30 Minutes of Film

Rating: 7/10 (1 October 2008)

I have a mixed opinion on this film. I liked the plot and all the scenes where the vampires were present. That accounts for my summary title. What I like most about the plot is that in most vampire movies the victims only need to hold out until dawn. This film had the unique plot of having to survive for a month.
The vampire characters were great and the unique language they spoke added to the horror by further dehumanizing them.
Unfortunately, the human actors didn't fare as well. In my opinion Josh Hartnett is equal on the actor evolutionary scale with Keanu Reeves. I don't have a higher opinion of the female lead Melissa George either. Most of the other "human" actors were of the same caliber.
Perhaps Bill Pullman & Laura Linney in the leads would have improved the flow of the film.
This movie could have been so much better than it is, but is still an entertaining horror film.