Quite a Good Vampire Film

Rating: Null/10 (30 August 2000)

In terms of effects, fight choreography, raw action, gore, and pacing, the film rewards--and then some.
Sure, there are drawbacks. Stephen Dorff is not inherently intimidating, but would critics have preferred Arnold Schwarzenegger? Yes, the plot is fantastical, but first--this is a vampire movie, what do you expect? And second, it's based on a comic book; a little far-fetchedness is normal.

There are plot holes, of course. The villain's apparent master plan is to turn everyone into vampires. If he succeeds, what will the vampires eat, each other?
But one only notices such gaps during the second or third viewing, and if you're watching it two or three times, I guess that makes it a successful action-horror thriller.