Vanishing On 7th Street (2010) [Blu-ray]
Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline: Stay in the light

Vanishing On 7th Street taps into one of humankind's most primal anxieties: fear of the dark. An unexplained blackout plunges the city of Detroit into total darkness, and by the time the sun rises, only a few people remain-surrounded by heaps of empty clothing, abandoned cars and lengthening shadows. A small handful of strangers that have survived the night (Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton, John Leguizamo and newcomer Jacob Latimore) each find their way to a rundown bar. With daylight beginning to disappear completely and whispering shadows surrounding the survivors, they soon discover that the enemy is the darkness itself.

User Comment: (lefevre-tj) from United States, 22 January 2011 • While parts of the movie peaked my interest, overall, it was very disappointing. A vague plot, poor script, weak effects and actors trying their best to make it work. Too bad they failed. A movie with this premise has great potential, it can lead the viewer down a path and let the audience intellectually fill in the blanks. In order for that to occur, the movie itself must provide the plot points, the material that that allows, and draws the viewer to want to connect the dots and create, so to speak, their own movie within a movie. I just gave up, and so, apparently, did the filmmakers. I won't gave away anything, because there really isn't anything to tell.

Summary: what?

User Comment: *** This review may contain spoilers *** MrGlassback from United Kingdom, 22 January 2011 • In the same vein as 'The Happening' this film has a mass event that seems to wipe out a huge chunk, if not all, the worlds population bar a few random pockets of survivors.

I love these types of films when they are done right but this is a complete mess. The plot is something that could be written on the back of a stamp and the ending leaves you completely unfulfilled and none the wiser as to what has happened and why.

The characters don't inspire any kind of sympathy or have you rooting for their survival and the mechanism they used to stay alive is completely inconsistent.

I didn't pay to see this, yet still felt ripped off. Easily the worst film I've seen in the last few years.

Summary: Makes The Happening look good!

[CSW] -2- Great actors trying to pull together a nonexistent plot. I gave up midway through this movie trying to supplying my own interpretation of the missing plot pieces and instead just let the whole movie drift off into the shadows. You only need to see this if you have an interest in seeing good actors in a nonexistent plot movie.
[V3.5-A4.5] MPEG-4 AVC - No D-Box.

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