GL84 When a rogue vampire escapes from his detention quarters and starts to unleash a virus on the population that proves fatal to it's recipients, a police officer and a fellow vampire track him down before he spreads it to others.This was a really, really bad effort, more so in the sense that it never really feels like a true horror film, more like a deranged sci-fi film rather as the setting (this is said to be a futuristic time that looks for all the world like 1800's England) and all these ground-rules about the society make it really difficult to get a handle on what's going on. As well, the near-total elimination of any traditional vampiric qualities (frankly, if the two leads weren't vampires, you wouldn't have any change at all in the story since it never makes them being vampires integral to the story and it just as well could've been an ordinary madman doing this) coupled with extreme amounts of boredom, fixed only by the final showdown which is pretty decent with a lot of flying around on wires and banging into everything around them for the big showdown makes this one enjoyable. The plot's there, it's got potential but this was really, really troubling.Rated R: Graphic Language and Graphic Violence.

Neil Doyle I have to admit that I only watched half the movie, that's how it failed to connect with any interest I might have in watching DOUGRAY SCOTT assume a vampire role. Scott's idea of the vampire look is one of dull incomprehension, sniffing the air like a dog and walking through the role like a zombie with nowhere to go.He's at a big disadvantage here because the script and direction leave a lot to be desired. Normally, he's a good enough actor to look as though he has command of a role but this character completely misses any kind of strong interpretation.On the other hand, LEO GREGORY does a fine, snarling job (he can scowl like nobody else I've seen), a more vicious specimen than his brother. The story starts out effectively and looks as though it's going to have the potential of being a vampire story with a twist--but then gets bogged down into one dull scene after another until finally, as a viewer, I had enough.Whether it picks up steam after sagging toward the middle, I'll never know. And I'll never find out because I don't intend to revisit it.

tikkan21 One problem that Glenn Standring fails to overcome is that brooding inner monologue, omnipresent in vampire novels (graphic or analog), is necessarily absent from a motion picture. In the aforementioned media, this is the strongest form of continuity in the genre. Without this tool, the story is broken. Most "dark" movies substitute an introductory scene to show a turning point in the hero's life. This helps the audience understand the characters' motivations so that constant pulp-noir narration is not as crucial. All we got from Silus and Edgar's introduction is that they were born, and that they were important.This inner monologue conveys the emotion of characters who would otherwise bury it. In that way, Dougray Scott completely fits the role by keeping Silus' face completely stony, whether he's ogling the policewoman Lilly or beating up his little vampire brother Edgar. Combined with a monotone soundtrack, the tragedy of his involuntary servitude was lost.Another thing that such a device would have solved was the crop of half-grown subplots that never came to fruition: Lilly's symptoms of vampirism that were never developed beyond the foreshadowing phase; the unexplained affection that Silus had for Lilly; the unwarranted mistrust that sidekick Jones had for Silus throughout the movie, and the spontaneous evaporation of that mistrust when it was time for the big confrontation. Even the niche of the vampires themselves is unaccounted for. What do they do when there's not a crazy rogue vampire to contend with?The other challenge that our guide failed to meet was the depth of his own world. Instead of giving us a view of this brilliant alternate universe, he clouded the waters, only allowing us to see movement when it was close to the surface. No one knows where Edgar went wrong, past the unimpressive explanation that "something went wrong." No one knows why Silus was assigned to this specific task, other than that "he would be the leader soon." No one knows what made Lilly an object of obsession with both brothers, other than her "strength." Even when it was overtly declared, we never saw evidence that Silus was ever actually exiled from the Brotherhood. Backstories, flashbacks, and meaningful revelations are absent from this movie, leaving the audience to fill in the blanks ourselves. (Did they even manage to save the city? Or just to kill the bad guy?)Despite the exciting world that solves the difficult problem of vampires coexisting with humans, and despite the earth-shattering importance of a villain who could upset that balance forever, all we end up with is the tired stereotype of the Outcast Vigilante.

The_Void I actually went into this film with fairly high hopes, in spite of the fact that there hasn't been a really decent vampire movie in ages, and naturally came out disappointed. What we have here is another 'original' yet uninteresting take on the vampire myth. I'm guessing the influence came from Underworld as the film features organised vampires in a contemporary setting. The main problem with this film is that it's messy and much of it doesn't make sense. The plot has something to do with a world in which humans and vampires live together in harmony. But then one vampire decides to create a war...etc etc. The film is stylishly shot and features some action sequences, but since the story is all over the place; much of the film doesn't make sense, and this is a big problem as the story really isn't interesting enough for most people to try and work out what is supposed to be happening - me included. What you end up with therefore is a bunch of 'cool' people with fangs kicking and punching each other while talking about things changing (or whatever). Overall, I can't say I was impressed with this original take on the vampire myth, and I'd rather filmmakers stop being original and make a vampire flick that's actually good, like they used to.