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What follows is a disjointed and [[Plot Hole]]-laden chain of events that brings Edward back to his old girlfriend, Aline Cedrac ([[Promoted to Love Interest|who, in the original games, was not romantically linked to him]]). Eventually, the two of them run into members of Bureau 713 (of which Edward is coincidentally a former member), fight off hordes of aliens, and engage Hudgens in a final showdown.
 
Much like Boll's previous film adaptation of ''[[House of the Dead (Filmfilm)|House of the Dead]]'', ''Alone in the Dark'' was met with a tremendously negative reaction both from filmgoers and movie critics. [[In Name Only|There is very little connection to the games the movie is purported to be based on]], and the film itself is full of bad special effects, mediocre acting, [[Plot Hole|plot holes]], and lots of [[Padding]] to attempt to cover up the plot holes.
 
[[The Agony Booth (Website)|The Agony Booth]] [http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Alone_in_the_Dark.aspx has taken a critical look at it], as did [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/11343-alone The Nostalgia Critic] (with help from [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Linkara]] and [[The Spoony Experiment (Web Video)|Spoony]], since TNC was so traumatized from watching the film alone that he had a stroke).
 
Despite the movie's critical and commercial failure, a direct-to-video sequel entitled ''Alone in the Dark II'' was released in 2008. Uwe Boll produced, but did not direct, the second movie (the actual directors, Peter Scheerer and Michael Roesch, were also the directors for the ''[[House of the Dead (Filmfilm)|House of the Dead]]'' sequel).
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* [[AcCENT Upon the Wrong SylLABle]]: So where exactly is "New-FOUND-land", Dr. Cedrac?
* [[Actor Allusion]]: Perhaps by coincidence, but a character falls to his death in a pit of spikes. Said character is played by Ho Sung Pak, who'd portrayed Liu Kang in the first two ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' games.
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: If their appearance wasn't obvious enough, the monsters are even called "[[Alien (Filmfranchise)|Xenos]]".
* [[Chewing the Scenery]]: Stephen Dorff as Richard Burke.
* [[Conservation of Ninjutsu]]
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* [[Darkened Building Shootout]]
* [[Flipping the Table]]: Burke gets mad and tosses a table over when he finds out {{spoiler|Bureau 713, his employers, are the ones responsible for the monster outbreak}}.
* [[Follow the Leader]]: A late follower, no less. It may be [[In Name Only|loosely]] based on a video game, but the monsters, the action scenes, and much of the plot are blatant ripoffs of ''[[Alien (Filmfranchise)|Aliens]]'', which came out a good 18 years before this movie.
* [[Hot Scientist]]: Aline Cedrac, played by, oddly enough, Tara Reid (better known for her roles in ''[[American Pie]]'' and ''[[The Big Lebowski]]''). Boll actually says in the commentary that ''the glasses and her hair in a bun make her look really intelligent''. One critic remarked that this would be "like casting Dame [[Judi Dench]] as a crack whore".
* [[In Name Only]]
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* [[Ret Canon]]: Lots of ideas from this movie were reused in the 2008 game. An odd factoid is that they may have staved the 2008 game off for three years to try and let the bad publicity die down, yet include ideas from this film, this ''critically panned'' film.
* [[Rule of Cool]]: Tries on so many levels, and ''fails'' on several more.
* [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can]]
* [[Sequel Hook]]: Subverted. While the obvious ''[[Evil Dead]]'' rip-off ending is meant to tell the audience that Carnby and Cedrac's battle isn't over yet, the actual sequel takes a far different turn.
* [[Shaky POV Cam]]: Right at the end. They don't even pretend they're being original.
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