AGAINST THE DARK - MP4 MOVIE DESCRIPTION/PLOT

Plot Synopsis by Jason Buchanan



The human population of planet Earth has been decimated by bloodthirsty vampires, and now the only hope for the few remaining survivors lies in the skills of one man who always lived by the sword. Tao (Steven Seagal) is a katana master who never met a vampire he didn't want to slay. When roving packs of vampires force the few uninfected survivors to seek refuge in an abandoned hospital, the only hope for the human race lies with Tao's special squad of ex-military vigilantes. The only cure for these creatures is execution, and that's Tao's specialty. As the hunt gets underway, Tao and his team make it their mission to ensure that the creatures of the night don't inherit the Earth.

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Similar Works

Vampires (1998, John Carpenter)

30 Days of Night (2007, David Slade)

Blade (1998, Steve Norrington)



The film begins by revealing that a disease has taken over humanity, turning everyone into blood thirsty vampire-like creatures. According to the narrator, there is no known cure and the only survivors are left in a situation where it is them "against the dark". The first few scenes are used to establish the main characters, with Seagal playing a tough guy in charge of a group of military specialists known as "Hunters".



The survivors in the hospital are shown to be scared, isolated and untrusting. As the characters work their way through the hospital, they drift apart numerous times, often getting lost and attacked. To make matters worse for the survivors, a massive army base is planning to sterilize the area at dawn.



The survivors explain that there is only one functioning exit from the hospital (even though there seem to be numerous entrances through which they entered) and they have to get to this exit before the emergency power runs out and they are shut inside. To make matters worse many of the stairways and elevators are blocked off, forcing them to make their way level by level, finding a way to the next one down to gain the exit.