Really draining (Warning: Minor spoilers)

Rating: 6/10 (28 September 2003)

This isn't much of a movie. Nothing too innovative. Special effects are mediocre.
The premise doesn't make much sense, but suspending belief is all part of the game for horror fans. Not a whole lot made much sense, actually, but this movie put more premium on action than logic. Unfortunately, even the action was too phony. The many (many) gun battles were bizarre. When you've got 4 guys with automatic weapons blasting at somebody six feet away, you'd expect them to hit the target once in a while. Plus, since the wolfies developed some pretty effective vampire bullets, it didn't make a lot of sense for them to spend so much time biting and howling. Good fun for them, I am sure, but a nice ultraviolet bullet between the eyes would've been much more practical. Nonetheless, they managed to rip apart a goodly number of vampires as silver bullets ripped into their fuzzy little hides. As I surveyed the carnage, it became apparent that immortality is not a big impediment to dying.

The movie is obviously setting up one or more sequels. They will stink, too. Ironically, the thought of a second one is scarier than seeing the first one.
As it was, I left the movie feeling drained. Drained of money.
I'll give this a six just because it didn't drain me of lunch (if you know what I mean).