Straight into Darkness

Straight into Darkness
Home video cover
Directed by Jeff Burr
Produced by Mark Hannah
Chuck Williams
Written by Jeff Burr
Starring Ryan Francis
Scott MacDonald
Linda Thorson
Music by Michael Convertino
Cinematography Viorel Sergovici
Edited by Lawrence A. Maddox
Production
company
Chuck Williams Productions
Silver Bullet
Distributed by Screen Media Ventures
Release date
  • 2004 (2004)
Running time
 95 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Straight into Darkness is a 2004 American horror war film directed by Jeff Burr and starring Ryan Francis and Scott MacDonald. It was produced by Mark Hanna and Chuck Williams.

Plot

When two American GIs desert their platoon in the final days of World War II, they find themselves struggling against all odds to stay alive. Their journey brings them together with a band of orphans who are expertly trained killing machines to try to defeat a Nazi battalion.

Cast

Release

Home media

The film was released on DVD by MCA Home Video and Bleiberg on June 6th and November 13, 2006 respectively. In 2010, it was released twice by Screen Media as both a single-feature, and multi-feature movie pack. It was released for the first time on Blu-ray by Willette Acquisition Corp. on December 8, 2015.[1]

Reception

Scott Weinberg from eFilmCritic gave the film 4/4 stars, writing, "Jeff Burr's Straight Into Darkness starts out like a straight war flick, almost turns into a horror movie, slowly becomes a moving piece of drama, and spits you out on the other side both impressed with the end product...and more than a little shaken."[2] Robert Koehler of Variety wrote, "Jeff Burr’s neo-gothic WWII drama Straight Into Darkness ends up resisting categorization. There’s pleasure to be had in watching a period war pic made with a personal touch and with a self-conscious pedigree, but this diminishes as Burr excessively lays on themes and action."[3] Ian Jane from DVD Talk gave the film 3/5 stars, writing, "Straight Into Darkness is an interesting and at times almost surreal war film that does a good job of mixing horror movie elements with some serious drama. Unfortunately it gets a little buried under its own message but that doesn't mean it isn't worthwhile."[4] Jon Condit from Dread Central awarded the film a score of 2.5 out of 5, calling it "fundamentally flawed", but commended the film's visuals.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Straight Into Darkness (2003) - Jeff Burr". Allmovie.com. Allmovie. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Weinberg, Scott. "Movie Review - Straight Into Darkness - eFilmCritic". eFilmCritic.com. Scott Weinberg. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Koehler, Robert. "Straight into Darkness – Variety". Variety.com. Robert Koehler. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  4. ↑ Jane, Ian. "Straight into Darkness : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video". DVD Talk.com. Ian Jane. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  5. ↑ Condit, Jon. "Straight Into Darkness (2005) - Dread Central". Dread Central.com. Jon Condit. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
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