Demon Hunter is set in modern day Los Angeles where half demon half man Jake Greyman (Sean Patrick Flanery) has an ugly job, he works for the Catholic church as a demon hunter who uses his powers to rid the streets of various unpleasant demons. His latest mission is a young girl & ex-prostitute named Maria (Lea Moreno Young) who happens to be pregnant with evil Vampire demon thing Asmodeus' (Billy Drago) baby, Jake takes care of her in his own unique way. Reporting back to his boss Cardinal White (William Bassett) it seems this isn't an isolated incident & Asmodeus wants to spread his 'seed' throughout the world beginning with impregnating some Los Angeles prostitutes, hey it's a start isn't it? However Asmodeus hasn't figured on demon killer Jake & his partner Sister Sarah Ryan (Colleen Porch) who are out to find him & stop him...
Directed by Scott Ziehl there simply isn't any nice way by which I can describe Demon Hunter so I won't even try, it is complete total & utter crap & it's as simple & straight forward as that. I'm not sure quite who the script by Mitch Gould is aimed at or what sort of film this is supposed to be, large portions of this lame film is taken up with really bad philosophical dialogue between Jake & his new partner Sister Sarah. You see when it comes down to it Demon Hunter is basically a mismatched partner film, you know what I mean a sort of good cop bad cop scenario, in fact I kept thinking of Lethal Weapon (1987) as Jake is obviously the tough uncompromising one while Sister Sarah is the moralistic one & by the end of the film he's lightened up a bit & she has no problem shooting people. Far too much screen time is given to this really badly written relationship & the two cardboard cutout character's involved in it, listen guys this isn't rocket science here as all we, the viewer that is, want to see is lots of fights, some nudity, some good looking chicks in leather outfits & some decent horror. To add to Demon Hunter's problems it's incredibly slow, there is one fight during the opening sequence but then you have to wait until the film reaches the 40 minute mark before the next & then after that there isn't another fight until the end. There's no horror or exploitation worth mentioning & quite how the filmmakers managed to screw a half decent Blade (1998) type idea up this badly is beyond me.
Director Ziehl does a reasonable job actually, it's got some nice photography & the odd stylish scene. Unfortunately the film is still awful, the action scenes are poor (see Blade to see how it's done properly), there's no gore (again see Blade to see how it's done), the special effects are poor (see Blade to see how it's done properly), the main villain is terrible is neither scary nor menacing & doesn't do a thing except spout a load of nonsense (see Blade to see how it's done properly) although on a positive note his female sidekick looks quite foxy. In terms of gore there is one scene where someone gets a stake through their chest & there's one dead body & that's it.
With a supposed budget of about $1,000,000 I suppose the poor effects & lacklustre action scenes can be blamed on a low budget but that still doesn't excuse the film for being so dull, boring & downright awful. The acting isn't up to much although it's nice to see Billy Drago in something even if having him in a The Matrix (1999) style kung-fu fight is stretching it a bit. Is it just me or is Porch a dead ringer for Angelina Jolie?
Demon Hunter is a low budget piece of action/horror Blade rip-off crap that lacks any action or horror, not a film to get excited about. One to avoid, just watch Blade again instead you'll be glad you did.
Directed by Scott Ziehl there simply isn't any nice way by which I can describe Demon Hunter so I won't even try, it is complete total & utter crap & it's as simple & straight forward as that. I'm not sure quite who the script by Mitch Gould is aimed at or what sort of film this is supposed to be, large portions of this lame film is taken up with really bad philosophical dialogue between Jake & his new partner Sister Sarah. You see when it comes down to it Demon Hunter is basically a mismatched partner film, you know what I mean a sort of good cop bad cop scenario, in fact I kept thinking of Lethal Weapon (1987) as Jake is obviously the tough uncompromising one while Sister Sarah is the moralistic one & by the end of the film he's lightened up a bit & she has no problem shooting people. Far too much screen time is given to this really badly written relationship & the two cardboard cutout character's involved in it, listen guys this isn't rocket science here as all we, the viewer that is, want to see is lots of fights, some nudity, some good looking chicks in leather outfits & some decent horror. To add to Demon Hunter's problems it's incredibly slow, there is one fight during the opening sequence but then you have to wait until the film reaches the 40 minute mark before the next & then after that there isn't another fight until the end. There's no horror or exploitation worth mentioning & quite how the filmmakers managed to screw a half decent Blade (1998) type idea up this badly is beyond me.
Director Ziehl does a reasonable job actually, it's got some nice photography & the odd stylish scene. Unfortunately the film is still awful, the action scenes are poor (see Blade to see how it's done properly), there's no gore (again see Blade to see how it's done), the special effects are poor (see Blade to see how it's done properly), the main villain is terrible is neither scary nor menacing & doesn't do a thing except spout a load of nonsense (see Blade to see how it's done properly) although on a positive note his female sidekick looks quite foxy. In terms of gore there is one scene where someone gets a stake through their chest & there's one dead body & that's it.
With a supposed budget of about $1,000,000 I suppose the poor effects & lacklustre action scenes can be blamed on a low budget but that still doesn't excuse the film for being so dull, boring & downright awful. The acting isn't up to much although it's nice to see Billy Drago in something even if having him in a The Matrix (1999) style kung-fu fight is stretching it a bit. Is it just me or is Porch a dead ringer for Angelina Jolie?
Demon Hunter is a low budget piece of action/horror Blade rip-off crap that lacks any action or horror, not a film to get excited about. One to avoid, just watch Blade again instead you'll be glad you did.