***This Review may contain spoilers***
First of all I must say that I have never been a huge fan of the director and after this Im not sure if I'll be able to give him another chance. The movie is about Lili Taylor's character being bitten by a prostitute which unfortunately for her is a vampire and we then slowly follow her change and transformation and when I say slow I mean REALLY SLOW.
This is the biggest problem of the movie, the fact that it takes way too long before anything interesting happens. Another thing which does not fit in is the annoying hip-hop/rap music which does not fit in the movie or any sequences whatsoever (or maybe my despise for this music genre made me hate the movie more than I had to). Also worth mentioning is the complete waste of Christopher Walken's character which does not appear to have any meaning or reason to even be in the movie at all. Don't get me wrong Walken is a great actor and I think the problem is the fact that his lines are so cheesy at times and it feels like they only had him at set for only about a couple of days.
Now when it comes to the positive aspects of the movie I must say that I was rather impressed by the use of the black and white theme of the movie, that at least gave the movie a little atmosphere. The acting is overall quite good and there is nothing wrong with Lili Taylors acting (I think the overall problem with the movie was the script).
I say if you want to watch a different type of vampire flick or if you're a hardcore vampire fan, sure check it out...otherwise don't...
4/10
First of all I must say that I have never been a huge fan of the director and after this Im not sure if I'll be able to give him another chance. The movie is about Lili Taylor's character being bitten by a prostitute which unfortunately for her is a vampire and we then slowly follow her change and transformation and when I say slow I mean REALLY SLOW.
This is the biggest problem of the movie, the fact that it takes way too long before anything interesting happens. Another thing which does not fit in is the annoying hip-hop/rap music which does not fit in the movie or any sequences whatsoever (or maybe my despise for this music genre made me hate the movie more than I had to). Also worth mentioning is the complete waste of Christopher Walken's character which does not appear to have any meaning or reason to even be in the movie at all. Don't get me wrong Walken is a great actor and I think the problem is the fact that his lines are so cheesy at times and it feels like they only had him at set for only about a couple of days.
Now when it comes to the positive aspects of the movie I must say that I was rather impressed by the use of the black and white theme of the movie, that at least gave the movie a little atmosphere. The acting is overall quite good and there is nothing wrong with Lili Taylors acting (I think the overall problem with the movie was the script).
I say if you want to watch a different type of vampire flick or if you're a hardcore vampire fan, sure check it out...otherwise don't...
4/10