xredgarnetx This obvious pilot for an unproduced TV series features young Canadian actress Shiri Appleby as an amnesiac with some pretty incredible powers that must be put to use when a man-turned-flying demon is let loose on the world. The CGI is par for a TV job, and Appleby is OK as an amnesiac but hard to swallow as a superheroine. Familiar TV face Richard Burgi is along for the ride as Appleby's mentor, but he can do nothing to elevate this dreck above the mediocre level. We see way too much of the cartoonish flying demon right from the start, a bad sign. Also, the scenes where Burgi is training Appleby for battle are actually laughable. They are a bad copy of similar scenes in several other movies, most notably REMO WILLIAMS.

bcolquho I admit it. I'm not up on the legend of Lilith either. Go to The Encyclopedia Mythica to find out more. Incidientally, the Greeks have their own version of Lilith. She's Lamia. According to Greek mythology, Lamia was a queen driven mad by the gods when they killed her children so she killed children in revenge. Be warned: Here be Spoilers. Darklight, which I think was a pilot for a television series, opens with William Shaw telling the story of Lilith. Shaw's son, Conner, was killed by Lilith. Lilith, according to the legend, was Adam's first wife, and refused to submit to him so she left the Garden of Eden and consorted with demons. Adam asked God to bring her back. God sent two angels to bring her back and she cursed them. The angels told her that she'd be forever outside of God's grace if she continued to consort with demons. It begins by showing Lilith rising from the slime all black. Then it flashes forward a bit to the Faith. The Faith is a secret society that's been hunting Lilith for centuries. One of the characters loses his parents at a young age and loses his Faith. Then there's Anders Wayborne, the son of a scientist, who like Dr. Frankenstein, never thinks through the consequences of his actions. Anders is expelled from the Wayborne Clinic because he was illegally experimenting on other people. He finally gets his revenge and discovers immortality. Immortality isn't cheap. It comes with a price. Anders becomes Demonicus, and spreads a disease called the Red Plague. John De Lancie's character is the only one besides Shaw who knows about Lilith. Lilith is the only one who can kill Demonicus. William Shaw goes to the church where his ex- wife and new husband are just coming out after the christening of their newborn son. Shaw receives a phone call and leaves. When he gets to the loading dock, his friend, an agent who was staking it out, is dead. Meanwhile, Lilith, who goes by the name of L, because she doesn't know who she is, leaves Abe's mansion. Abe, her guardian, refuses to tell her anything about her past. She has to find it out all on her own with the help of mysterious book given to her by John De Lancie's character. She soon returns to Abel Gardens, the park where she was found, and rescues a boy from being run over. When Shaw finds her, he has to train her to fight Demonicus but John De Lancie's character gets to her after their first encounter and tells her to kill herself. He even gives her a knife. In the end, she defeats Demonicus, Dr. Wayborne's transformed son, and finally accepts who she is. Shaw asks her to work for them and she agrees. But first, she says, she has something to do. Lilith finally accepts her new lot in life, and it ends with her saying that she has a city protect.

rborstein1923 I love good, idea-driven sci-fi. Where there's actually a fresh concept. Not just another alien or killer android story. Darklight has an interesting hook, a she-devil who comes from the garden of eden and needs to reform herself to become a champion for man and woman kind. This movie asks for a little patience. I don't recommend it for people with A.D.D. But I believe the audience's investment is rewarded, as mine was. There's a lot going on. The story is filled with concepts, many we've seen, but they're presented in a refreshing way: a secret religious group, a mystical energy force, genetic experiments, a biblical plague, ancient curses, and more. I appreciate that the movie-makers took a novelistic approach to a TV movie. It's certainly dense. But that's a good thing IMO. I found myself discovering things on my own and not being force-fed a simplistic idea. The nicest part for me was the partnership between Lillith and William, Richard B's character. It was pretty evenly matched. I cared as much for him as I did for her and when he was struck with the plague, I wanted to see him pull through. I like David Hewlett on SGA and always liked John Delancy. Darklight was like a puzzle, when the pieces came together, it was more than the sum of its parts.

poasc I loved this film. There were some fantastic action sequences and special effects, and the plot was simply fascinating. The dynamics between Shaw and Lilith were incredible, especially considering all that she had done to him before. It added an element of suspense to the movie, not knowing if Shaw would end up going after her, as well. All in all, this movie had everything I could have wanted. There were some creepy parts and some fun parts, a whole lot of fighting and some truly astounding scenes, and that's exactly what a movie should have. Great acting, great plot, great...everything. I just wish they'd make a sequel or a TV series out of this, because it has some real potential.