A vampire film that doesn't feel like a vampire film.

Rating: 8/10 (30 May 2005)

This is really two films in one. First it is a crime film with a double act, one of whom is cold and calculating and the other who is sick and deprived but dependent on his partner. Tarintino is all over this film, in particular this part. The sheriff at the beginning is the sheriff in Kill Bill and of course the Tarintino staple dialogue is intoxicating throughout this film. I haven't even mentioned vampires yet!!! That is probably because their presence in the film sneaks up on you like it did to the characters. The two sides to the film is like the two sides of the world that characters experience, one with real life monsters like Seth and Richard Gecko, (Clooney and Tarintino), to the one with monsters from hell, VAMPIRES! My point is that this is the vampire film that doesn't feel like a vampire film. It's like Desperado if it was written by Tarintino and had a few vampires in it. That leads me to my other point. In Robert Rodriguez (director) and Quenten Tarintino (Screenplay Writer) two of the greatest modern film makers combine to make something gritty, a realistic vampire flick. BRILLIANT!!!