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Created Jun 05, 2010 09:17PM PST • Edited Jun 05, 2010 09:17PM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Great 4.0

   I’m just gonna come out and say it: I love John Carpenter. The guy is one of the greatest filmakers of all time, in my opinion, and has never made a bad movie. And of all his movies, his most underrated has to be Vampires, which has a large cult following, but is still not talked about too much. Even more obscure is it’s sequel, Vampires: Los Muertos, which I believe is one of the best horror films of the 2000s.

4. Acting

   Good 3.0

   The main star is Jon Bon Jovi. Um…yeah. I have nothing against the guy, he’s a fine actor, but it’s hard to supress a chuckle when you hear he’s the leading man. Nevertheless, he’s great in this, and it’s actually my favourite performance he’s given, as he plays a sort of Spike Spiegal meets Edgar Frog character here. It’s an odd combimation, but it works very well.

   All the others are no names, but all do a great job, and I have no complaints against any of the actors.

5. Male Stars Good 3.0

6. Female Stars Good 3.0

7. Female Costars Good 3.0

8. Male Costars Good 3.0

10. Film

    Good 3.0

    It’s good enough quality for a 2002 film. At times, it feels like a 1997 film, but the lighting and cinematograghy is very good.

11. Direction Good 3.0

12. Play Good 3.0

13. Music Good 3.0

14. Visuals Good 3.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Sordid 3.5

    Pretty gruesome shit here. It’s certainly not something to play while the kiddies are in the room.

17. Sex Erotic 3.5

    Some very suggestive stuff, a feux seuction scene, an actual seduction scene, and even a slight hint of girl-on-girl. Not too explicit, but suggestive nonetheless.

18. Violence Brutal 3.5

    Very violent. We get vampires exploding, getting burned alive, getting implailed, and other gruesome shit of that sort.

19. Rudeness Profane 3.0

    Eh, we get a few cusses here and there, but nothing too bad.

21. Reality

    Fantasy 5.0

    It’s a movie about vampires, what do you expect?

22. Circumstantial Fantasy 5.0

23. Biological Fantasy 5.0

24. Physical Fantasy 5.0