in 1967 and mine worker find the remnant of an ancient vanish civilization name abkani that believe there be the world of light and darkness . when they open the gate between these world ten thousand year ago and something evil slip through before the gate be close . twenty two year ago and the government paranormal research agency bureau 713 be direct by professor lionel hudgens ( matthew walker ) and who perform experiment with orphan child . on the present day and one of these child be the paranormal investigator edward carnby ( christian slater ) and who have just get an abkani artifact in south america and and be chase by a man with ability . when an old friend of foster house disappear in the middle of the night and he disclose that demon be come back to earth . with the support of the anthropologist aline cedrac ( tara reid ) and the leader of the bureau 713 and cmdr . richard burke ( stephen dorff ) and and his squad and they battle against the evil creature . in spite of have a charismatic good cast and lead by christian slater and tara reid and stephen dorff and alone in the dark never work and be a complete mess and without development of character or plot . the reason may be explain by the brilliant interview of director uwe boll in the extra of the dvd and where he say that videogames be the bestseller of the young generation that be not drive by book anymore . far and his target audience would be people age between twelve and twenty five year old . sorry and but i find both assertion disrespectful with the young generation . i have a daughter and a son and and i know many of their friend and they be not that type of stupid stereotype the director say . far and imdb provide excellent statistic to show that mr. uwe boll be absolutely wrong . my vote be three . title ( brazil ) represent alone in the dark o despertar do mal ( alone in the dark the awakening of the evil ) .