Very gritty. Very cool.

Rating: 9/10 (18 February 2008)

I can honestly say that 30 Days of Night takes the tired, done to death vampire story and puts a rather fresh spin on it. Gone are the vampires who are so completely wimpy that Blade can kill with a single swing of his manly sword. These vampires are a new kind of evil, one that takes the speed and strength of previous vampires and kicks that up a notch. These are vicious, deadly predators. Animalistic. (Though they still wear the stereotypical 'goth' clothing: Black trench coats, black clothes, combat boots, etc.) Josh Hartnett plays Sheriff Eben Oleson of a small town near the northern spike of Alaska that experiences a full, uninterrupted month of darkness once a year.
That makes it the perfect playground for an orgy of violence and carnage delivered by the most basic of evils.
With a brilliant supporting cast including Mark Boone Junior, a chilling Ben Foster and beautiful Melissa George, backing the veteran silver screen star, David Slade directs a disturbing portrayal of the human instinct to survive and thrive in the desolate landscape while stalked by a tireless, terrifying death.
Vampire lovers... drink your fill.
I give 30 Days of Night, 9 out of 10.