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A Dark Foe

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A Dark Foe

R

Released Jul 30, 2021

1h 20m

Mystery & Thriller

Crime

Drama

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A guilt-ridden FBI agent, stranded in the painful memory of the abduction of his sister, will have to face-off with the cunning serial killer who took her away.

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

AWFJ.org

A Dark Foe isn't Maria Gabriela Cardenas's masterpiece, but there is evidence here that she has one in her - and for a feature debut film, that's no small thing.

Aug 7, 2021

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Brian Costello

Common Sense Media

A Dark Foe is an extremely graphic tale with a nonsensical and incoherent storyline. It's full of excruciating scenes of melodrama delivered by incompetent actors.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 15, 2021

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Andrew Stover

Film Inquiry

For all of its shortcomings, it's a daunting thriller, capable of blistering tension and startling violence.

Aug 15, 2021

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Alan Ng

Film Threat

I feel like this film is more about the progression or descent into madness than telling a strong, cohesive story. However, the ride itself is enough to give this horror/thriller a chance.

Rated: 6.5/10

Aug 10, 2021

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Mark Dujsik

Mark Reviews Movies

[A]ll of it takes on a sense of all-encompassing incompetence.

Rated: 0.5/4

Jul 30, 2021

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Iamwhoi M

This movie is just too horrible to watch. The acting is atrocious. I can't really tell you the whole plot; because I fell asleep on it 4 times. I'm sad Selma Blair needed work this bad. Truly bad. Raspberry Award worthy.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/19/25

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Martin S

Deeply disturbing, twisted and weird !! NOT for the faint of heart !!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/24

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Ted B

3.0 stars. The "Dark" in the title of the movie refers the totally deep dark nature of the antagonist, and the theme of the film. So 'dark' that it is really hard to watch. But, the 'dark' also refers to the.definition (absence of light) and the phobia the protagonist experiences when it is dark. The movie was well done technically, but I think makes a mistake each time it goes for the shock value by crossing the line with ultimate gore. It gives it too much of a 'Drive-In movie' quality.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/21/23

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Audience Member

Without any doubt whatsoever, no hyperbole, this is the worst written, acted, and directed movie I have ever seen. All three things, worst ever. Tough to do. It's like somebody wrote the "story," shot the footage, and edited it, all while tripping hard on acid, completely oblivious to what they were doing. Hard to fathom the director and editor in the same room saying, "Yeah, that's the take we want." With every single second of acting so atrocious, I can't even imagine. I'm dumbfounded something can be this bad, also that there are some veteran actors whose proven skills this movie brings into question, with a couple several second long exceptions by Monte Markham. The blame of how truly terrible this is, however, lies squarely on the shoulders of the woman who "wrote" and "directed" it, who couldn't have made it any more gratuitous, misogynistic, or ineptly maudlin. Somebody gave somebody else money to make this. I guess. Stupefying. 0.000000 stars.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Audience Member

I'm positive this movie will haunt me for days or even weeks. I am also sure it will keep people debating about for some time to come. For me, it is a well-done film that was emotionally pulverizing for me as viewer as it was for the characters.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Audience Member

Hot garbage. So terrible I stopped watching around 45 minutes in.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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A guilt-ridden FBI agent, stranded in the painful memory of the abduction of his sister, will have to face-off with the cunning serial killer who took her away.

Director: Maria Gabriela Cardenas
Producer: Maria Gabriela Cardenas, Oscar Cardenas, Amy Williams
Screenwriter: Oscar Cardenas, Maria Gabriela Cardenas
Distributor: Vertical Entertainment
Production Co: Path of Thorns Entertainment
Rating: R (Nudity|Gruesome Images|A Rape|Drug Material|Sexual Content|Disturbing Violent Content|Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 30, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 30, 2021
Runtime: 1h 20m

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