Vampires - Los Muertos

Vampires - Los Muertos

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DVD Review: Shot down in a blaze of boredom . . .
Summary: 1 Stars

The story (I use that term loosely) has slacker-ish vampire hunter Derek Bliss (played by a comatose Jon Bon Jovi) enlisted to track down a female vampire in Mexico. He bands together a team (hewever, he doesn't like this as he usually works alone), only to discover they have just been murdered by said vampire. Along the way he picks up Natasha Gregson Wagner, who has been bitten and is slowly transforming into a vampire as we meet her. She keeps her vampirism at bay however, by the use of a startling new drug which slows down the infection and is keeping her human. (Give you a slight plot hint. Guess what happens to her drug around two thirds through the movie?) From then on its the usual desert roads, banal vampire attacks and boring character (un)development all the way until we are taken to the rather dull and frankly boring finale.

Its a shame this movie was so bad. Director Tommy Lee Wallace has tackled the vampire genre before in the underrated 'Fright Night Part 2', and proved he could move the action along fairly well. His other movies (Halloween 3 and IT) have all been decent enough productions to warrant that this endeavour may at least be a little entertaining. However, he seems to be preoccupied in presenting us with dull characterisations, uneven storytelling and lacklustre direction. The opening vampire attack (and subsequent payoff) are poorly handled and seem more at home in an episode of Buffy or Angel than in a movie of this kind. Jon Bon Jovi seems to be bored out of his mind throughout the movie, and the rest of the cast are playing their roles in the usual genre movie manner that we are all accustomed to. Only Natasha Gregson Wagner comes away from this movie looking any good (as she does from most of her other roles), portraying the character with depth and charm.

The cinematography is crisp and audio is sharp, which of a movie this recent that should be expected. Extras include an interesting commentary from Wallace (who informs us of the low budget he had to work with) and a the usual trailers, etc. To sum up, if you are a fan of the original you may enjoy this one but probably not much. It feels tired and has a 'so-what?' attitude running through it which left me feeling grouchy and I quickly began to remind myself about the good old days when great vampire movies like 'Near Dark' were actually trying to be something like entertaining and strange. Not dull and boring.

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