30 Days of Night: Dark Days, DVD Review
30 Days of Night: Dark Days
Steppin’ to 30 Days of Night starring Josh Hartnet and Melissa George was a horror smash hit and it was only a matter of time before a sequel followed and it came under the title, 30 Days of Night-Dark Days.
The film would follow Melissa Georges character Stella however the director wanted a new actress to play the role. Initially it was sited they wanted someone younger and with more of a name to play the role but they ended up with Kiele Sanchez. I know who! She apparently was in ‘Lost’, ‘Samantha Who’ and is currently starring in ‘The Glades’. However she is no Melissa George.
Dark Days is set in LA so doesn’t quite have the same feeling of threat to it. It follows the character of Stella as she tries to expose Vampires to the world. A group of renegade Vampire hunters recruit her to go after Lilith, the Vampire Queen.
This plot-line was reminiscent of the Borg Queen in Star Trek, she comes out of nowhere and is the brains of the operation. When Stella discovers there is a new ship setting sail to the Arctic Circle for the next 30 days of night she brings the fight to them.
As a Vampire film the feature isn’t bad, L Words/Vampire Diaries ‘Mia Kirshner’ brings an element of horror to the film as Lilith but Dark Days works more as an action movie than a horror. Stella is now an ass kicking femme fatale in the same vein as Milla Jovovich Alice in Resident Evil.
That is why as a sequel to 30 Days it doesn’t fit. It’s no longer ordinary people fighting for their lives but seasoned hunters out for revenge.
The film is well worth watching but as a franchise movie it pales in comparison to the first installment.
Apparently there is going to be a third as they initially always wanted it to be a trilogy and that working title is ‘Return to Barrow’
It went straight to DVD in the States so expect the same here and can be currently viewed on line.
by candlemansa, Gaycork.com
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Starring: Kiele Sanchez, Rhys Coiro, Harold Perrineau, Mia Kirschner, Diora Baird, Ben Cotton, Troy Ruptash.
The Pitch
You know what you need? Another vampire film with guns and stuff!
The Humans
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Written By: Ben Ketai & Steve Niles
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The Lowdown
30 Days of Night (CHUD review) was not a good movie. It was a hit, but it was not a very good movie at all. One which seemingly coasted on its bloody-mouthed caterwauling vampires, its high concept premise, and the fact it eschewed romanticism for brutality. It wasn’t enough, especially in a market saturated with vampire films.
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