Stake land (2010) Starring Nick Damici and Connor Paolo.... Interesting merge of vampire and apocalypse genre decent flick always love seeing the beautiful Danielle Harris on screen she's too fine. Also tired of all these apocalyptic flicks telling me there is going to b one black man left in the world in a sea of crazy. That doesn't comfort me. Come to think of it there were only two ppl of color in this entire flick worth noticing. Come on film industry can't be that hard to find a struggling Asian or Latin actor? Just tell em to stand there n look sad.
Okay after that little rant I guess I should tell you what the movie is about. Starts off with a voice over last longer than I would like. A young boy is rescued by a strange man who happens to be the right guy at the right time. So he takes the boy under his vampire killing wing and shows him the way of killing vampires. The boy sucks at it and the mentor ain't shy to call the kid a dumbass when the situation calls for it. They travel northward to a faraway destination supposedly free of blood thirsty vampires. A few scenes where they take on vampires. Vampires that are pretty fucking bad ass. Not your typical sexy, suave vampire. These vampires are more along the lines of crazed mindless carnivores. They don't fuck around either they smell blood they coming for your ass like a tiger shark on land. Of course religion plays a role in this, how can it not it's the apocalypse via merciless vampires.
Now our mentor and pupil pick up some fellow hopefuls as they travel north. This is where the beautiful Danielle Harris appears and our lone black guy, he sticks around for a min (I ain't going to keep yall hopes up). They also save a nun after she's been raped only to lose her to more bad guys, and find her again later, typical. So they run into some trouble I won't spoil that for yall, but know shit gets real. You got to suspend some disbelief at certain moments. Like how that fucker got in the trunk for reals. Or how the fuck he knows so much? Why is everyone treating this guy like a rock star?
In conclusion this film was heavy on the blood and gore like a good vamp movie should be. Characters were likable however very thin. The boy appeared to have the only depth and growth in the movie. The acting was decent though some of the dramatic scenes just came off flat. I can do without random voice overs. Better yet no voice overs in movies only TV shows. This movies reminds me of a mix of Zombieland (2009) (with no haha) and The Book of Eli. I give this 6/10.
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