I can't believe this is real. We live in a world where Dredd will never get a sequel, but freaking Alone in the Dark II exists. Let that sink in for a minute... Big surprise everyone, it's terrible. Not as terrible as the first Alone in the Dark, but that's largely because Uwe Boll didn't return to direct. Instead that duty was taken over by two of the guys who penned the script for the previous movie, as well as gems like Far Cry (which was actually decent) and House of the Dead 2 (ehh...). It really serves to show how inept Boll was. The man had a budget of $20 million and created something that looked like a fan film. Meanwhile this was made with a significantly smaller amount of money and is far more accomplished visually. It at least resembles a competent piece of filmmaking. The first thing you'll notice is that nobody involved was concerned with continuity at all. I distinctly remember humanity getting wiped out at the end of the last one or something. Yet, you'll find no signs of that here. Also, Carnby is Asian now. For some reason. I get that there was no way Christian Slater was going to return for this, but at the very least shouldn't they have recast the role with an actor of the same ethnicity? You know, to avoid confusing the heck out of everybody. Oh whatever, this is a stupid movie anyways. This ends up being a better representation of the games as it's actually a horror movie. Complete with an atmosphere and everything. The problem is that none of it is scary and with less action overall it's just so bloody boring. The protagonist literally just lays around with some kind of witch sickness for the majority of the first half while the rest of the characters go through the details of the incredibly uninteresting plot. It constantly struggled to maintain my attention after what was admittedly a pretty decent opening. What's so weird about this whole thing is that I have no idea why it was made or who it was meant for. It's not like the original had a following. It was universally panned and is considered one of the worst films of all time. So for it to recieve a follow up like this is beyond strange. Not to mention unwelcome as while it is a bit of an improvement this still falls woefully short of doing the once beloved game series any sort of justice.