Leofwine_draca I'll admit that Bon Jovi isn't my first choice when I think of "actors" to play vampire hunters but somehow his presence in this film works. Essentially, VAMPIRES: LOS MUERTOS is a retelling of John Carpenter's 1997 film VAMPIRES, featuring a vampire killer who gets together a team of fighters to go up against the undead menace. As the title would suggest, this sequel travels south of the border to engage in some Day of the Dead shenanigans and vampire action slightly influenced by the likes of FROM DUSK TILL DAWN.I'll admit that I'm not a fan of Carpenter's original film, whose '90s-era excesses have dated very badly. This one's a definite step up from that, although it's still no great shakes. The story is so simple a child could have written it, just going back and forth between humans killing vampires and vampires killing humans. There's absolutely no depth, and not even any twists to enliven things.On the plus side, the characters are drawn a little better than usual, and there are opportunities for the supporting cast members to get a look in (including a youthful Diego Luna, later to turn heartthrob in DIRTY DANCING: HAVANA NIGHTS). Bon Jovi, as ageless as ever, betrays his lack of training as an actor but isn't required to do much other than look cool and determined.The vampires are a clichéd menace and the chief villain is pitiful. At least there's some gore to keep horror fans happy. More interestingly, the director has been well chosen: Tommy Lee Wallace, who once made HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH and IT, has a long association with the genre and gives this film a certain style it would otherwise have lacked.

Juan_from_Bogota Really bad movie, the story is too simple and predictable and poor acting as a complement.This vampire's hunter story is the worst that i have seen so far, Derek Bliss (Jon Bon Jovi), travels to Mexico in search for some blood suckers!, he use some interesting weapons (but nothing compared to Blade), and is part of some Van Helsig vampire's hunters net?, OK, but he work alone. He's assigned to the pursuit of a powerful vampire queen that is searching some black crucifix to perform a ritual which will enable her to be invulnerable to sunlight (is almost a sequel of Vampires (1998) directed by John Carpenter and starred by James Woods), Derek start his quest in the search of the queen with some new friends: Sancho (Diego Luna, really bad acting also) a teenager without experience, Father Rodrigo (Cristian De la Fuente) a catholic priest, Zoey (Natasha Wagner) a particular vampire and Ray Collins (Darius McCrary) another expert vampire hunter. So obviously in this adventure he isn't alone.You can start feeling how this movie would be just looking at his lead actor (Jon Bon Jovi); is a huge difference in the acting quality compared to James Woods, and then, if you watch the film (i don't recommend this part), you will get involved in one of the more simplest stories, totally predictable, with terrible acting performances, really bad special effects and incoherent events!.I deeply recommend not to see this film!, rent another movie, see another channel, go out with your friends, etc.3/10

iago_othello I enjoy B-grade horror flicks. I enjoy John Carpenter films. I also enjoy Vampire movies. This film seemed to be a good bet for a cheesy night in with a few beers.I was wrong.I could say that the film was cheesy, had lots of cheap effects, a bit of juvenile titillation and was unoriginal and mindless - but hey, it's a vampire flick starring Bon Jovi. We EXPECT that. But even a cheap film must be engaging. This wasn't.The vampires are not frightening or interesting, the characters are uninspired and bland, and as a result you're interested in neither the heroes nor the monsters, or what happens to either of them. There isn't even the standard "plot twist" to keep you watching the screen, the film literally consists of watching the characters kill vampires that try to defend themselves by hissing a lot.There are two exceptions. The lead vampire is eminently watchable, although her character and motivations are entirely unexplored. Also Bon Jovi, to his credit, plays the "angry loner tough guy" very well, and his character is surprisingly watchable.But those are two dim lights in an otherwise dull film.I like mindless films. But this is really boring. Just stay away.

drewfountain OK - the cast starts over from the first episode. The casting director must have been heavily sedated when casting Jon Bon Jovi for the lead role. Despite this, the movie turns out better than expected. Carpenter still uses shadows/darkness well for foreshadowing, but the plot line runs closer to "Fright night" than the (more worthy) first installment of Vampires. Some of the subplots, and dialog is actually humorous. There's a gratuitous sex scene, and a little violence, but only a shadow of the presence of the first movie. The sequel is not nearly as deplorable as some of the "slasher flick" sequels, but like "evil dead" or "army of darkness", this movie has (accidental) elements of humor.