30 Days of Night: Dark Days

Plot synopsis:
A year after the Alaskan town of Barrow's population was decimated by vampires during its annual month-long polar night, Stella Oleson (Kiele Sanchez) travels the world trying to convince others that vampires exist. She is fully aware of the risk to her life that her work could bring, but does not care due to her grief over the death of her husband, Eben.
Following instructions from a mysterious individual named Dane, she travels to Los Angeles to give a lecture on the existence of vampires. Aware that vampires are in attendance when she speaks, she activates overhead ultraviolet lamps that incinerate several of the vampires in the audience, in front of the humans. She is quickly arrested and harassed by Agent Norris, who she learns is one of the human followers of the vampires, charged with keeping their activities covered up. After her release from custody, she returns to her hotel to find Paul (Rhys Coiro), Amber (Diora Baird) and Todd (Harold Perrineau), sent by Dane to recruit her to hunt the vampire queen, Lilith. As Lilith is responsible for the vampires' every move and for keeping them hidden, the hunters are convinced that once she is eliminated, the vampires will fall into dormancy. When Stella learns that Lilith was responsible for the slaughter at Barrow, she agrees to meet Dane (Ben Cotton), and is shocked to discover that he too is a vampire. Due to a superficially inflicted wound, he has maintained a grasp of humanity, only drinking blood from packaged hospital stocks he keeps. Stella hesitates to join a plan to attack a vampire nest, but Paul eventually convinces her, revealing that vampires were responsible for his daughter's death and the resulting divorce from his wife.
The following day, the four hunters enter a vampire nest, only to be ambushed by a group of them. During their attempt to flee, Todd is bitten. After the four lock themselves in a cellar, Todd turns into a vampire. When Paul hesitates to act against his friend, Stella kills him by smashing in his head with a cinder block. The trio decide to wait for nightfall, when the vampires leave to feed, in order to make their escape. After night falls, Dane comes and frees them. On their way out, they capture a vampire and interrogate him with the ultraviolet lamps, eventually following him back to another nest. They invade the nest and rescue Jennifer, a captive being used as a feeding station. Jennifer's knowledge of Lilith's lair being aboard a ship in the bay allows the hunters to plan an attack on Lilith directly. Returning to Dane's place, Stella and Paul become intimate.
Meanwhile, Lilith (Mia Kirshner) decides that Agent Norris should prove his worth to become a vampire (in order to cure the cancer he has been suffering from). He bites the neck of a captive girl, Stacey (Katharine Isabelle), drinking her blood until dead. Satisfied, Lilith turns him to hunt Stella and the others.
Norris kills Dane and the others flee with Jennifer to a boat yard where Jennifer points out the boat that the vampires are set to sail to Alaska in for another 30-day feeding period. After telling Jennifer to leave, the three hunters stow away on the ship where they discover that they can be resurrected after death if they are fed human blood. At gunpoint, they confront the human captain who says he is cooperating because the vampires had threatened his family. Amber is suddenly pulled away from behind, causing her gun to fire and kill the captain. Stella and Paul are too late to save her from being eaten and are quickly captured by Norris and Lilith who orders that they be bled dry. Stella manages to free herself when they are alone with Norris and kills him, but they are subsequently attacked by Lilith when attempting to sabotage the ship and Paul is killed. After being outmatched in hand-to-hand combat, Stella hides from Lilith and when the queen comes looking for her, Stella emerges from her tub of blood and manages to decapitate her. The other vampires appear, but seeing that she killed Lilith, they quietly stand aside and let her pass without a fight, and she returns to Barrow.
Stella digs up Eben's grave and recovers his body to feed him her own blood. It appears not to work and she lies down slowly dying from blood loss. After a time, she sees Eben has returned to his former health and she stands to greet him with a hug. As they embrace, Eben pulls back her shoulder and his sharp teeth come down on her neck before the screen goes dark.

Tags: revenge, violence

Review:
If you want to see a good vampire flick, catch the original or "Near Dark" or "Blood and Donuts." Heck, watch anything which shows either talent or enthusiasm, but do not watch this.
After the destruction and rebuilding of Barrow, Alaska, Stella Oleson (Kiele Sanchez) misses her beloved husband Eben and spends her time giving lectures uncovering the truth about the incident in Barrow and the existence of vampires to the world, following the lead of the unknown Dane.
When Stella returns to the motel where she is lodged, she meets Paul (Rhys Coiro), Todd (Harold Perrineau) and Amber (Diora Baird) that are vampire hunters and leans that Agent Norris is a wannabe vampire and the vampire leader Lilith (Mia Kirshner) is in the city and ready to return to Alaska.
Stella joins the quartet that is armed and ready to battle against the evil vampires."30 Days of Night: Dark Days" is an implausible sequel of 2007 "30 Days of Night".
I can see the next movie in the trilogy, 100,000 screaming and furious people chasing down the director and producer of this turd to get their money back.More seriously, as a fan of the first film, I was as disappointed as I've ever been by any movie after watching this.
As far as I'm concerned the original 30 Days of Night is the only vampire HORROR film ever made.This Dark Days is a Frankenstein creation of hacked up and reassembled modern day vampire movies (that weren't very good in the first place) This could as easily be Blade 5 or Underworld 4 or Vampires 3 , I was half waiting for everyone to start kung-fu fighting.This was as much a horror as a pie in the face is comedy.
that is as you move farther from the original, the budget shrinks.and the consequences are: less sets, less location shoots, less action, no helicopter or overhead shots, cheaper actors, cheaper scripts and cheaper directors.now some directors can take less money and turn out comparable or even better efforts than the original--but these are few and far between.and this movie definitely suffers from sequelitis.the whole thing feels stretched..
The vampires were almost like different creatures compared to those in the first movie and the story itself was so boring that I couldn't take it anymore and stopped watching three quarters of the way through.
It was a slow, but occasionally fun watch.Dark Days, the straight to DVD sequel of 30DON, delivers a lot of the same, only with a smaller budget.
The basic plot is as follows: Stella Oleson, one of the few survivors of the first movie (albeit played by a different actress), is out for revenge on all vampires for the death of her beloved husband Eben.
The lead females' (except for Lilith who has maybe a total of 5-7 minutes screen time) have a pretty believable performance, the lead males are...eh...well they're there at least.The special effects for a straight to DVD are actually really well done in this film, it's somewhere in between expensive made for TV movies and terrible Hollywood films that should never have made it to the big screen.
Vampires are a mythology, and the movie 30 days of night is a good job.
I was actually kind of disgusted with the acts of the 2007 version, which is fairly hard to say when I watch films.This film sheds to much light on the vampires' whereabouts and does not leave the uncertainty that brings so much fear to the viewer.
Now to Dark Days I think the first 5-10 minutes of the movie was really good but after that it went down hill, The Vampires did not look that scary in this movie at all and the scare scenes you can see them coming!.The acting in this movie was NOT great, however not awful but watchable (Not as bad as The Final Destination or the Remake of A Nigthmare on elm street acting) but not far from it.I did like a few scenes in this movie, They had some really good ideas for this but soon you will forget them when you see, the scenes near the end, (the last 15-10 minutes or so) those scenes were just laughable because it was so badly done.now to the ending, it was just very, very, very, very Predicable!
As I have been a fan of the very intense and atmospheric survival horror movie "30 days of night" that played in the frosty Alaska, I gave this second part a try even though there were many negative critics and even though I thought that the ending of the first part was just perfect and would not have needed a second part.I have then been surprisingly well surprised by this follow up.
That's why a little group of vampire hunters that have all lived horrible experiences in the past just like the main actress of the first movie that has lost its husband unite and try to avenge the deaths of their beloved family members or friends and to prevent other vampire raids.This movie is much more filled with action and pace than the first one and orientates less on the atmosphere.
Actors Rhys Coiro (of '24' fame), Diora Baird and Harold Perrineau (Michael from 'LOST') co-star.The movie opens with Stella traveling around the world attempting to educate the world of the existence of vampires.
The acting is decent as well and I like the casting of Sanchez who's just as good at playing the role as George and much better looking.
especially sequels done direct to video and featuring a "Bewitched" style casting change (Stella, the wife of the protagonist in 30 Days of Night, replacing Melissa George).Looks like screenwriter Steve Niles, the only common link between the two, convinced someone (a backer?
A high school film class?) to produce this sequel.The odd thing is, it's not terrible, which really sort of a compliment.Also, the real horror is that the same screenwriter who was clever enough and creative enough to come up with the idea of a nest of vampires turning an Alaskan town into a month-long buffet (the original movie) could do no better here than send the survivor wife on some sort of mission to wipe out all the vampires on the planet.And, if you have ever seen a vampire movie, you KNOW that's not going to end well.Speaking of endings, the last five minutes are astonishingly memorable for an otherwise unforgettable film.
I haven't seen the original mainly because movies filmed with no color turn me off, so I can't compare it to the the fist one.
As a stand alone movie Dark Days works very well.Stella, who I understand is a survivor from part I, is giving lectures at universities about vampires.
High intensity UV lights are turned on, and sure enough, some vampires among the audience go up in flames.Stella then is approached the by a group of vampire hunters who want to kill Lilith, the queen vampire, to put an end to it all.
Also nice is that a good part of this movie is filmed during the day and the colors are vivid.
The vampires don't ooze around throwing off semi-sexual lines and dress all seductively here, they simply hunt and kill, straight to the point.I didn't like the ending much, because it was so predictable.
I will not spoil it by saying what it is, but there are some nice touches to the story along the way.And it is good to see there are still being made vampire movies for a more mature audience.
You know what I am talking about."30 Days of Night: Dark Days" is a good choice for an evening's entertainment, especially if you like vampire movies, and have gotten past that annoying teenage-love-vampire-drama-media-circus that has been going on lately.
First of all, that is stupid, second of all...you know where I'm going with this regarding the ending.30 days of night wasn't a great film, but it had a creepy atmosphere that helped set it apart from other vampire films.
I was expecting Melissa George to continue the sequel as Stella but unfortunately they had picked Kiele Sanchez for the lead role.
What I can say about this piece of a horrible sequel to A very very good action horror thriller movie that was 30 Days of Night I mean this sequel have no style no substance and the vampires look like zombie vampires they were not fast or jump very high it's a movie that tried very hard to be just like Resident Evil films I mean the main star of the movie is may be the sister of Milla Jovovich and you know the Resident Evil series is an example of a bad cinema, and the main characters are very disposable pieces of garbage and the action scenes oh my god!
One of the worst action scenes put to film just don't watch this movie don't waste your time don't waste your money it's not worth it.
Don´t listen to other reviewers, it is a good vampire movie and a fair sequel..
Pretty good, although flawed sequel to "30 Days of Night"..
Since Lilith is an Vampire Queen, she is planning to go to Alaska, where it turns dark for 30 days at a time.
30 DAYS OF NIGHT (2007), a stylish vampire film based off the graphic novel by the same name, put some bite back into a genre that was – and really still is – becoming long-in-the-tooth.
A clever pitch, honest-to-goodness scary creatures, claustrophobic setting and a script by Steve Niles, the original comicbook writer, aligned into an enjoyable and memorable horror film.30 DAYS OF NIGHT: DARK DAYS tries to build on that accomplishment but falls prey to general sequel-itis as well as the subterranean domain of direct-to-video.The film starts off, as does the comic, with a tired and angry Stella Olemaun, now played by LOST's and A PERFECT GETAWAY's Kiele Sanchez, trying to get people to believe in the vampire threat.
After teaming with another group of survivors, oh heck, let's just call them vampire hunters, the movie quickly turns from the original comic script and becomes just another horror cliché.Be Astonished...
The humans serving the vampires in hopes of joining them are this time referred to as "bug eaters" rather than "familiars", and the entire charade seems like someone has been watching a little too much blade.
I can't go into details of the dumb things the group does without being tempted to give out spoilers, let's just say they have good weapons they for some reason don't use, take no time to plan, and rely on suicidal instincts after having allegedly done this "vampire slaying" thing for over 2 years.
I haven't rooted for the deaths of dumb characters like this since the kids in Jurassic Park.Where the first film surprised at every turn, the sequel seems to setup clever reversals but never follows through--the writers seem to take their dumb first idea every time, totally predictable and implausible.Apart from the most unromantic, awkward, borderline-inappropriate love scene I can recall, there were no highlights worth mentioning.
there isn't much i can say about this movie.i watched it because i liked the original.
overall i'll give it 3/10 because acting and camera work was fine,everything else was wrong,so skip this movie and watch the original again.you'll save your time..
In L.A., Paul (Rhys Coiro), Amber (Diora Baird) and Todd (Harold Perrineau) are vampire hunters who introduces her to their vampire ally Dane and their mission to kill the vampire queen Lilith (Mia Kirshner).After such a great start with the original, this is a rather disappointing sequel.
After the incident from the first movie the female protagonist Stella played by a different actress is trying to prove that vampire exists to the world.
In this particular case, Kiele Sanchez has taken over the character of "Stella Oleson" from the original movie, "30 Days of Night".
Then there was the strange ending involving the death of "Lilith" (played by Mia Kirshner) in which Stella was allowed to walk right through the group of vampires--totally unmolested.
I mean, isn't it some sort of confidence scam to name a movie after another movie to which it has no real connection?The first 30 Days of Night (which I wholeheartedly recommend) was about an Alaskan town that gets attacked by nasty beast-like vampires.
This one is about the survivor of the first film getting in a "Blade" like group and going aimlessly to kill vampires.
While I liked the first iteration for bringing up the interesting idea that Vampires might exploit a lonesome town in Alaska where the sun won't shine for 30 days, this sequel really tries its best to underachieve at every conceivable level.
Kiele Sanchez assumes Melissa George's role in this sequel where we find Stella Oleson moving on from Alaska to Los Angeles as the vampires return to rip apart more humans at night in the dark.
Somewhat effective direct-to-DVD sequel has its moments, although the climax(a decision Stella makes in regards to dead husband Eben)is preposterous, not to mention the vampires are a bit different than those in the previous film.
As an avid fan of the first film, 30 Days of Night, I was VERY skeptical into seeing the second, being as it was a low budget straight to DVD sequel.
The setting of the movie is LA, not Alaska (so, there is no "30 days of night in the film").
For those people who loved "30 Days of Night", avoid this movie..
This movie offends me as a movie fan AND as a vampire movie fan!30 Days of Night (the original) was a very fun watch.
the graphic novel have a very good atmosphere and story, make sense and it's surprising you when you do not expect it.But this version is having nothing in common with the original other that Stella's crusade to expose the vampires and Eben biting Stella at the end.
Stella, who survived the first movie but is now being played by a less talented actress, has teamed up with a team of vampire hunters after her attempts to sell a book go nowhere.
Our favorite people at Stage 6 films have brought us another DTV sequel this time to 30 DAYS OF NIGHT and it wasn't half bad though but it has a lousy ending, to tell you the truth the film has a great concept, the execution is actually good but not great, the acting is above par and the direction is also above average, the major turn off to this film is the twist right at the end, it was actually stupid when I really thought about it because even though it made sense and you understood the lead character's motivations the direction in which the story goes at that point is just random.Overall, the film has reasonable production value and a good script but as for the ending I think I would've just preferred something different and this film is not really better than the first but not a weak entry either..
I thought the sequel of 30 days of Nights will be better than the previous one with that tagline of making Twilight look like a nursery school.
Not only does Dark Days not start out as strongly, it gets dumber, faster than the original and largely tosses those two good things down the garbage disposal.A year after the attack on Barrow, Alaska, we find that the vampire massacre of the townspeople has been covered up and survivor Stella Oleson is on a book tour trying to tell incredulous crowds the truth about what happened.
So of course, that promising beginning is completely discarded before Dark Days is 10 minutes old and it turns into every other vampire hunter flick you've ever seen that doesn't star a teenage cheerleader.
Some music that was rejected from the Terminator: Salvation soundtrack and closing scenes that look like outtakes from Aliens top off this crap sundae.From a gratuitous sex scene where Kiele Sanchez keeps her bra on, thereby negating the whole gratuitous thing, to a good guy vampire to the same final scene twist that got old in horror movies 20 years ago, Dark Days is terrible.
There are even points where it seems like co-writer/director Ben Ketai is going out of his way to take a leak on what was established in the first film.If you liked 30 Days of Night, do not watch this movie.
If you hated 30 Days of Night, still do not watch this movie.
If you've never heard of 30 Days of Night, go read the comic instead of watching this movie..
She gets personal reason after she get the idea that the vampires might be planning to attack Barrow again.Most of the fun of the movie is the easiness of Stella's character.
OK so I finally got around to watching "30 Days of Night: Dark Days" and at the start I felt I was gonna have a hard time watching this movie and being totally hooked in.
Had this movie ended any different I would say "yeah it did, but I can say it is worth seeing for Vampire fans who like their demons vicious and unforgiving.
If you saw the first "30 Days of Night" movie , well, this is nothing like it.
If you want to watch a nice vampire movie take a look at something else.
Good movie, but not a sequel.
As a stand-alone vampire movie, I rate this as 'Fair.' As a sequel to a really well-made, well acted, and scary as s#!t horror film, it fails on every level.
The terror came from not knowing "Why" and not understanding the guttural language of the vampires.With all due respect to the Director, Cast and Crew of "Dark Days," this is a sequel that should not have been made, and lovers of the Original should avoid this at all costs.