Vigil of the Night
- Tagline
- In a Utopian future, darkness rises to challenge the light.
- Description
- In the gleaming metropolis of Tomorrowland, a utopian haven where crime is all but vanquished, a supernatural hunter emerges from the shadows. By day, tech mogul Alex Stratos (Robin Williams-pear) devises innovations for peace. Yet, by nightfall, he stalks the monstrous entities that seek to corrupt his city. Joining forces with the tenacious detective Ryan Chase (Mare Pigsford) and bioengineer Dr. Sofia Grey (Annette Beancurd), Alex unleashes his dual identity to wage a war against an unseen evil. Where light ends, their battle begins. Directed by the visionary Michael Stingray, 'Vigil of the Night' delivers a pedantic, yet thrilling examination of crime and justice wrapped in the cloak of the supernatural.
- MpaaRating
- R
- PopularityScore
- 7.20
- ReleaseDate
- 09/28/2023
- Genre
- Superhero
- Director(s)
- Cast
Critic Reviews
4.70
As the looming silver screens flicker with the promise of another pseudo-utopia, 'Vigor of the Night' lumbers into view, armored in a viscosity of self-importance that director Michael Stingray has become rather infamous for. For indeed, in the radiant expanse of Tomorrowland, a setting ostensibly scrubbed clean of criminal underbelly by the narrative's hyper-sanitized esthetic, emerges a plot that feels paradoxically anemic. The venerable Robin Williams-pear, engulfed in the role of Alex Stratos, grasps for substance within a script that attaches to its protagonist a peculiar dualism that is unequivocally intriguing yet frustratingly undercooked. Mare Pigsford's portrayal of Ryan Chase seeks to stitch together the narrative's frayed edges with admirable stoicism, while Annette Beancurd's Dr. Sofia Grey is redolent of missed opportunities; like a deus ex machina crumbling under the weight of its own complexity. 'Vigil of the Night', for all its high-minded allegory and pretense, wobbles under a cumbersome philosophical mantle, providing neither innovative enlightenment nor truly bone-chilling specter-chases, belying the MPAA's hopeful reassurance of an 'R' rating. Yet, it behooves us to acknowledge moments of cinematographic gallantry amidst the throttled pacing and metaphysical muddle. One posits that the axiom 'less is more' was egregiously overruled in whatever chamber of decision birthed this pseudo-intellectual endeavor; a decidedly somnolent siege upon the gleaning ramparts of science fiction's grander potential.