An interesting take on the vampire story that answers the age old question – so um how does the whole world not turn into Vampires if you become one by being fed on. Anne Rice had a solution you only become a Vampire if you feed on them. Thin very thin and not all that interesting. Then you have the bloodbank theory, that some vampires feed on donated blood thus not having to harm or ‘turn’ a human whilst still feeding on the red good stuff. But what about all the other Vampires? In Vampire mythology from what I read as a moody teen, you get bitten, you become one. That’s all there is to it and that concept is where this film begins.
In a futuristic world the human race has been decimated leaving a world of Vampires. Vampire scientist Edward Dalton (Ethan Hawke) is trying to create synthetic blood to save the Vampire race from starvation. Unknown to Edward a small human resistance has stumbled on a cure.
In this film Vampires are treated as monsters, there’s no old world charm or effort made to glamorize them. They’re monsters and their world knows no humanity, no guilt, no empathy and no weakness. It was an interesting concept and I loved the styling of it, the future was fantastically bleak and the colours used throughout the film reflect this nicely. Its not for the faint hearted – its a Vampire flick and there’s a lot of blood.
I enjoyed the beginning of the film, I liked the idea behind it but found the film struggled at times to give the story focus.
Its fun playing spot the aussies including Isabel Lucas (Home and Away), Vince Colosimo, Claudia Karvan to name the most obvious.
