Leofwine_draca AGAINST THE DARK is a Romanian-shot vampire movie set in a post-apocalyptic world where a group of survivors must band together to find off attacks from predatory vampires. With the exception of a handful of surrounding scenes, the entire film takes place in an abandoned hospital and mainly consists of characters wandering through dark corridors and fighting some dodgy villains.Shoehorned into this low budget mess is Steven Seagal, dubbed and doubled as usual, playing a vampire hunter who uses a samurai sword to dispatch the undead menace. As per usual these days, Seagal hardly appears in his own movie, and his fight scenes are largely disappointing: full of that dodgy, jolting editing that seeks (and fails) to hide the fact that Seagal was doubled for the most part.The vampires themselves are a mess (not literally), who act more like the infected in Danny Boyle's 28 DAYS LATER. There's little gore here to speak of and the action scenes go by in a blur, and as for the plot, it's non-existent. The producers drafted in Linden Ashby and Keith David to play a couple of military types but their presence is entirely extraneous to the main narrative. Instead we get ex-HOLBY CITY actors giving terrible performances complete with terrible American accents and the whole thing's a complete waste of time.

LeonLouisRicci While Steven Seagal Fans may get Shortchanged in this Horror Movie, Gore-Hounds can get Their Fill of Bloodletting and Entrail Gorging. Seagal Walks through most of the Movie Slowly Moving from one place to Another. He Confronts Mutants Occasionally and Quickly Dispenses of them with a Sword, a Kick, or a Gun, with His Dialog Virtually Non-Existent. But the Draw here is the Martial Arts Experts First Try at Genre Hopping. The Movie is Slightly Above Average for a DTV Movie and Contains Enough Exploitation for Low-Rent, Trashy Entertainment. Not the Worst in Seagal's Fat Period because it is a bit Different and the Make-Up Effects for the Mutants and Their Prey are Somewhat Impressive.Worth a Watch for Gore-Meisters, Zombie Cultists, Steven Seagal Completists, and Low-Budget Movie Maniacs.

Michael Yu Short and simple, it was annoying. A decent movie with some cool camera techniques, but it was un-original and very irritating. The characters were complete idiots. The little girl was annoying, the women were quite stupid, and the men were failures (except for the two hunters). Without spoiling anything, this was basically how it went every time: 4 people are together. 1 of them goes to explore ahead. A zombie comes. The other 3 instantly "run!" without even helping the other person. Oh look, that 1 person killed the zombie, so they can move on. Wait, the other 3 ran back to where they started from and now they're all split up. Too bad.Complete idiots. They deserved to die. By the mid-section of the movie, I was rooting for the zombies. That aside, the rest was okay. Nothing great, but an average movie just to enjoy. Definitely bloody and gory, the action scenes were great, and it had a cliché but watchable plot.All together it's not too shabby, not great, completely annoying, but watchable.

Anthony Pittore III (Shattered_Wake) Ah, Steven Seagal. The ponytail that marked a generation of cheesy action flicks. . . these days, he's mostly just a mockery of himself. But, he's back. . . and he's kicking some zombie/vampire/creature ass. With a friggin' sword! Honestly, other than Blade, when's the last time we've seen a serious modern action hero with a sword? Pure genius. Most of the film is just wandering aimlessly around a hospital/research facility and slicing & dicing the zombie vamps. That's about it. There's supposedly a couple of time limits to fake 'suspense,' one being they have to reach some door before the generator dies (that's why they take so many breaks for food & rest. . . when all they have to do is go down a few flights of stairs) and the other being the military (of which Seagal and his black-clad posse are a part) is preparing to "sterilize" in the morning.Throughout the film, you get a whole lot of poorly choreographed fight sequences where most hits land at least three inches from the target. The zombie/vampire (seriously, I have no idea what they are. . . they're pretty obviously dead, but also go down when they get kicked in the nards) effects aren't too bad, nor are the overall gore effects. The acting is pretty bad and even the British actors' British accents aren't believable.There are tons of hilarious one-liners, but my favourite is when Seagal finally gives his name. Fifty (that's 5-0) minutes in (seriously, it took that long), Seagal meets the annoying little girl (?) and, after aggressively asking her if she's been attacked, concludes the conversation with "I'm Tao." This is followed by some of the most epically misplaced guitar riffs I've ever heard. Classic.Overall, the movie is unbelievably stupid, but even more fun(ny) than it is dumb. I'm sure that it will live down (at least with me) as one of the best drinking-game movies in history.Final Verdict: 4/10, just because it's so damn fun -AP3-