I say it was 50/50

Rating: 5/10 (27 February 2008)

The movie had some great new concepts added to it for future generations to use in new innovative shots. The birds eye view/ fly over showing the vampires attack the town was the defining moment in the movie that showed me true brilliance. The rest of the movie disappointed in so many ways. A majority of the vampire movies that have been effective in the past 25-30 years are the romanticized ones. They add a human element to the vampire, and show his tortured soul. This is the first movie in the past 15 years that has come close to the suspense/terror that Dracula 2000 had.
The vampires had a brutality similar to the vampires in blade 2. They did no seduce you, and put you at ease before the attacked. They were very animalistic and got straight to the point.
Where the movie fell flat is how savage the vampires were. They killed 85% of the two in the span of a few hours. They did not pick off towns people one by one up until the 30 days. The vamps completely gorged themselves in less then a weeks time. So the movie immediately lost A lot of opportunities to establish a better storyline and make you sad when a certain character was killed.
A new tactic was introduced in how to stop vampires. And the ending was somewhat of a disappointment but Rami was clearly trying to go poetic on the ending.
All in All, this is one of the better vampire movies from a suspense standpoint since Dracula 2000, The Lost Boys and Interview with the Vampire. But I expected a lot more from it.