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Summary: Kerr Smith picks up the wrong hitch hiker!
Review: The Forsaken is a real horror gem. There are no teens being stalked by a crazed killer(don't get me wrong, I love slasher movies) just an hour and a half of running scared from blood thirsty vampires who relish every drop. Kerr smiths character starts off on his way to delivering a car when a guy asks for a lift. Cue a car full of really strange people who seem to be following them. Kerr soon realises that he is infected as well as 2 other people and will soon turn into a vampire. It's a race against time to kill the vampires and save themselves. What I like most about this movie is the location it takes place. There's nothing as scary as driving along a deserted highway that seems neverending. If you needed help it could be hours, you've got a car full of killer vampires on your tail and your nearly on your last legs as it is - truly terrifying! This movie is non stop thrills from begining to end. The gore and use of make up effects is truly believable and the cast make The Forsaken a real class movie.
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Summary: Passes the time, but nothing very original
Review: With the seemingly endless line of B-horrors being churned out it's difficult to find something original, and 'The Forsaken' proves this point. It's a road movie-cum-vampire flick that many have rightly compared to 'Near Dark', although it also pays a lot of allegiance to 'John Carpenter's Vampires'. Kerr Smith makes the move over from 'Dawson's Creek' with barely any noise at all, as he plays Sean, a guy taking a vintage Mercedes (of course, all cars in road movies are nice ones) across dusty roads when he picks up hitchhiker Nick (Fehr). As it turns out, Fehr is a vampire hunter, trying to find and kill 'The Forsaken', a group of vampires that hark back to medieval times, in an effort to slow the spread of their virus. The two also take Megan (Miko) along for the ride, a past victim that they know the group of roadhog vamps will track down. So we've got the set-up, with the gang equal parts hunting and running away. What's good about the movie is that it's reasonably gory, and the opening scene could even be described as pretty disturbing, although in the horror field 'pretty' disturbing isn't always a complement. The acting is acceptable too, and there's no hints of irony or postmodernism, which is pretty nice. Unfortunately we're left with a meandering plot that never really explains itself - why exactly do some of the vampires have to be killed on hallowed ground, and why exactly does an old woman have a cemetary in her back yard in the middle of nowhere. Even the nature of the vampires remains mysterious, and we never get to see any fangs. Teen road movies often have trouble finding an audience, and it's not hard to see why this had trouble making an impact at the box office. You'd be much better seeking out 'Near Dark', or the more recent 'Jeepers Creepers' and 'Joy Ride', all of which are infinitely better than something this unimaginative and dull. Not a travesty perhaps, but certainly nothing special.
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Summary: Two WB stars take on another different breed of vampire
Review: At the beginning of "The Forsaken" we are treated to a scene in which a naked young woman in a shower covered in blood cleans off one of her breasts. This really has nothing to do with this 2001 film beyond the symbolism of uniting blood and sex (if you think about it, the film literally makes a clean breast of it). Before we get to the actually plot of this film what we have as the chief selling point are a pair of young studs from the WB network at the top of the credits, namely Kerr Smith from "Dawson's Creek" and Brendan Fehr from "Roswell." Smith is Sean, who edits trailers in Hollywood and is now driving somebody else's Mercedes convertible across the country to attend his sister's wedding. Fehr is Nick, who seems to be just some slacker bumming a ride but is in reality much, much more. We just do not figure out what until they encounter Megan (Izabella Miko), who is acting weird at a bus stop. Not only is she the blonde from the beginning of the film, but it turns out that she has been bitten by a vampire. Nick knows this because a year ago he was bitten by the same vampire, but he has a magic drug cocktail that has stopped him from making the change. Now the guys have to save Megan from the same fate of living death. Anne Rice, P. N. Elrod, Laurell K. Hamilton and Joss Whedon have all dealt in different ways with making the vampire mythos work in more modern terms. J.S. Cardone, writer and director of "The Forsaken," tries to do the same thing but the result is something of a mess. The vampires in this movie are basically something akin to the Manson Gang, which is easy enough to grasp, but it is the new and improve rules on how you avoid turning into a vampire that really requires copious note taking, although that becomes rather pointless once we discover that one of the ways to stem the transformation is to pour buckets of ice on a half naked woman in a bathtub. The goal is ultimately to kill Kit (Jonathan Schaech), the leader of the vampire pack, because that will break the cycle (sort of convenient, huh?). But before that can happen there is plenty of blood-letting and you know that beautiful Mercedes is going to take a pounding. At least "The Forsaken" takes itself seriously, although there are times where that works to the disadvantage of the film. Kerr is passable enough in the role of the basically good guy to whom all sorts of weird things are suddenly happening, but Fehr just does not have the presence to make his role and the rest of the movie works (every time I look I him I keep thinking he should be playing the young Fox Muldar on an "X-Files" flashback). The film is bloody and gory for those who like such things, although none of it is particularly memorable. The problem is that I perked up at the idea of some new twists on the idea of the vampire, but that just called attention to the most problematic elements of the film. The really depressing part is that this is the best film I have seen this week.
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Summary: Not bad at all. A pleasant surprise.
Review: As far as Vampire movies go, this one is worth a look. I wasn't expecting much, but The Forsaken delivered a good cast, some nice f/x and plenty of (...). Not very scary, but better than you think.
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Summary: SCHAECH RATTLES AND ROLLS
Review: Johnathon Schaech is a great vampire. Beneath those smoldering good looks, the buff body and those mesmerizing eyes, lies an evil being not quite Christopher Lee, but still a commanding presence. Carrie Snodgress (who recently passed away) does a fine cameo role as an elderly lady who owns a business on sacred ground. Kerr Smith is effectively heroic and Brendan Fehr, while still looking a little wet behind the ears, is a convincing vampire hunter.
Having traveled cross country four times, I could empathize with the loneliness of those desert highways, so that heightened the suspense for me. There's a lot of gore, maybe even a little too much, but THE FORSAKEN tries to break ground in an oversaturated field. Director Cardone keeps the action fast and furious, and Schaech is prime vampire material.
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Summary: Two WB stars take on another different breed of vampire
Review: At the beginning of "The Forsaken" we are treated to a scene in which a naked young woman in a shower covered in blood cleans off one of her breasts. This really has nothing to do with this 2001 film beyond the symbolism of uniting blood and sex (if you think about it, the film literally makes a clean breast of it). Before we get to the actually plot of this film what we have as the chief selling point are a pair of young studs from the WB network at the top of the credits, namely Kerr Smith from "Dawson's Creek" and Brendan Fehr from "Roswell." Smith is Sean, who edits trailers in Hollywood and is now driving somebody else's Mercedes convertible across the country to attend his sister's wedding. Fehr is Nick, who seems to be just some slacker bumming a ride but is in reality much, much more. We just do not figure out what until they encounter Megan (Izabella Miko), who is acting weird at a bus stop. Not only is she the blonde from the beginning of the film, but it turns out that she has been bitten by a vampire. Nick knows this because a year ago he was bitten by the same vampire, but he has a magic drug cocktail that has stopped him from making the change. Now the guys have to save Megan from the same fate of living death. Anne Rice, P. N. Elrod, Laurell K. Hamilton and Joss Whedon have all dealt in different ways with making the vampire mythos work in more modern terms. J.S. Cardone, writer and director of "The Forsaken," tries to do the same thing but the result is something of a mess. The vampires in this movie are basically something akin to the Manson Gang, which is easy enough to grasp, but it is the new and improve rules on how you avoid turning into a vampire that really requires copious note taking, although that becomes rather pointless once we discover that one of the ways to stem the transformation is to pour buckets of ice on a half naked woman in a bathtub. The goal is ultimately to kill Kit (Jonathan Schaech), the leader of the vampire pack, because that will break the cycle (sort of convenient, huh?). But before that can happen there is plenty of blood-letting and you know that beautiful Mercedes is going to take a pounding. At least "The Forsaken" takes itself seriously, although there are times where that works to the disadvantage of the film. Kerr is passable enough in the role of the basically good guy to whom all sorts of weird things are suddenly happening, but Fehr just does not have the presence to make his role and the rest of the movie works (every time I look I him I keep thinking he should be playing the young Fox Muldar on an "X-Files" flashback). The film is bloody and gory for those who like such things, although none of it is particularly memorable. The problem is that I perked up at the idea of some new twists on the idea of the vampire, but that just called attention to the most problematic elements of the film. The really depressing part is that this is the best film I have seen this week.
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Summary: One of the best vampire flicks in a long time!
Review: This movie wasn't academy award material but I still thought it was a pretty good flick. Also, the dude that played Nick in this movie was a total and major Hottie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WOW!!!!! Any way good flick if you like vampire movies.
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Summary: vampires in the hot desert
Review: this one pits Kerr Smith and vampire hunter Brendan Fehr up against vampires Jonathan Scheach, Simon Rex and Phina Orchure which the two have a connection with a girl they bit and the 2 boys have her and their all trying to survive. not the worst vampire pick but sure is silly with its slayings and the end is predictable but non the less its an ok view
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Summary: It Grows on you....
Review: I liked this movie from the first time i saw it... I have no idea why... maybe there are subliminal messages in it... It really grew on me and its one of my fav movies.... This movie is not for everyone... Its a shallow...movie that only certain people will like... And i loved it! It plays out like a scary dream.....
End result? Rent it and watch it more than once... it may grow on ya!
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Summary: Contemporary Vampire Hunter
Review: Sean, a young film editor, is on his way across the United States to go to his sister's wedding with a Mercedes that he is delivering to the same location, where the wedding is taking place. However, a flat tired leads to Sean picking up a hitch-hiker, Nick, who seems to be a harmless young man. As the film keeps rolling, the audience finds out that Nick is a vampire hunter and before Sean expects it they are in deep trouble. Forsaken is a horror film that causes some startling moments, but fails in delivering a solid story that keeps the audience's attention throughout the film.
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