Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

ManiakJiggy This is How Movies Should Be Made

Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

Fulke Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

ShootingShark Derek Bliss is a vampire hunter who collects bounties for disposing of the undead. He is tasked with putting together a team to take out a group of Mexican vampires led by a deadly female Master. Can he dispatch these monsters ?A sort of companion piece to John Carpenter's Vampires, nicely directed by his friend Wallace (the designer/editor on Halloween and The Fog and director of several agreeable low-budget/TV horror films, notably the 1990 Stephen King miniseries It), this is an enjoyable little fanged flick with an agreeable cast and some cool touches. The story is not very original - some scenes are particularly derivative of Near Dark - but there are some pretty good ideas, such as having not one but two bloodsuckers within our heroes' camp (one good, one deceitful) and there is an interesting continuation of the Berziers Cross story from the original film. The best thing though is the quirky cast - Bon Jovi may not be the greatest actor but he sensibly keeps within his range and makes a good square-jawed hero. He is surrounded however by a great troupe of multinational oddball players - indie actress Wagner (the daughter of Natalie Wood) as the gutsy girl, Chilean TV star De La Fuente as the priest with a big secret, Mexican heartthrob Luna as the peppy Sancho, and Spanish beauty Jover as the vampiress Una, all of whom are terrific. Jover is a great villain, playing in the grand Nosferatu style; wordless, hypnotic, sensual, with her shoulders seemingly permanently arched back, a great physical performance. I often think if you take unconventional, apparently mismatched actors from the widest variety of backgrounds possible, they somehow often seem to click well together. Whilst this is minor fare - I don't think it was released theatrically anywhere except Spain - and occasionally seems rushed and unfocused, it's still a groovy little horror movie. Shot in beautiful Mexican locations in and around the state of Morelos.

winner55 This is not so much a sequel to "John Carpenter's Vampires" as it is a remake. No, really, stop and think: Although there has been real effort to add variation to avoid the obvious comparisons, the fact remains that virtually nothing happens in this film that didn't happen in the first. Even the ending is virtually the same! Because the first film was Carpenter's own, and he added a quirky touch of nihilism to the themes of the film (the only force battling the vampires is the Catholic Church, and the Church ain't doing too well, judging by the rowdy team of vampire-hunter's they hired for the job), it left a slightly bitter aftertaste, but allowed Carpenter all kinds of room to twist plot elements in on themselves - ultimately, the Master vampire is somehow more admirable than the team of losers tracking him down - at least he knows what he wants out of life (... er, death).But here the story is told straight, and without Carpenter's quirkiness, it's just your average run-of-the-mill action film, with lifeless characters. slow moments, banal action scenes. Okay for a Saturday afternoon, but largely forgettable.Too bad; Bon Jovi and the rest of the cast actually seem to be up for something more. And taking the story down to (still largely Catholic) Mexico could have provided wonderful opportunities for cross-cultural references and twists.Instead we get, well... the film we were expecting but not the one we were hoping for.Not even a good miss, just so-so.

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

leejasongeorge I've seen this movie, oh, twice. I'm no Jon Bon Jovi fan but he was definitely brilliant in this movie. Can't wait to see the seqeul for this vampire movie. If they were to make a sequel I reckon they should have to fresh people play the roles instead of Jon Bon Jovi because yeah, he was good, but with someone younger like John Cena on Tom Cruise this one could've been quiet good. Plus, the bit with the priest was good, I don't really like Jon Bon Jovi but the bits with the priest were alright to me. One last thing, if someone else were to play the priest I would recommend someone like The Rock or the man who played The Exorcist, Maybe if he weren't dead, Max Schreck could've taken the role. Bottom Line: This movie was quite good.