Dark Places Reviews

I already saw this movie but, for some reasons, I wanted to check it out again, probably because I have a weak spot for Charlize Theron. Well, I have noticed that my review after watching the movie the first time around was rather harsh but I do think that it was actually an intriguing story. Unfortunately, there is no doubt that the whole thing was still a convoluted mess though. Indeed, you had some devil worshipping, a so-called 'Angel of Death', some alleged child molestation, a teen pregnancy and even a Kill Club. It's too bad because the concept of examining the life of a woman 30 years after her whole family was killed when she was just a child was such a great concept but the way they handled the main character turned out to be rather misguided after all though. I mean, we are supposed to believe that, of all people, this woman would suddenly become some kind of private detective, even solving this case, when she had no interest in this case whatsoever and when the only the reason she actually got involved was because she was given some money from a bunch of weirdos. Furthermore, I thought it was hard to believe that, after all these years, she didn't ever wonder if her older brother might have been actually innocent since she didn't see at all what happened and since she seemed to have had a pretty good relationship with him before this terrible tragedy happened. On the other hand, this woman was so traumatized by what happened, her whole life and mental state was completely screwed up afterwards so you could argue that she never could analyze rationally what happened. On top of that, I really believe that Charlize Theron gave here another solid performance. Anyway, to conclude, even if I still believe that the whole thing was a missed opportunity, I think it is actually worth a look, at least, if you like the genre.