Another British independent film, with another shockingly low score on IMDb...I'm not sure who the people are rating these, but films in the '2-3 star' region would suggest that they are so bad, and painful, that you wonder how they were even financed and made - Scores this low would suggest that a film is trash, through and through, with no redeeming features. This piece of work, whilst not academy award worthy by any means, is certainly not 'trash' - in fact, it's quite entertaining and well made.
Lets look at the facts -
The actors have presence, and did a great job - lots of familiar faces for us Brits, such as Billy Murray, Craig Fairbrass, etc.. who have featured heavily in U.K television, and film. The soundtrack was cool, and whilst the special effects were not ground breaking, they were certainly good enough. It looks pleasant on the eye, and is quite cinematic in places.
The vampire clichés are not original, but I honestly haven't seen a British gangster/vampire flick before, so that was kind of refreshing, as I'm a fan of both.
There was lots of violence, lots of gore, and lots of blood, if you're into that sort of thing. Corny love scenes are not present.
I found the pace to be fine, as the film is split into two halves, with the first half playing out like a regular gangster/crime movie, and the second half focusing on the vampire element. It worked fine.
I'd pick this film over twilight any day of the week, and that's a compliment, considering one had a multi-million dollar budget, and this had a fraction of that...
The negatives? The voice effects of the vampires were quite lame, and some of the female actors were a bit average at best.
I've seen much better films, but also seen much much worse.
3.5? Ridiculous.
6/10 in my opinion.
Lets look at the facts -
The actors have presence, and did a great job - lots of familiar faces for us Brits, such as Billy Murray, Craig Fairbrass, etc.. who have featured heavily in U.K television, and film. The soundtrack was cool, and whilst the special effects were not ground breaking, they were certainly good enough. It looks pleasant on the eye, and is quite cinematic in places.
The vampire clichés are not original, but I honestly haven't seen a British gangster/vampire flick before, so that was kind of refreshing, as I'm a fan of both.
There was lots of violence, lots of gore, and lots of blood, if you're into that sort of thing. Corny love scenes are not present.
I found the pace to be fine, as the film is split into two halves, with the first half playing out like a regular gangster/crime movie, and the second half focusing on the vampire element. It worked fine.
I'd pick this film over twilight any day of the week, and that's a compliment, considering one had a multi-million dollar budget, and this had a fraction of that...
The negatives? The voice effects of the vampires were quite lame, and some of the female actors were a bit average at best.
I've seen much better films, but also seen much much worse.
3.5? Ridiculous.
6/10 in my opinion.