Plantiana Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Caryl It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Claudio Carvalho While crossing the Mojave Desert to go to a wedding in Los Angeles, Paul (Josh Stewart) and his girlfriend Adrienne (Jamie-Lynn Sigler) have a car accident. They decide to spend for the night into the Roy's Motel and Cafe and they check-in with a man called Frank (Chris Browning). Paul is uncomfortable to disclose a secret to Adrienne while Frank's wife Sandy (Angela Featherstone) has a hidden past that affects their lives. Along the night, weird and surreal things happen to Paul until a stranger help him to discover the truth and make a choice."Beneath the Dark" is an engaging but predictable thriller. The story is unoriginal and the mystery is easily disclosed still in the beginning. But anyway it is entertaining. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): "A Escolha" ("The Choice")

MrGKB ...although it's no "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," either. What "Beneath the Dark" is, though, is an earnest attempt by writer/director/producer, Chad Feehan, to pay some dues and develop his chops, which--despite the weaknesses of the script--show much promise. With the aid of some nice camera-wrangling by Jason "Otis" Blount, apt music from Daniel "Dexter" Licht (and an excellent selection of pop tunes sprinkled throughout), some fine art/production design, and a perfectly capable cast (ignore the curmudgeons dissing them on this site), Feehan presents what is essentially a noir-ish episode of "The Twilight Zone." In a nutshell, a young couple decides to stop at a motel after a potentially calamitous accident, only to encounter strange people and disconcerting doings. There's a method to the mysteries, however, and that's what the story is about, and how our protagonist handles it all.As mentioned, the script is still the weak point of the project; Syd Field would not be happy. Too much time is spent setting things up, and too much is spent delineating the backstory of the motel's current occupants (some of it quite relevant, but a good deal of it unnecessary--and at time confusing--filler). Some of the dialogue is, shall we say, uninspired and/or banal. These flaws are not helped by the occasional blackout segues that seem more intended for the insertion of commercial breaks than a stylistic choice. I'd hazard a guess that 15-20 minutes could have been shaved off the hour-forty running time with no loss of coherence. Nonetheless, and perhaps ironically, my attention was held for the duration, despite my tendency to enjoy a smoke-break intermission when watching DVDs, and despite a great deal of smoking going on in the movie itself. That's got to count for something, at least in my book.No matter. Although I found his demeanor off-putting at first, Josh "The Collector" Stewart establishes and propels the lead quite nicely, Angela "The Wedding Singer" Featherstone stands out in support along with Chris "Cowboys & Aliens" Browning and Afemo "The Reaping" Omilami, and even Jamie-Lynn "The Sopranos" Sigler acquits herself well (and I don't mean to dis her; it's just that her role is really a cipher--she has no genuine character arc). Nor do I mean to dispense with the rest of the cast; they all do fine jobs. Eventually, though, the viewer realizes that this story is all about Stewart's character, which is why I mentioned the similarity to "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" in the first place.To recap: not a great film, but shows much promise, and is certainly worth a watch for indie fans and genre buffs.

e-Liza1 I could easily review this film if I were to include spoilers - but in avoiding giving anything away there is so little I can say that I would like to say - this movie is shrouded in MYSTERY!"Beneath The Dark" takes place at a desert motel ... a young man (Paul) and a young woman (Adrienne) who must rest, and so cannot continue their journey. So they stop at a motel that seems to welcome them. But there is something very strange about this place - watch closely, at the beginning of the film and you will see the Motel concierge, Frank, slipping a typed-note on an A4 sheet of paper into a "Gideon's Bible" and replacing it in the top drawer of a bedside chest of drawers in the room in which Paul and Adrienne are doomed to stay - "The Orchid Room". Now surely, that could not possibly be construed as a spoiler - yet I have to be so careful not to give anything away!This is the mysterious rest-stop between two worlds that you have seen in so many episodes of "The Twilight Zone" ... but where in "The Twilight Zone" the story must be told in a brief introduction, two 11-minute acts, and s final short climax or dénouement, this story takes place over one and a half hours without ads. Apart from that, it is pretty much what you have been seeing on "The Twilight Zone" since 1959, and that is a compliment! (When television was influenced and employed theatre, when television was respectable and cared about the human condition!) Without giving anything away, literally, I can say I would have given this movie more, but the concept that "law" is "truth" is a devilish lie, so I can only give it a 6 ... and if IMDb's rules would allow it, I would have given it a 6.66! What about the unparalleled intervention and interference in human affairs that is going on according to so-called "rules" and "laws" by those who put themselves in positions of so-called "authority" over us, make rules to force us to bend and submit to, and who corruptly judge us accordingly? What of the unimaginable enormity of the harm THEY do?! Perhaps that note in "The Gideon's Bible" should not have been inserted at "LEVITICUS", but at the place where it says: "Judge not and you shall not be judged!" Even wisdom turns to evil and maggots, when it is made into law as a subterfuge to rule over us from ABOVE and to deprive us of our universal, inalienable, un-God-given FREEDOM (which comes from BELOW)!!!Turn down the lights, relax, and enjoy this film, but remember to temper the message at the end of this movie with a slice of raspberry pie! For ... you about to enter ... THE TWILIGHT ZONE!!!

Learningbywatching ... then you shouldn't be disappointed. A young couple in a hotel out in the desert somewhere close to LA. The Hotel office guy acts strangely, and so do all the other people the couple, mainly the guy, will meet during that night. Up to here it is an absolute cliché but this leads the viewer into the wrong direction.Things are getting stranger and stranger but instead of hysterically screaming girls and bloody massacres, suspense keeps steadily up by clues to the reason why this is happening. But of course there is also a little screaming and blood. Even though this movie leads into a rather parallel World it is pretty reasonable.So people who are able to find a movie mysterious enough without too much blood and bones, but rather by a good and also surprising story and characters should have a good one and a half hour with this one.