'Dark Night' was hardly something that was doomed from the start or anything. There was actually a great concept here, that had room to be interesting with at least some tension and potential to hit one hard emotionally as it was that kind of concept and one that if done right would have resonated with many. Was expecting to like it, and this is meant genuinely, not in any way maliciously or with disrespect.

Unfortunately, 'Dark Night' does not deliver and should have been much better than it turned out to be. Considering the subject and some might feel insulted, because the subject is not just interesting it is pretty raw for anybody who were victims of massacres or knew/were related to any. Waste of potential is a bugbear of mine, sorry, and 'Dark Night' is yet another case of it. Have seen much worse and it is not irredeemable, but that is not really a consolation.

The least bad thing about 'Dark Night' is the photography, which was quite striking and clever without being too self-indulgent.

Cannot really say anything else good. The execution just wasn't engaging, and should have been much more intriguing, much tighter, much more tense and with much more of an emotional impact. 'Dark Night' never really gets going and is rather cold emotionally, also found it quite bland and far too safe. Never felt shocked or illuminated, due to nothing new. Suspense is severely lacking, almost as much as the emotion, and the amount of atmosphere was not much better.

It all goes at a very sluggish pace and that the length feels over-extended and that there is too much talk that tends to badly ramble until full attention wavers quickly. The characters didn't engage or connect with me, and judging from their uninterested manner those in front of the camera/participants seemed to be feeling the same.

Summing up, poorly done. 2/10

"Dark Night" is a poor excuse for a "documentary." Supposedly about how the lives of six people intersect while watching a movie, during which a massacre of some sort occurs. This scenario was already done FOR REAL at a theater in Aurora, Colorado.

This turd MIGHT have been palatable had the director bothered to identify any of his characters. You know no one's name. No character has a back story--much less a "front" story. What you have are mindless, boring characters mumbling their lines (swear to God this needed sub-titles),explaining nothing and headed to nowhere. And if this film wasn't bad enough, the viewer must endure constant incessant caterwauling by someone who has mistaken himself/herself for a musician.

I could not find ONE thing redeemable about this. It was yet another wasted few dollars--choosing a movie where the synopsis is leaps and bounds better than the actual product.

Unrated but contains brief nudity and language.

The director adopted the right approach in not sensationalising the cinema atrocity. It's just after 5-minutes you get it that the characters collectively mesh into a portrait of a dislocated society. You then have to sit through 80-minutes of skateboarding, selfies and PS4 violent games.

Gus Van Sant's superb Elephant this is not.