I couldn't resist to see the Dark Side of the Sun after hearing its story. It was filmed in prewar Yugoslavia, all footage of the film was lost, starred Brad Pitt(as his debut film) etc. All those factors gave me energy to find the DVD with a very reasonable price. Did I like the film. Unfortunately,no. Story is good, Brad Pitt looks around 17, cant believe this movie was from 10 10-15 years ago. However, as his debut film, he does quite well as Rick who suffers from a rare skin disease and should't contact with sun directly. He is in Yugoslavia with his family and trying to find cure for his illness. His father is a businessman and seems like controlling it from Yugoslavia. Fair enough but spends all his money to find cure for his son's illness from the dodgy looking guy!!What happened to the modern ways of treatment. Although it is mentioned during the film that there is no cure so far in modern medicine but come on, see that healer and you know that he won't be any help.. Of course, beside his illness, Rick finds th love of his life. Frances is touring with a small theatre group around Europe and she meets Rick. She falls for him as well but when he wears his mask. It takes her until the very end of the film that she has been dealing with the same guy all the way long. Silly!! My conclusion about The Dark Side of the Sun would be average. I think it has a decent storyline, average actors, Brad Pitt and Guy Boyd especially stands out. But, rest of the cast is below average (mostly Yugoslavian). Music is pretty annoying, reminded me crappy Turkish B-movies from 80's. Despite an okay acting from Mr Pitt and a good story, over all I think my very best is * out of *****
Review of The Dark Side of the Sun
