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Dark Night
Tim Sutton
(2016)
81min
12A Certificate
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Review
Our Score
by
Terry Staunton
Taking its cue from the 2012 mass shooting in a Colorado cinema when a dozen people were killed at a screening of
The Dark Knight Rises
, this ponderous, slow-burning drama fancies itself as an elliptical study of small-town disaffection, but frequently comes across as pretentious twaddle. The faux documentary style, with dialogue and incident kept to a bare minimum, follows six disparate townsfolk over a single day, their lives only intersecting at a fateful twilight visit to the local multiplex. Writer/director Tim Sutton stresses it's a work of fiction early on in a scene where a background TV reports on the actual events of Colorado, although the wordplay of the title walks an extremely thin line between subtle and crass. The film has its precedents, most notably Gus Van Sant's similarly-themed
Elephant
, but its attempts at social commentary are far too opaque and stuttering to hold the viewer's interest.
Summary
Six strangers leading seemingly directionless lives attend a screening of an eagerly awaited new movie, only to find themselves caught up in a massacre when a gunman opens fire on the cinema. Drama inspired by the 2012 Aurora shootings, starring Anna Rose Hopkins and Robert Jumper.
Cast & Crew
Robert
Robert Jumper
Actress
Anna Rose Hopkins
Superstore worker
Rosie Rodriguez
Superstore worker
Karina Macias
Middle-aged Aaron
Aaron Purvis
Middle-aged woman
Marilyn Purvis
Director
Tim Sutton
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Other Information
Language:
English
Colour
Theatrical distributor:
Thunderbird Releasing
Guidance:
Swearing.
Available on:
DVD
Released on:
18 Aug 2017
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