The award-winning Isaac Asimov story is very poorly adapted into this perpetually uninteresting, plodding production. A planet somewhat like our own has been bathed in sunlight (after all, it has three suns), and now it has been foreseen that the sunlight will disappear, and darkness will reign. The residents, some of whom are terrified by this concept, divide into two factions, enacting the ages-old debate of science vs. Superstition.
This viewer is not surprised to hear that this is NOT particularly faithful to the story (as it is, Asimov disowned it). It's such a deadly dull affair with nothing to really hook a viewer. Being that it was produced by B movie outfit Concorde, it's low-budget through and through. It's very inscrutable, and, although it creates some mildly watchable visuals, it features a largely nondescript cast that is hardly convincing. Star attraction David Birney ('Someone's Watching Me!') gives a performance that is as boring and colorless as the film itself. The appealing Sarah Douglas of "Superman: The Movie" and "Superman II" is on hand, but she's not given anything truly interesting to do.
"Nightfall" was badly scripted by director Paul Mayersberg, who'd fared a lot better a dozen years previous writing the screenplay for "The Man Who Fell to Earth"; this at least features a decent music score by Frank Serafine, but that is not nearly enough to redeem this forgettable movie.
Three out of 10.
This viewer is not surprised to hear that this is NOT particularly faithful to the story (as it is, Asimov disowned it). It's such a deadly dull affair with nothing to really hook a viewer. Being that it was produced by B movie outfit Concorde, it's low-budget through and through. It's very inscrutable, and, although it creates some mildly watchable visuals, it features a largely nondescript cast that is hardly convincing. Star attraction David Birney ('Someone's Watching Me!') gives a performance that is as boring and colorless as the film itself. The appealing Sarah Douglas of "Superman: The Movie" and "Superman II" is on hand, but she's not given anything truly interesting to do.
"Nightfall" was badly scripted by director Paul Mayersberg, who'd fared a lot better a dozen years previous writing the screenplay for "The Man Who Fell to Earth"; this at least features a decent music score by Frank Serafine, but that is not nearly enough to redeem this forgettable movie.
Three out of 10.