What am I missing?

Rating: 3/10 (19 October 2007)

I've never written a bad review for a film but...
I saw this film at an advance screening last night and I honestly don't see why anyone would call it groundbreaking. The plot line was predictable, there was a complete lack of suspense, and even the "jumpy" moments lacked energy. Most of the action sequences were shot with such shaky camera movements and a jarring frame rate (presumably to hide the sub-par fight choreography) that it was hard to tell what was going on. I can say at least the gore was well done and you do get to see an entire beheading with an ax, but scenes like that didn't happen often and when they did they were not scary. The only other saving grace of this film was an aerial shot of people running through the town shooting at the vampires a la Apocalypse Now. Other than that, I wouldn't recommend paying to see this movie.