Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007)

Plot of Seeker: The Dark Is Rising

A showdown between the last of the immortals and the dark forces.

Review of Seeker: The Dark Is Rising

Seeker: The Dark is Rising tries to grab onto Harry Potters fan base and fails miserably. Adapted without consultation from Susan Cooper, Seeker has way too much crammed into it and at the same time explains the bare minimum to keep the story moving. One example – Will is tasked to collect six signs in order to stop the Dark. Now unless I dozed off, it was never explained what these signs were or what they were to be used for. He just runs around looking for this swirly design and lo and behold, there is the sign. There are many other faults, too many to list here.
 

An ensemble cast ranging from nobodies to “haven't we seen that guy in something?” do what they can with the material, but aren't quite up to the task of carrying a film like this. Alexander Ludwig, as Will Stanton, carries most of the weight here and holds up well, reminding me a bit of Zachary Ty Bryan from Home Improvement. Heroes fans may recognize Christopher Eccleston, who played Claude, the recluse, who taught Peter Petrelli how to become invisible. He plays The Rider, the main villain in the story and if you ask me, he was scarier as Claude, a good guy, than as The Rider in Seeker. There is even a Professor McGonagall clone in Frances Conroy's Miss Greythorne. Sad to say most of the other cast members blandly blend into the background.
 

There seems to be a rush of fantasy movies this fall and Seeker: The Dark is Rising will just fall into the cracks as another mediocre attempt at adapting a large epic-type novel into an hour and a half movie. My advice, stay home and watch Harry Potter again.
 

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Mitch E
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The Cast

Director

Producer

Alexander Ludwig

David L. Cunningham

Marc Platt

Ian McShane

Gregory Smith

Austin Vaccaro

Frances Conroy

Rating

Length

Distributors

Release Date

PG for fantasy action and some scary images.

Unnamed Fox-Walden Joint Venture

October 5th, 2007

Awards

Related Links

http://www.seekthesigns.com/

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This review was written by Mitch E. Copyright 2007, All Rights Reserved.