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: Sony Pictures
: Horror, Vampires, Comic Books, Alternative Press
: 113 min.
: English, French
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Hard Candy director David Slade took the helm for this adaptation of Steve Niles' terrifying comic-book series of the same name. In Barrow, AK, one night can last an eternity. One month every year, this town is plunged into darkness for 30 days due to its location far north of the Arctic Circle. While extended periods of darkness are something that the locals have become accustomed to, this year something sinister is about to emerge from the long and unforgiving night. As a maniacal horde of vampires assumes control of the city streets and begins to feast freely upon the terrified citizens, the local sheriff (Josh Hartnett), his wife (Melissa George), and a small but resilient band of survivors will be forced to choose between saving themselves or helping the few remaining members of their community survive the blood-soaked siege. Original comic creator Niles collaborated with screenwriters Stuart Beattie and Brian Nelson to pen the film, which was produced under Sam Raimi's Ghost House Pictures banner. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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by talltale
February 26, 2008 - 5:01 PM PST
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Come on. Can't ANYBODY any longer make a decent vampire flick? Something that's just a bit creative, but with a little logic along with its special effects? The French did it a few years ago with "Bloody Mallory," and even America managed a pretty fair attempt last year with "Rise." But 30 DAYS OF NIGHT manages nothing except excessive length and ridiculousness. There is no way the few survivors left in this tiny Alaskan town could hold down the fort against the bloodsuckers shown here for 30--count 'em--days. Consequently, the stupid moviemakers elide time into three periods: 7th day, and 18th day and 27th day. (I think I got them right, but really would it matter any more or less if they'd chosen the 8th, 19th and 26th?)
How does our group of "heroes" manage to survive without enough food and without just about everything else they'd need--mostly without being discovered (since the rest of the town has by now been eaten)? Oh, yes: they run now and again. And then they hide. Big f-ing deal! Let's not even mention the fact that the electricity goes on and off as befits the necessary screenplay moment. But since most of America's viewing audience is now too stupid to care about logic and believability, we put up with miserable pieces of garbage like this. Bring back Grace Jones in "Vamp." Please. Just for a bit of originality and humor.... Or any number of films, in their time seen as no more than decent fodder for horror addicts, that now appear like beacons on a storm-tossed sea. Maybe it's the current reign of "comic book" movies that is driving quality into the ground. I don't know. And increasingly, I don't care. |
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