Unoriginal, slow, stupid nonsense but some quality persists....

Rating: 5/10 (24 June 2008)

I thought the idea of vampires raiding a town eclipsed from the sun for 30 days was unique enough to warrant some merit but overall this film was not very impressive.
The good: The film looks nice and is clearly made with some skill - film(?) quality, lighting and special/makeup effects are all above board.
The bad: Retarded plot stretched to oblivion.
Ancient order of stupid vampires. Only one speaks the rest roar and hiss, presumably because they are New Zealand extras and can't actually act beyond the roaring and hissing...
New Zealand Maori pretending to be natives of Alaska.
Casting - Having leads with any energy or dynamism might have kept us interested. Hartnett and George are just not interesting enough to warrant my caring about whether they live or die in this film - sorry.
Not one single fright in the WHOLE FILM. We watched this with the lights off and my missus is a fraidy cat. Even the cheap boo scares failed to get any result.
Ultimately you should recommend this to a simple viewer that doesn't question what they are watching or hasn't seen many films. Otherwise you might find it distracting wondering why the hell they are doing what they are doing for the last hour of the movie...
Vampire/movie lovers will probably be disappointed with the derivative vampire lore, unsexy-uncreepy vampires and uninspired action sequences.
Underworld is better than this film, nuff said.