30 Days of Night - Fires of Heaven ************* (Teclisen)

Let's face it: vampire movies tend to suck. Regardless, I usually see/rent as many as I can, especially direct-to-video flicks nobody has ever heard of.

With that said, this is one of the better vampire movies ever made. The look and feel is awesome. The cinematography captured the feel of the graphic novel (you can tell which shots are straight from the comic) without going over the top. It felt very gritty and realistic despite being cheesy horror.

The pacing was a bit off at times but it makes for a great survival horror film. Aside from the ending being very anti-climactic as mentioned above, the movie is very good all around.

The actors they got to play the vampires actually looked like they could be vampires without make up. Hartnett had a lot of decent scenes involving axes, people's heads, and axes inside people's heads. And 6 year old vampire girls are always a nice touch. Lastly, it has a few truly memorable scenes. The top-down helicopter shot of the city getting totally decimated by vampires while citizens with shotguns run wild was definitely badass.

7/10

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