The Sci-Fi channel has it fair share of films that ether cheesy but good, kinda fair, or just straight bad in most standards in story, acting, and special effects. Darklight in my opinion is one of those cheesy but good films. The film came out in 2004 and if you have cable at the time you may have watched it on the Sci-Fi channel. And yes I still call it the "Sci-Fi" channel not that other word that looks like an acronym of a new type of syphilis.
So the film starts off with a opening narration about Adam's first wife Lilith and how she rejected him as her equal. The narration farther explains that Lilith was made from the earth and a magical substance called darklight; therefore possessing demonic powers and appearance. In present day a secret society called the Faith was able to capture her putting an end to her eternal wrath. Three years later we'll introduce to Elle (played by Shiri Appleby) who lives with her guardian and has no memory of who she is. We cut to a secret lab where we are introduced to one of the antagonist of the film Anders Raeborne (played by David Hewlett). Who's been experimenting with an extract from Lilith's blood in attempt to become immortal. After succeeding he becomes a Demonicus and sets to kill a scientific research team that rejected his theory on extended longevity. One of Faith agents William Shaw (played by Richard Burgi) is informed about the Demonicus and is order to find and train Elle (who is actually Lilith before losing her memories). Shaw quickly declines since Lilith was the one who killed his son prior to her capture three years ago. But with some convincing by Faith leader Prefect (played by Ross Manarchy) Shaw accepts this mission.
Bit by bit Elle/Lilith starts to get flashes of her memories. Lilith returns home to find her guardian killed by Raeborne/Demonicus Shaw enters the house rescuing Lilith and escaping. The next few scenes are Shaw helping Lilith to remember her ancient past and then train her on controlling her darklight powers. Early in the film it's been told that Raeborne/Demonicus is carrying the Red Plague and can infect anyone through its bite and tongue. However, the red plague can be cure by extracting an enzyme from its brain. So it's up to Lilith and Shaw to destroy the Demonicus and retrieve its head to develop an antidote. I'm skipping ahead to the near end so there may be some spoilers. Lilith and Shaw head to an abandon warehouse where they fell into a trap set up by Raeborne and Faith Director Chapel (played by John de Lancie). Chapel's intention is start an apocalypse to prove that not only evil exists it prevails...just go with. Basically he used Raeborne to tamper with darklight ultimately starting the red plague. Raeborne chances back to the Demonicus and heads out to kill his father while Lilith and Shaw manage to escape from the warehouse. Shaw heads after Chapel and then kills him before escaping while Lilith heads after Raeborne/Demonicus to protect his father. The film ends with Lilith killing the Raeborne/Demonicus through DECAPITATION...and finally curing the population from the red plague.
My Final Verdict: The whole Lilith mythology seems to be cliff-noted but did does get the plot started. The special effects on the demonic form Lilith and the Demonicus are decent they're not as terrible as the special effects from any Asylum film that's been made. So for something to kill time or just to shut off your brain for a while I recommend watching Darklight. You know what I think I just have enough guilty pleasure for one more film from Sci-Fi. So stay tuned next time as I review Threshold.
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