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Release Date: 27 July, 2004 Retail Price: $9.99 OUR Price: $9.99 You SAVE: $0.00! Cast: |
Dark Heaven Reviews
Dork Heaven is more like it....
I just got done watching Dark Heaven and boy howdy am I steamed! The film was not impressive. The storyline was slow, boring and most of all sad. I cried for hours after watching this depressing film. It doesn't make me any less of a man!
Anyways, director Doug Schultze injects nothing into this film but a lot of lame religious imagery and tacky costumes. Honestly, I wore better costumes in my parade than anyone had in this movie. The acting is very bland, as well. Low budget is one thing but low production values is another. I can only hope that the minds behind this film can bounce back with their next movie cains kiddies or whatever it's called on IMDB. One good thing I can say about the film is the interesting cinematography. If they ever bring DIABLO from pc game to silver screen, it would probably have that kind of cinematography. The DVD is O.K. The film has a running commentary by Director Doug Schultze and producer Kurt Eli Mayry. The commentary is very slow but at least it's as entertaining as the film. Based on the commentary, I wouldn't want to meet these two guys in a dark alley...they might bore me to death. So avoid this film or at least get it at a low price if you must have it. Safety!
Missed Opportunity!
Officer Gabriel Goodman (and yes, the name is supposed to be allegorical) comes to on the floor of his precinct. He is alone, and his watch is running backwards. Strange enough, but then he stumbles outside to discover that the city is deserted. He follows a hooded figure, and encounters a priest who is locked out of his own church, and has apparently gone mad. More shadowy figures lure Goodman into a school, and he is soon locked in conflict with the priest, mysterious beings, and his memories of his wife's death and his own suicide.
Dark Heaven aims high, what with its post-apocalypse/post-Rapture nightmare setting, its fragmented narrative, and its wonderfully ominous-looking angels. Its budget isn't up to its ambitions, however. As well, there isn't enough plot to fill the running time, so the film becomes repetitious, and its climax is botched and confusing.
The commentary by writer/director Douglas Schulze and co-producer Kurt Eli Mayry is a good one, with Schulze in particular plunging deep into matters thematic and technical. There are also trailers for Hollow's End, Nightmare Boulevard and Eyes of Fire. The menu is basic.
A nice try, and ambition is nice to see in low-budget independents. Unfortunately, the execution falls short of the concept.
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