overall, good movie.

Rating: 8/10 (21 July 2008)

I was just flipping through channels and just happened to catch the ending of Desperado, and the next movie opened, and it looked decent (Afterall, what else was I to watch at 1:45 a.m.?). So I knew nothing about the storyline. You can imagine my utter surprise when this crime/hostage movie turns into a vampire thriller when Selma Hayek morphs into a vamp.
Honestly, I enjoyed the suspense of the first half better than the second, because I'm not really into vampires. But, it was still good, and I was so hooked, I had to watch until the end even if that meant staying up until 3 a.m.
I think I would have enjoyed this movie considerably more if it would have stayed on the "normal" hostage/crime thriller it began with. Because it basically went from being a believable somewhat psychotic thriller to being totally impossible and unrealistic.
The ending, too could have been a lot better. I appreciate all the irony, and how you don't really know what happens to Kate in the end..yes, we see her drive off, but who really knows whats to come of her. And although I appreciated Richie dying, part of me wishes it could have been one of those "everyone gets out alive" movies. There's not many of those, but who doesn't enjoy a happy ending? Which, of course, I'm sure Quinton wasn't really looking for a happy ending when he wrote it...