, other than via the company themselves. Midnight Pictures are based
in Northern Ireland and primarily comprise of Darryl Sloan, who wrote the
screenplay and composed the music for the film, and Andrew Harrison who directed
the film. This film is, most definitely, a labour of love. There are issues with
the film, not least of which is the film quality, down to the fact that this is
filmed on amateur equipment. That is to be expected and the story keeps you
hooked enough that you ignore the film quality and concentrate on the story. The
film begins with an aerial shot of a city moving quickly to Altona Biological
Research Institute, a British forces research base. We see a man, later revealed
to be Newman (Keith Fairgrieve), sneaking through the complex. He takes out a
couple of researchers, one punch each, and then a soldier. He is chased and
shots are fired, one causing him to drop, but by the time the soldiers get to
him he is up and running again. Note that, for a few seconds, we get a first
person shooter type view – something well ahead of the sequence placed in Doom
(2005). We cut to a doctor, Lang (Andrew Harrison), and military officer,
Commander Slater (Darryl Sloan). They have a vial of liquid and Lang asks to be
allowed to synthesis more, but Slater refuses. He gets on the phone and calls
McKenzie (Paul Barton). McKenzie is at home, the call causes an argument between
McKenzie and his wife Jackie (Lenora McClimonds) as they were meant to be
looking after her nephew Adrian (Patrick Hanna). McKenzie goes to the institute
and is given a quick briefing on three men, from a special unit named Dark
Light, who have gone AWOL. There is Sgt Spence (Harry Hanill) a specialist in
assassination, Private Thorpe (Trevor Bullick) an urban terrorist specialist and
finally Newman, a hostage specialist. This part of the story didn’t quite gel to
me as their ranks seemed a little low for the type of missions they were trained
for, but it is a minor quibble. Newman had been recaptured, seemed quite
resistant to interrogation and has been allowed to escape again (this time with
a sub-coetaneous tracking device implanted). McKenzie is told to find him and
report back in, definitely not to approach...».