This movie might sound like a rip off of ZOMBIELAND, but that movie had humor. This is more like THE ROAD with vampires. Stars Conner Paolo (Gossip Girl), Danielle Harris, Kelly McGillis, Nick Damici and Michael Cerveris.
The story: America is over. A plague of vampirism has caused the collapse of the nation. Now a man who hunters vampires befriends an orphaned boy and teaches him to fend off the vampires. They meet various people -- some good, some bad -- while killing vamps and trying to find a plae they can live (Canada).
Was it good?
Kind of. There's some nice stuff in here and some good moments, but it is all so dreary and monotone. For minimalist stories like this to work they need to be full of theme. I mean absolutely dripping with it. LOST IN TRANSLATION is the best example of this -- a movie that just got into you how lost and lonely those two people were and how important that connection they made was. The book THE ROAD worked because it focused on that father/son relationship, which was in the movie, but the nuance didn't come through.
Here, I just didn't feel it. I honestly don't know what the theme is. Maybe it's about connection or hope or something, but I just didn't feel it. Eventually, even though there were a lot of good moments, the quiets and the monotones just grew tiresome.
I'm sure the movie will have fans -- and it does enough good things that I think it deserves to have fans -- but there weren't enough to make a fan out of me.
*** AVOID ***
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