After Dark 2007: The Deaths of Ian Stone

The Deaths of Ian Stone

Probably my favorite premise of the festival: A man is killed by some sort of crazies/monsters, then wakes up in a new life, only to be killed by them again. And over and over. Groundhog Day, if the groundhog had a chainsaw and a bad attitude.

But in fact, this feels at first more like Dark City meets The Matrix, with some sort of alien force rearranging reality for some reason we are unable to fathom. Another thing that we’re unable to fathom is why Ian Stone is an American (Mike Vogel) living in London.

No, I guess that’s not really important but it does sort of stand out without ever being explained.

The middle of the movie drags a bit, as we get some torture of our hero, and some dominatrix-inspired costume changes for hot ‘n’ sexy Jaime Murray (best known to Americans as Dexter’s “anonymous” sponsor on Showtime’s Dexter).

The movie actually veers away from horror into more of an action style that reminded me more of “Buffy” and “Angel” than anything else, and I didn’t really care for that, but overall this was a fun flick.

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