In Darkness (2018)

A blind musician hears a murder committed in the apartment upstairs from hers that sends her down a dark path into London's gritty criminal underworld.

Director:

Anthony Byrne

Writers:

Anthony Byrne, Natalie Dormer

Stars:

Emily Ratajkowski, Natalie Dormer, James Cosmo

Cast

Credited cast:
Emily Ratajkowski	...	Veronique
Natalie Dormer	...	Sofia
James Cosmo	...	Niall
Joely Richardson	...	Alex
Ed Skrein	...	Marc
Neil Maskell	...	Mills
Amber Anderson	...	Jane
Jan Bijvoet	...	Radic
Bern Collaço	...	Gala Guest (as Bern Collaco)
Olegar Fedoro	...	Orthodox Priest
Daniel Eghan	...	Police Officer (as Daniel Eghan)
Lexie Benbow-Hart	...	Young Sofia
Renars Latkovskis	...	Russian Kidnapper 2
Stefan Kopiecki	...	Mourner
Tracy Anne Green	...	WPC Sharon (as Tracy Green)

Storyline

A blind musician hears a murder committed in the apartment upstairs from hers that sends her down a dark path into London's gritty criminal underworld.

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Plot Keywords:

female nudity | shower scene | sex scene | suspicious death | murder investigation | 

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Taglines:

Fear Blinds the Truth

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Genres:

Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 May 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Entre sombras

Company Credits

Production Co:

42

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The character Alex states she is "45 and a size 10", Joely Richardson who plays this character was born in 1965 & was 53 the year the film was released.

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Goofs

[All goofs for this title are spoilers.]

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Connections

Referenced in The Graham Norton Show: Cher/Christine Baranski/Rupert Everett/Natalie Dormer/Tom Odell (2018)

User Reviews

Too complicated for its own good

Sometimes when actors play a part in writing a movie that they know they will be acting in they spend too much time trying to give their character room to flourish and not enough time on making the rest of the film sustainable. I think that is a little bit of what happened here. Lead actress Natalie Dormer co-wrote the movie with her husband (who also directed the film) and it has to be said she turns in a very impressive performance as a blind woman. The rest of the movie though leaves a lot to be desired.

The biggest problem is has is that it's over-complicated. Many previous films have fallen into the trap of over-complication and it has almost always harmed them. Unless you are Christopher Nolan who seems to be able to simplify even the most complex of storylines, you really shouldn't try too hard in that respect. 'Ocean's Twelve' was a prime example of that. It got so complicated that it was no longer fun. 'In Darkness' is very similar. You're working so hard to keep up with everything that you're never actually able to just sit back and enjoy yourself.

The movie is made with some nice style and I liked the amount of ambition that went into it. It wasn't done on the cheap and nasty, that's for sure. Unfortunately though it just didn't really work for me. It tried to have some "knock your socks off" moments but none of them really landed and the end result was a pretty forgettable film.