cold and dark be a brand new and well intended british horror or action flick with that may count on ambitious cast and crew member and a dozen of semi good idea and a couple of impressive special effect . unfortunately the script and elaboration be far too messy to make it become a memorable film and i simply can not recommend it wholeheartedly and even though i really want to . the story revolve on two macho buddy cop ( luckily they wear their badge around the neck and because they look more like dock worker to me ) who put a lot of time and effort in unravel a network of human smuggling . the brain behind these illegal atrocity naturally be well protect and thus every action take by our heroic cop turn out pointless . until one day and officer shade survive a mysterious incident in a freezer ( i still haven not figure out what exactly happen there ) and all of a sudden he enjoy monstrous power . from then on and the two no longer await a boring trial and they make sure every villain live quickly come to a bloody end . you can tell that the vigilante cop premise isn not exactly original and the monstrous touch be and in fact and the only more or less inventive aspect . and then still this movie fail to impress because of it many boring sequence and the completely illogical structure feature at time . the rough camera work and voice over be a little too obviously steal from other cool film like snatch or the boondock saint and while the top notch sound effect often miss their effect . and yet and there be several positive element to detect in this production . a few sequence be downright dazzle ( like the first massacre and set in a filthy restroom ) and there be some delightfully absurd character introduce . like dr. elgin who seem to have escape the men in black cast or the typically scottish commissioner who yell really loud whenever he speak and compare his police squad with a set of golf club . the black humor certainly be the big trump of this film . i would label this cold and dark a missed opportunity but i reckon andrew goth have the potential to grow a a director . this be only his second film after everybody love sunshine and star david bowie .