The Dark Age

The Dark Age is the first computer/2D Animated Movie by Chris Stockwell's recently created company Brimstone Entertainment. He got together the animators of most of DC's Animated Movies, and many others and together they created Brimstone Entertainment with this being their first animated movie.

Plot
The film opens with a comic book creator by the name of Derrick Nemoy. Derrick has had a rough life with him having a almost non-existent relationship with his sister Gloria, a job he doesn't really like, and almost no income with his series "The Dark Age", a comic about a world where the Nazi's won WW2 and in 2018 a resistance rises with it being lead by Dark, a anti hero who fights The Baron and Baroness, the current leaders of the Nazi Regime in a attempt to stop them and take them down.

He just finishes his most recent issue with the end being them gaining new technology they can use to fight the Nazi's. But then he remembers that there is one silver lining to his day, with him finally going on a date with the girl of his dreams, Tabatha, the assistant of his boss.

So then Derrick goes out wearing his best to the restaurant where he was gonna meet her, only to see her talking with 2 guys bigger than Derrick as she then kisses one of them and goes away without her even noticing him. So of course Derrick is heart broken and gets drunk and then goes outside to try and go to his car on the other side of the road. So then he walks there but ends up getting hit by a bus.

He then wakes up in the world of The Dark Age as he gets out of bed and he goes outside the room to see the entire rebellion underground base with all of the characters there. Here, one of the members sees him and says that he's awake, with everyone then cheering as then they pick him up and carry him to the main room for Dark where he is busy strategizing as then he sees Derrick and welcomes him happily.

Then Derrick asks what's going on as Dark reveals that he just helped them win a war as he then shows Derrick a machine and says that the machine is used to transfer the thoughts of someone to someone in Derrick's world and that they think that Derrick contacted the government and then the government would find a way to travel to their world and send soldiers to help. Then Dark asks where the army is...Then Derrick reveals what he actually did with it and then everyone gets angry over this, especially Dark.

But then Dark remembers his plan and says that its ok and that if his new plan works, then the resistance shall finally destroy the Nazi Empire.

They plan on breaking into 5 of the main fortresses of the regime with 4 of the groups being attacked by groups of resistance fighters with the 4 being not protected enough to stand against the groups heading there, equipped with highly dangerous weaponry they recently stole from the regime. Meanwhile the main one which is heavily guarded is attacked by a group of the best the resistance has and Dark, this fortress is also where the Baroness and The Baron are.

And what is the goal. Well the goal is to steal data on the economy of this new world, which they plan to use to make the currency worthless, causing a outbreak and mass chaos from the result of the economy crashing (which can actually happen as far as I know) causing a revolt resulting in the mass destruction of the type of government and rule the Regime built because of the out break being too much to handle, resulting in it's end.

So then Derrick ends up being brought into Dark's squad as they go off on each group's separate ways after one final meal before their journey where its pretty obvious that the rest of the resistance is still angry at Derrick but then Dark stands up for Derrick by saying that its not his fault since this kind of world is something that can only be imagined in his world. So there is no way he could have known it was real.

This calms down a resistance member who was fixing to shank Derrick then Dark takes Derrick to his office where the two talk. Dark apologizes for everyone else's behavior, saying that they honestly need a world like his. To which Derrick responds that its not all so good as then Dark and Derrick talk about each other's worlds as then they laugh it off at the end of the conversation and Dark offers a drink but Derrick says that the last time he got drunk, he got hit by a bus. To which Dark then agrees and then says that maybe its not the best idea to get drunk the night before a journey.

So then the 2 get to know each other until Derrick asks Dark about his origin since he never received the idea of it. This results in Dark revealing his backstory. Apparently back when he was a boy, Dark's family was executed right in front of him by the Nazi's while he hid because they were Jewish and then was brought in by a wise old man who raised him, trained him, treated him like his own son. Then one day after the death of the old man, he saw how many people were in danger in this world as a whole for the first time and he decided to use his abilities to become a hero for the resistance. Here Derrick then reveals that he never wanted to work in comics, that he always wanted to be a animator but because of workload, he decided to stop and start working in the comic industry. Here Dark says that Derrick shouldn't give up his dream despite how hard it is, bringing up how much he had to work to get where he is now, the man who will work to finally destroy the Nazis. Then Derrick understands and says that once he returns to his world, he's gonna give animation a second chance.

The next day they start their journey to the main fortress with Derrick being apart of the squad as he then gets mad because he has to go with Roland, a character in his comic who before coming to this world, saw him as the Taran from The Black Cauldron of the book because of him always calling himself a bad a** despite him doing literally nothing bad a**. But then they all decide to sneak through a city turned concentration camp in order to avoid a mine field.

They manage to sneak through the crowd there until they are seen and instantly one of the men get shot in the head as Dark sees a sniper on the roof and recognizes him as Klaus Schmidt, a enforcer for The Baron and Baroness. They all take cover inside of a building as then several armored soldiers break in.

Here we then see our group of heroes hide as then one of the members of the rebellion, Clark, starts freaking out because of them fixing to be caught, causing them to be found as then the member gets shot in the shoulder as then see Dark and Roland go out with Dark having a knife in his left hand and Roland having a gun in his right hand as they start to fight the soldiers and Klaus while Derrick starts to try and successfully take out the bullet and then he proceeds to bandage the wounds of the soldier as then the soldier asks where he learned that and Roland says that his dad was a doctor and that he taught Derrick how to treat a wound just in case he got hurt. Then he proceeds to watch Roland and Dark fight together as he sees Roland as a bad a** as even when he gets shot in the arm by Klaus, he still runs and then shoots Klaus in the chest multiple times as then Dark throws Klaus through the window.

Then as they make their way out of the city before their seen again, Derrick apologizes to Roland for how he has treated him and Roland then says its ok as Dark says they should hide out in a abandoned building for the night. Then right as he says that, one of the soldiers named Kalob steps on a mine as then the member starts freaking out, not wanting to die if he steps off it. Then Roland says that they could amputate the foot.

Then we cut to the main fortress of the Baroness and Baron as then the soldier who let the resistance get away with their high tech weapons is brought before them, beaten to a pulp and naked. Here we see the solider beg for forgiveness as then The Baron stands out of his chair and then just gives him a cold stare as then he bends down on his knees and then picks up the man's head with his left hand so the man could stare into his eyes and says this speech "Your failure is far beyond anything you can say sorry for...Do you know what every kind of government depends on...CURRENCY! PESOS! DOLLARS! WHATEVER YOU CALL IT! We need it to pay for our soldiers, We need it to pay our officials to help us stay in power, We need it to fund the miniaturization of our weapons. It doesn't matter how much fear you put in, how much manipulation you put in, how many soldiers you have, how much control you have. POWER COMES FROM CURRENCY! WITHOUT IT WE ALL FALL IN THIS EMPIRE!...I don't care how many missions you failed, how many bodies have fallen because of them getting their hands on our weaponry, or how WEAK you are...You see I have received word of the resistance making their way over here to try and make our currency worthless...Could you imagine the outbreak, the death count, the destruction, the chaos...No order can fix that, no army can stop that, and no fear can put it to rest. If they succeed then its all over, our empire wall fall...And that is why I will be happy to kill you...And if you think it will be fast and simple, then you are wrong...You see ALL of our soldiers need a example so they don't make a mistake...That is why I will SLIT AND CUT EVERY PIECE AND BODY PART...off...of...you, then I will empty each body part till their all empty husks, then I will fill them up with rotting meat and metal as I sow you back together and place you outside of the fortress like a scarecrow for EVERYONE TO SEE, with the meat just attracting the rats, flies, all of that so they will crawl through every single hole in your body, through your eyes, through your mouth, through your a**, and every other hole on your body, eating away at the insides...until theirs nothing left and your left again a empty husk...All as a example for everyone else...Now how should we do this?...How about I start with the toes and feet and make my way until you are near the brink of death, with your eyes taken out and your tongue cut out, then when your asking for death...I'll give it to you, but then I'll slowly cut your head off...So let's begin shall we!" Then The Baron has a knife come out of his sleeve and then he grabs one of his feet and he places is flat on the ground as he then starts cutting off each toe, one by one in a gory fashion as the soldier screams as he tries to fight back and or get away but because of the beating he got before, he is too weak to do so and now he has just enough strength to just scream in agony and pain. Then as we get a look at The Baron's face as he cutting off the toes as then after he's done with the toes, he grabs a saw and starts cutting off the foot as we see all of the gore and blood that comes with it as when the foot falls off, we cut to a foot being bandaged back at the building where the resistance is at by Derrick as he finishes and then goes to check on Dark.

Dark is looking at the blue prints of the fortress and a map to it, calculating their next move in the morning when we see Derrick going to check on him as he asks if Dark is gonna get something to eat since Clark is making some cornmeal mush for dinner. But Dark then says he's not hungry and should be preparing for tomorrow to which then Derrick puts his hand on Dark's shoulder and says that he should maybe take a break to eat to which Dark then turns around and then yells at Derrick right in front of everyone saying that there is no time to relax, that they need to get to the fortress and accomplish the mission. That this was the battlefield and that nobody can rest because they could be ambushed any minute. But then Roland stands up for Derrick and then Dark calms down and says that he's just been stressed out. But then Derrick brings up that they all have went through impossible odds before and have won, so if they come across another one then they'll still fight through it as always no matter the cost. Then Dark agrees and then comes by the fire and eats some Cornmeal Mush and then everyone goes to bed.

Later that night Derrick is woken up by Dark and then is brought outside by him. Derrick asks what is going on and Dark says that if he's still committed to fighting with them then Dark might as well teach Derrick how to fight. So we then get a monatge of Derrick being trained by Dark throughout the night like being able to use guns and knives well, how to fight in combat, how to stay silent and sneak up on the enemy. Here Derrick also talks about his sister Gloria and that after their mother's death after a 2 year fight against cancer, they started fighting each other and eventually grew apart although he still worries and cares for her. Dark then recommends that he should call and talk to his sister, to try and fix their relationship. As then they see Ronald on the roof of the building as then Dark and Derrick go up and asks him why he isn't sleeping and Ronald responds by saying he's just watching the stars, so then Roland invites them to join as Dark goes to bed and Derrick sits next to him watching the stars as we get a very light hearted, peaceful, and kind moment in the film as Roland is introducing Derrick to all of the stars he named.

The next day Derrick, Dark, and the rest of the group including Kalob who is using a wheel chair he found in the building to get around as they all head to the speedway, a series of underground tunnels built to help Jewish people escape to multiple different places without getting noticed once the Nazi's took over. If they go through one direction in the speedway then they should reach the sewers of the Heiligtum der Macht or the Sanctuary of Power, the new capital of The Nazi Empire where the main base that The Baron and Baroness operate in.

Meanwhile at the building the group was taking refuge in, we see several soldiers looking through it and coming out empty handed and report to their superior, Klaus Schmidt who somehow survived the fall and being shot and is now on the hunt for the group as then he sees the decapitated food on the mine as one of the soldiers comes up and warns him by telling him what it is with Klaus responding that he knows as he has the soldier put his foot on it while Klaus takes the foot off of it and then has a hound that was brought during the trip smell the scent of the shoe as the dog then starts to follow the smell of the shoe as the rest of the soldiers and Klaus leave with the soldier still on the mine as he begs them not to leave him behind but they do anyway.

We then cut to our group of heroes reach the speedway as they open the door to it and make their way through it. Here we then see Derrick talk to Roland, thanking him for standing up for him last night. To which then Ronald says that it would be a first time he would stand up for someone. To which after Derrick asks what he means by that, Ronald tells Derrick that he once loved someone in the rebellion, her name was Angela. She was the world to him but then one day The Nazi's abushed them and he got scared since he hadn't actually gone into combat yet so he ran and hid with Angela who was currently pregnant. They were in the clear until Angela heard the cries of a little kid and so Angela went out to get and protect her, and although the girl ended up escaping, Angela was caught and while she tried fighting them off while calling for Roland but he was still hiding and was too much of a coward to fight back and it resulted in her dying and he living and ever since then, he vow to never run or hide from battle, to never be a coward like he was once to hopefully one day make up for what he did. And also since he and Angela's favorite pass time when they weren't working was star watching because of them hoping theres other life out there, other life that lives peacefully and doesn't have to suffer the fate of their world, Roland goes out and watches the stars to always remind him of the time they spent together.

Derrick says that he's sorry for him but then Roland says that its ok and that there is a positive with him being able to see her again once he dies, giving him something to look forward to when that happens. And plus it provides him a motivation to keep fighting. Then they come to a big room with 15 different pathways as then Clark asks where they need to go as then someone says "Hell" as then Clark is shot in the back of the head as then Klaus and his men come out from behind as Klaus says "Hell is where you will go". Then Kalob pulls out a gun and then shoots 2 of the soldiers before being shot by Klaus in the head. We then get a 7 v 7 battle with Klaus eventually running away after the death of his men as Dark and Derrick chase him eventually leading outside where Dark knocks Klaus to the ground as then Dark starts brutalizing him in several way like breaking his arm, cutting open his stomache,