30 Days Of Night review

Genre: Thriller, Vampire, Horror.
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster, Mark Rendall, Mark Boone Junior, Megan Franich, Amber Sainsbury, Nathaniel Lees, Joel Tobeck, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Manu Bennett.
Year Of Release: 2007
Certificate: 18 (UK)
Runtime: 109 Minutes
Director: David Slade

Synopsis: "After an Alaskan town is plunged into darkness for a month, it is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires." IMDB

I remember the first time I seen this film, was during its original run in the cinema in 2007 I was 17 at the time so getting in for an 18 certificate film was ALWAYS fun back then. I miss the old days of sneaking in or tricking cashiers into believing the age. Anyway, on to the review.

As night falls on an Alaskan outpost village where it will stay dark for the next month, a murderous crew of vampires come creeping into the village for a feast where they plan to feast on the mortal souls of the skeleton crew that keeps the village going. Main trouble is Marlow's (Huston) crew are almost feral like monsters like vampires should be. When the vampires arrive so does the loss of power including phones and internet, with the nearest town over 80 miles away the inhabitants know they are in trouble.

It takes them more than a few hours to realise how dire the situation they have found themselves in has become, meanwhile the crew of vampires are attacking with brutal violence and humans being ripped apart after they are running the streets expecting to actually fight these monsters. Each time resulting in their earlier demise, it is around this point that Sheriff Olseon (Hartnett) and his band of merry men are starting to realise they have no hope or chance of survival so they go to ground to play the waiting game. Which does not result in the outcome that they want, the vampires just keep coming picking people off like it is all for fun.

Overall, the film isn't your typical Horror film it is a far cry from some of this boring ass vampire crap we have had in recent years, I would go as far to say it is the best vampire film in the past decade potentially the past two excluding Blade while a vampire film I still consider it prominently a comic book film. The film is also beautifully gorey and refreshing in its approach to the deadly action and the fact they do not use silly one-lines or use the typical jokes when something gorey happens. They try to humanise the world in which these vampires exist, making the actors fear what they see or are experiencing like a lot of other films.

The film is a thoroughly enjoyable watch, full of gore, action, Horror and brilliantly written scenes. There is some missed opportunities in the film like in all others, their main could be said that they under use the talents of Danny Huston he doesn't nearly get enough usage as he deserves. In conclusion the film is a triumph by relatively new director (at the time) David Slade the best vampire film since Coppola's "Bram Stoker's Dracula" over two decades ago.

8/10

Tom Hiddleston's "Only Lovers Left Alive"

As you guys may know, I am not one for Romantic films however when I seen that Tom Hiddleston was attached it did peak my interest a bit. The film was written and directed by the huge independent cinema contributor Jim Jarmusch known for "Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai", "Broken Flowers" and "Dean Man".

The film features Tom Hiddleston as vampire Ada, who is a rockstar who cannot get accustomed to the modern world with all of its new technology. While he lives in Detroit, his wife Eve (Tilda Swinton) lives in Tangier, flourishing in the new world. But when she senses Adam's depression with society, she gets on a plane and goes to see him. Shortly after Eve gets there, her younger sister, Ava (Mia Wasikowska), shows up after 87 years and disrupts the couple's idyll reunion.

"Byzantium" trailer

This film seems to have slipped under the radar of pretty much everybody I know and even other movie blogs I visit, the film is called "Byzantium" and it is a Thriller/Fantasy about vampires. The film was director by Neil Jordan, who's name you might recognise from the '90's he directed the Tom Cruise film "Interview With The Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles" one of the only Cruise films I actually enjoyed. The film stars the beautiful Gemma Arterton ("Clash Of The Titans") the incredibly talented Saoirse Ronan ("Hanna") as the two leads but also has Sam Riley ("Control") & Jonny Lee Miller ("Elementary").
"Two mysterious women seek refuge in a run-down coastal resort. Clara meets lonely Noel, who provides shelter in his deserted guesthouse, Byzantium. Schoolgirl Eleanor befriends Frank and tells him their lethal secret. They were born 200 years ago and survive on human blood. As knowledge of their secret spreads, their past catches up on them with deathly consequence."

Final "Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2" push

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"I Am Legend 2" news

I've completely lost interest in this proposed film, it just doesn't make any sense chronologically or even cinematically it's just a money making scheme by the studios. Plus I don't really see Will Smith as a sequel kind of person (Men In Black an Bad Boys aside), I see him more of stand alone film guy.

"Speaking to Radio 1′s Chris Moyles, the 43-year-old actor revealed producers are working on I Am Legend II but that he was unlikely to take part.
When asked if he would be involved, Smith said: “Probably not. Producers are working on it. I’m not actually working on it. If it’s great, I’m into it. I don’t want to be the sequel guy. I figure I’ve got about six or seven more years where I can run and jump a little bit and then I’m going butt and gut for the rest of my career. Butt and gut.”"

Well is seems like Smith kind of agrees with me, I'd like to see him do more comedic roles I loved "Hitch" and who doesn't love "Fresh Prince Of Bel Air". He doesn't need to make "I Am Legend 2" or "Men In Black 4", he should leave them behind him an move on, how about a "Fresh Prince" feature to see what actually happens in Will's life I'd like to see it. 

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