Against the Dark

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Against the Dark
Original poster
Directed by	Richard Crudo
Produced by	Phillip B. Goldfine
Written by	Mathew Klickstein
Starring	Steven Seagal Tanoai Reed Jenna Harrison Linden Ashby Emma Catherwood Skye Bennett Keith David
Music by	Philip White
Cinematography	William Trautvetter
Editing by	Tim Silano
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Release date(s)	February 10, 2009 (2009-02-10)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$7,000,000

Against the Dark is a 2009 American action and horror film starring Steven Seagal and directed by Richard Crudo.

In a post-apocalyptic world, destroyed by a disease, which may or may not turn people into some kind of vampires or zombies, Seagal plays Tao, the leader of a squad of ex-military vigilantes who are attempting to find and rescue a group of survivors trapped in a hospital. This is Steven Seagal's first horror film.

The film was released direct-to-video on February 10, 2009 and was Seagal's first release of 2009.^[1]

Plot

The film begins by revealing that an epidemic disease has overwhelmed humanity, turning nearly everyone into blood-thirsty zombies. According to the narrator, there is no known cure and very few survivors left fighting "Against the Dark". The first few scenes are used to establish the main characters, with Seagal playing a tough guy in charge of a group of zombie-hunters.

The survivors in the hospital are shown to be scared, isolated and untrusting. As the characters work their way through the hospital, they drift apart numerous times, often getting lost and attacked. (During one attack, the Wilhelm scream is heard briefly after Tao throws a zombie out of a window). To make matters worse for the survivors, a massive army base is planning to sterilize the area at dawn.

The survivors explain that there is only one functioning exit from the hospital (even though there seem to be numerous entrances through which they entered) and they have to get to this exit before the emergency power runs out and they are shut inside. To make matters worse many of the stairways and elevators are blocked off, forcing them to make their way level by level, finding a way to the next one down to gain the exit.

Meanwhile, Cross (Linden Ashby) tries to prevent Lt. Waters (Keith David) from unleashing a bombing raid on the hospital.

Cast

• Steven Seagal as Tao
• Tanoai Reed as Tagart
• Jenna Harrison as Dorothy
• Danny Midwinter as Morgan
• Emma Catherwood as Amelia
• Stephen Hagan as Ricky
• Daniel Percival as Dylan
• Skye Bennett as Charlotte
• Linden Ashby as Cross
• Keith David as Lt. Waters

References

External links

• Against the Dark at the Internet Movie Database