i normally do not like tales of warewolves and vampires. i think there is no mystery left to be told, however from time to time there will be a story that takes the legend to pretty interesting places. when my brother put this movie up for our weekend movie night, i could hear myself groaned...darn another vampire movie.
i was wrong. it was pretty good. it has good casts with ethan hawke, willem dafoe, sam neill and the husky voiced claudia karvan weaving a tale of a world populated by vampires, where humans are commercialized and kept alive only for one reason - blood. if you noticed, most vampire movies follow a rule as to what happens to them should they be deprived of blood. in this movie, they will turn into raving zombies if they don't get their fix. and a vampire can un-vamp themselves by undergoing a painful transformation - by burning themselves in the open sun. what don't kill you only makes you stronger, indeed.
i like this movie because it tries to re-invent the tired vampire plot. forget twilight and that sado-masochistic crap that comes with it, i could identify with ethan hawke's character, the tired vamp-scientist who has it all except for the feeling of being alive because he is not human. sam neill's vamp-businessman has a greed that knows no bounds, when he chooses to sacrifice his daughter to save his failing blood business. the movie surprisingly has many interesting characters, like the conflicted vamp-soldier whose misplaced loyalty and need for approval is ripe for manipulation.
watch out for the day-time driving cars. you know how vamps can't stand the sun, so in the movie there are cars made for day time driving. that's cool.
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