Dark Country
2009 · Movie · R · 88 min · ★ 5.4 · 32% critics
A newly married couple driving through the Las Vegas desert stop to help an injured stranger after a crash. What starts as a desperate act of kindness spirals into a tense, eerie night of paranoia, danger, and increasingly bad choices on an isolated road.
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Details
- Years
- 2009
- Release date
- 2009-10-05
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Critic score
- 32/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.4/10 (128 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy moody, offbeat desert thrillers with a strange mystery, especially if The Hitcher worked for you; Not for you if you want fast pacing, clear answers, or straightforward scares.
Pros: eerie desert atmosphere; haunting visuals; intriguing mystery setup | Cons: very slow first half; confusing final stretch; uneven dialogue
Themes
- sheriff
- map
- motel
- honeymoon
- just married
- las vegas
- desert
- sunset
- dead end road
Cast & crew
Thomas Jane
as Dick
Lauren German
as Gina
Ron Perlman
as Sheriff
Chris Browning
as Stranger
Con Schell
as Bloodyface
Rene Mousseux
as Crime Scene Trooper
- AK
Aynn Kirby
as Coroner
- NK
Nikki Kelly
as Alternate Woman
- JL
Jonathan Lund
as Crime Scene Paramedic
Directed by Thomas Jane