I love zombie movies.
Yes, yes, graphic novel fans, I know they're vampires and not zombies, but I don't care. They're zombies to me.
And director David Slade (had never heard of him before) made a great zombie movie.
There are two things that bothered me in the movie though:
1) The vampire-zombies talking in a garbled stupid language. It was a big and unnecessary risk in my opinion. It came out ridiculous (people laughed whenever they spoke) and nothing they say adds ANYTHING to the story. He might have left it in because in the graphic novel, the vampires talk. And no one wants the die-hard fans (annoying Magic Players) on their tails, bitching about how the main character had blonde hair. But it threw me off every once in a while.
2) And also a scene with a little girl. Not the scene itself but her one line. "Wanna play with me?" That sounded cool in the eighties, but it sounds extremely old and dumb now.
Apart from that, the movie is great for those who like the genre. I had a blast and would like to highlight a specific scene, which is among one of the most exciting ones I've seen in the movies for the last couple of years: when all hell breaks loose, the airborne shot was amazing. Very raw, very intense.
And another thing. I'm not a Josh Hartnet fan, but he did a good job in this one.
I give it 4 stars out of 5.
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