At the beginning, In Darkness plays like a good thriller centered on a blind musician who witnesses an horrible crime (with her ears) and then lives in a permanent paranoïa. Natalie acts - reasonnably - well. The director knows his jobs. Fine.
And then things begin to unravel. Deeply. The plot turns to farce. Useless violent scenes are followed by useless dialogues. Just an example: would you torture a woman in van driving on a road, after kidnapping in a crowded street? Would you do that or, first, ask to give you what you want? Non, overkill, of course. Don't you think you could have met your victim, at night, in her appartment, without risking to be arrested by the police? Oh my...
And that is far from being the sole inconsistency of this mediocre scenario.
The worst being the so called BIG FINAL TWIST (Night Shyamala get out of this picture!)
Silly. Meaningless. Laughable.
You're left exhausted and bewildered by a big big mess.
The scanrio has been co-written by Miss Dormer, and I guess she has managed to have some big melodramatic scenes, like actors competing for the Academy Awards like to play.
Well, when a melodramatic scene makes no sense whatsoever and destroys the credibility of your character, you could do better without.
Why a "5" note? Because of the photography, the level of acting and the idea at the start.
I would give a much lower note to the script alone.
Review of In Darkness
