Dark Measures (2009 Video) User Reviews

Ruined by the "Acting"

[arfdawg-1 · 3/10 · 11 July 2014]

Here's the plot:

A gritty independent film which follows the crime spree of a vicious pack of thugs.

Molly's calm 9-5 life is turned upside down when the gang brutally attacks her.

She survives a horrific ordeal only to find the thugs want her dead before she can bring the law down on them.

Her only hope to protect herself is to trust the detectives working on the case, and stand her ground and the fight the murdering thieves.

It's an interesting idea for a film and overall it's presented in a good way.

What really ruins the movie, however, is the absolutely horrible and unbelievable acting.

NO ONE in this film can act their way out of a paper bag.

Here's an example -- two girls are being chased. They run down to cross a small stream and when they get to the bank of it off the road (running from a killer mind you) they basically stop to carefully navigate the rocks. If your life was in danger you'd be sprinting. The scene is laughable! And there are lots of others like this.

It's really too bad, because this could have been a very solid film.

WE NEED A PLACE

[nogodnomasters · 4/10 · 9 December 2018]

I am not sure what movie this DVD cover if for, but that doesn't look like anything in the film. In fact I would have liked to have watched whatever film that was to the one I just saw. None of those people are in the film. This review is based on the US Amazon description of the film and not the DVD cover photo.

The opening scene we see a girl set on fire by a gang of four, very punk looking guys driving an antique 48 Oldsmobile in a small town and the police have trouble finding them. Following that incident we see a "Day 1" sign which means what? Day 1 after the incident? Is this a flashback leading up to the fire? It is after the incident which later was described as being 3 weeks ago, 6 days later. So anyway, the gang rape Molly (Michelle L. Ruiz) and leave her for dead along side of the road. Some guy films it and...he just films it in super 8 or something. The cops go after the guys (they drive the same roads everyday) and you can write the rest.

The film was rather boring. It is supposed to let us know about violence to women with a light version of "I Spit on Your Grave." It didn't make it. Acting was bad too.

Guide: F-bomb, rape. No nudity.