Plunge Into Darkness (1978 TV Movie)
Fair-to-middling budget-impaired Aussie offering.
22 November 2004
Warning: Spoilers
*slightly spoilerish*

Low-key Aussie import is unlikely to emerge as anyone's all-time favorite film, but considering its very apparent tight-fisted funding, PLUNGE INTO DARKNESS is a fairly commensurate product. The central characters are a group of happy-go-lucky thirtysomethings taking holiday in 'terra incognita' when, by mere chance, they find themselves beleaguered by a couple of loutish prison escapees, and a criminally unbalanced child as well!

As ultimately inconsequential as it is, PLUNGE INTO DARKNESS remains a thoroughly watchable and casually enjoyable entry-level endeavor which could possibly have benefited from a less optimistic conclusion to synchronize with the film's overall downbeat tone. this is a dismissable gripe, however, for an unexpectedly entertaining third-string picture.

5/10
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