...loses serious points for an ending that's both baffling and infuriating.
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09/16/08
Towards Darkness (2007)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:1
Rotten:8
Average Rating:4.3/10
Synopsis: Deals with 90 minutes in a kidnapped hostage's life, and the frustration his family, a special ops team, and a man in charge of delivering the ransom money all feel as they rush to save... [More]
Reviews for Towards Darkness
1 - 9 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
suffers from an overly cluttered narrative and too-hyperkinetic style.
03/19/08
Antonio Negret employs too many characters, backstories and plot tangents to address a subject that’s unwieldy enough already
03/17/08
[Director] Negret is clearly less interested in imagining a fictional romance than in conveying his vision of a land that has lost its way.
03/14/08
Colombian-born writer-director Antonio Negret's kidnapping thriller tackles the same subject matter as Hollywood's big-budget, star driven Proof of Life. But it's a grittier and more viscerally affecting film.
03/14/08
That someone is kidnapped in Colombia every three hours is a startling statistic that offers many cinematic possibilities. But Towards Darkness fails to use any of them to advantage.
03/14/08
Top CriticA convoluted bilingual thriller about a kidnapping in Colombia, Towards Darkness may be too clever for its own good.
03/12/08
Top CriticThe film is meant to be a heart-stopper but does not succeed as the director had hoped.
03/10/08
Writer-director Antonio Negret only alludes to the seriousness of his volatile social setting.
03/09/08
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