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Viktor Navorksi (Tom Hanks) falls into a bureaucratic crack in the system when his plane lands at New York's JFK airport from the fictitious country of Krakozhia. Unbeknownst to Navorski, his country fell prey to a military coup while he was in flight, causing it to be wiped from the map. This effectively renders his passport null and void, meaning he cannot legally enter America, nor return to his now nonexistent home. Barely able to speak English, the hapless Navorski is offered a sanctuary of sorts by kindly staff who allow him to freely inhabit the airport. With little money to his name, Navorski has to quickly shed his feelings of displacement, confusion, and alienation to survive. Fortunately he has a resourceful nature, and makes a meager amount of money for food by returning baggage carts. As time passes he becomes more comfortable with his surroundings, even finding time to pursue a passing stewardess, Amelia (Catherine Zeta-Jones), who has captured his heart. But airport denizens such as customs chief Frank Dixon (Stanley Tucci), who is a constant thorn in Navorski's side, remind him of his outsider status throughout the ordeal.Director Steven Spielberg uses the airport setting of THE TERMINAL to represent a microcosmic view of the immigrant experience in American society. Drawing on a fine performance from Hanks, and a supporting cast who provide plenty of laughs, Spielberg handles some delicate subject matter with an acute sensitivity, providing a heartfelt tale in the process.
Graphic-Novel Noir Done Right !! - Downright Evil !!
Director David Slade crams Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith's Unusual Graphic Novel through the Modern-Horror Grinder, falling back on flash cuts, audio screeches., and an abundance of gore. Amidst these jugernauts of atmospheric tricks., the story-concept remains powerfully strong.
Every Winter in Barrow, Alaska — the Northernmost Town in the United States — experiences a full month without sunlight. This year, an Army of Starving Savage Vampires descend on the Town to take advantage of the Natural Darkness. Local Sheriff Eben Oleson (Josh Hartnett) and his estranged wife, Stella (Melissa George), must put their differences aside long enough to try and protect Barrow and it's townsfolk.
The Night premise explains well, why Slade's film is so dark. Seemingly shot through a "Blue-Lens" Slade's film suffocates the audience with dread., and releases no mercy. The desolate frontier Town of Barrow makes for an incredible piece-set., and the ferocious blizzard that whips at the blood-thirsting Predators and their Prey is a "character" in and of itself.
Hartnett gives a truly solid performance; and Slade manages to drench shocks in with slow-building psychological fear. Ben Foster (though not the only reason) might be one of the biggest reasons to see '30 Days of Night'. The young actor is perfecting the Homicidal Maniac Role, practicing it in two other movies this year — see 'Alpha Dog' and '3:10 to Yuma'.
In '30 Days of Night', he plays a messenger who arrives in Barrow before the Vampires and tries to intimidate Hartnett's Sheriff with the Promise of Death. Foster drapes his lines with an accent that insipidly releases immediate tension.
While 'Sin City' & 'Shoot 'Em Up' have held the 5-Star Graphic Novel feel - 'Sin City' having truly set that 'Bar'., and 'Shoot 'Em Up' (while not it's own Graphic Novel but holding that appeal) following in it's steps., '30 Days of Night' I hold at just 1-Star less than a Full-5. (It's hard to put this Graphic Novel transformation to Cinema Screen on Level with 'Sin-City'....or any other Graphic Novel up to 'Sin City' for that matter (though we can wait and see how "The Dark Knight" plays this season with Christian Bale & Heath Ledger - God Bless Ledger).
However, "DO NOT MISS" this frighteningly disturbing nightmare. It would have 5-stars., if I didn't feel obligated to hold it to 'Sin City' standards.
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As a horror movie buff, I will say that this one is probably one of the most believable horror films that I've seen in quite sometime. If Barrow, Alaska's dismal weather conditions and thirty days of continued darkness wasn't bad enough, then how about adding a clan of blood-thirsty vampires into the mix?
Synopsis:
Basically, a clan of blood-thirsty pale-skinned vampires with large dark pupils, teeth like piranhas, long sharp talon-like fingernails, the strength (in a small group) to overturn a large SUV, as well as possessing some martial arts skills, speak an indistinguishable language all their own, and capable of velociraptor-like screams, infiltrate the small desolate Alaskan town of Barrow, and begin systematically killing-off the townspeople...upon quickly discovering that this town has much more to offer than just sled dogs - fresh humans.
As the townspeople are killed-off one by one, a small group of survivors develop and is led by the sheriff (played by Josh Hartnett). He learns that the only way to destroy these creatures is by separating their head from their body via one way or another. So, throughout most of the film and after he loses his 357 magnum revolver, the sheriff wields a long-handled axe and severs the heads of those who had just 'turned'.
Amongst the group of survivors are a few heroes who take it upon themselves to each try and 'take on' the vampires on their own? As the surviving group begins to grow thin, the sheriff develops his own heroic plan and decides to withdraw some blood from one of the recent fatalities (friend turned vampire) and then injects himself with the vile 'serum'. Since he knows that it takes awhile before one becomes truly 100% vampire, he decides to fight the vampire leader...before he too 'turns'.
Although the vampire leader already has 'superhuman' strength and some martial arts skill, the sheriff is able to ultimately defeat him anyway. Upon the death of the vampire leader, the remaining vampires leave and evidently return to from whence they came...do I smell a possible sequel here? At the film's end, and as daylight finally breaks at the end of the thirty daylight hiatus, the sheriff eventually fades into ashes in the arms of his companion.
BTW, in my unsuccessful attempts at trying to play the special features, I was, however, able to discover an 'Easter Egg' within this particular disc. While in the main menu and with the 'Play Movie' prompt highlighted, depress the left arrow to access the film's entire 17-track soundscore...slick eh?Read full review
While not a flawless movie, the cast and crew were able to create a convincing sense of isolation and helplessness in this middle-of-nowhere town in which the weather conditions are as brutal as the film's band of blood thirst menaces. I liked the overall story; vampires taking advantage of the phenomenon of month long darkness and seclusion of the remote town, and the build up of bizarre events that lead up to the carnage that ultimately ensues.
The townsfolk are largely helpless against the savage attackers that act with animal-like ferosity. You actually feels sorry for the people as they are viciously slaughtered like sheep until all but a few remain. The violence and bloodshed employed to instill that emotion will certainly turn off more sensitive viewers.
There were a few issues I had, like wondering how the obviously 'cold-blooded' vampires were able to remain agile, supernaturally strong, and blindly fast in what seems to be sub-zero temperatures. Ever been to somewhere South when the temperature drops and reptiles become lethargic? Also, a member of the clan was injured by an ultraviolet grow light and had to be destroyed by their own kind. If injuries like bullet wounds won't stop them, why would a little 'sunburn?'
At some point the vampire leader begins mocking humans in a most arrogant way. Makes you look forward to seeing that blood stained smirk wiped from his face. Nothing worse that someone who adds insult to (fatal) injury.
Not quite a modern horror classic, but far from being bad. Interesting end-plot regarding how the vampires are confronted in order for the remaining few to survive. If you enjoy vampire movies with lots of mayhem, carnage and bloodly violence, this movie is for you.Read full review
I obtained this movie at the recommendation of a few co-workers who'd seen it, and I was pleasantly surprised. Today we have way WAY too many vampire movies that range from sub-B movie grade garbage to teenybopper eyecandy that couldn't scare a flea off a Werewolfs back.
I am happy to report that 30 Days of Night takes a bold turn off the beaten path and provides a different perspective to the Vampire genre...a turn that reinstills the terrifying, horrific aspect of the undead. Malicious, cunning, ruthless, brutal savages who make unholy use of the month-long Darkness in a small Alaskan town that is the northernmost outpost of humanity.
Gone are the watered down cliches...no "I come to suck your blooood" lines here baby, no beautiful Vampires to seduce and beguile, who woo their victims with good looks and hypnotic stares. Just angry, blood craving monsters hell bent on tearing out their preys throats...feasting on their juices...and loving every minute of their unatural power...their strength and speed, their superiority over the human race.
No stakes through the heart here guys...no garlic or crosses, if your lucky enough to get the drop on one of these bastiches...you better take its head off with a shotgun blast or an axe, or your rump is roasted!
Get it, watch it, enjoy. Nuff' said! ~EdRead full review
This is a masterfully done horror flick...vampire, to be exact. It takes place in the isolated villiage of Barrow, Alaska. There is an extended period of time in the winter when the sun does not rise at all..it's just dark, 24/7. It's a tale of the struggle of the sheriff and his wife against a host of the most savage vampires I have ever seen on the screen. The effects are great....and the film makers have played on the darkness present to heighten the suspense. It has, indeed, a dark ending, and while it is a triumph, of course, it has an unusual twist. The one and only criticism I would make is that at the end you wonder what happened to the pack of vampires. Do we need to be looking over our shoulder. This one's good, a lot better than the run of the bunch slaughter mill that the horror genre seems so inclined to these days.Read full review
This takes the tired vampire story to a new spin.......
Gone are the vampires who are so completely wimpy that Blade can kill with a single swing of his manly sword. The lead vampire in particular Danny Huston who is an identifiable character saturated in menace at the same time peering at his victims with soulless black eyes. These vamps are, in every sense, nasty unlikable, disgusting, weird and utterly scary, just like a vampire should be.
So they come by boat to feed of the population of Barrow, an Alaskan small town, a place where no person ever seems to joke or smile. They're forced to live, once a year, in perpetual darkness during the winter. Director David Slade knows how to create tension and horror without showing you much, and that happens to be a plus point with its extremely patient build up, and the heightening of suspense. You have to tip your hat at him for crafting a very quiet movie at crucial scenes, so much so that the audience lend their "Ssshhhhs" not to tell fellow audience to keep quiet, but aimed at the characters themselves to remain like little mice lest they get detected. '30 Days of Night' is a very grey movie in mood, tone and the weather.
The humans here though behave like typical vampire movie fodder. The bigger the ensemble, the more victims it can provide, not counting anonymous folks seen being victims from afar. Josh Hartnett's Sheriff Eben plays hero as he leads his bewildered town kinsman to survive through this 30 days of mayhem before the sun shines again, while trying to work out his estranged relationship with wife Stella (a very pouty Melissa George from Turistas (Unrated Edition), and I still say she's a dead ringer for Estella Warren!). As usual, you have a team of misfits feeding off each other's strength in a quest for survival, and a theme such as Sacrifice is never too far away from movies like these.
The real interesting take on the vampires is that they have their own language and move like starved, rabid animals. They don't seem to have a master plan for world domination or being part of a conspiracy, they're just there and the way they look will scare most people. Their facial feature is like something out of a David Lynch nightmare.
I like that this is a mystery, not an action movie and the only other scary vampire movie in modern times is Shadow of the Vampire, a movie almost as scary. But I can hear my vampire-loving friends bring this down, since the vamps didn't play spinette, spoke with eastern European accents and moaned like the best sex they've ever had every time they sink their teeth into flesh. They don't even seem to be enjoying themselves. There is one more movie that comes to mind and that The Addiction, where vampirism also seem to be more of a decease like alcoholism or bulimia. It does contain some pretty violent scenes like the massacre on the dogs, the gunplay and decapitations that look almost too realistic.
But what I felt was a let down to its build up, was the unsatisfying ending, which left a bitter aftertaste with its abruptness and inability to resolve anything substantial. It also didn't allow for any sympathy for the victims as you would sometimes find yourself rooting for another kill just to satisfy your blood lust, also because little time is given for you to get to know those characters. As the humans learn that guns do zilch to their targets, there goes all hope, and try as they could to get creative in turning the tables, it boiled down to keeping it simple. Thumbs up for the vampiresRead full review
It's been awhile since there was a truely gruesome vampire flick.
The way they are portrayed aren't as noble aristocrats or soap
opera teenagers, but as brutal, ruthless, animalistic monsters.
Though it's based on the original graphic novel, the concept is
original and truly ingenious, as the arctic region goes through longer
periods of night and day, a helpless town gets caught in the wake of
a clans arrival just as a nocturnal cycle begins. Perfect conditions
for vampires and for any horror fans that appreciate their violence,
there is a lot of blood and gore that ensues.
Not much is revealed about their existence and there isn't much depth
to plot, just as it is watching whether or not the characters can
survive, but this shouldn't be an issue if you just want to be entertained
visually.
Plus the DVD comes with the first pilot episode of Blood + (an anime
series of the vampire genre) which is worth a look as well.
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Why didn't someone think of this plot sooner!! Awesome!
I lovting,e more gore but more of a Saw fan. That a movie has to have a plot to it. Unlike other vampire movies. This was a storyline i never saw coming. Was excellent.
The acting is great with also the french subtitles for the vampires speaking in there own like bat sonar. The setting,storeline, & real acting makes this a must see.
With an ending I never even saw coming.
Which twisted me and went WOW!!!
Even if you aren't a horror fan you will still love this film.
If this helped in anyway click yes for me. Never click no!!
Thanks,
onemixer
If you're into vampires as malevolent, sentient creatures, here's a film you may like. You get to know the characters about as well as in any horror flick, and there's a neat desolation to the cinematic Barrow, Alaska which could have been better used. But I kept having trouble with these vampires. They're smart enough to cut communications to the town and even use people as bait for other humans; but despite the fact that they have little else to do besides jab at folks' necks, they have no appreciably distinct personalities, guile, curiosity or humor. Vestigial human characteristics which might make them more interesting, in other words, are missing. So this is a cat-and-mouse game, and I guess it's adequate. I had trouble watching it in a darkened room, which is a good sign. And the ending is oddly moving, too, with room enough for a sequel. But the vampires, with their silly screechy voices and their elliptical pronouncements, seem to be by-the-numbers stereotypes, pushed along by the screenwriter's plot demands. Maybe I shouldn't expect more life from the undead, but I do. As you watch, imagine how much more deliriously fun this movie could have been, had the vampires chosen not to tilt the playing field further in their own favor. Ahh, to be a vampire out on the town, with 30 days of night to kill -- quite literally. So why not give the humans more of a fighting chance?Read full review
Although Josh Harnett isn't a top shelf superstar, he has done good jobs in past films. However, in this movie, which I think is a Uwe Boll homage film, Harnett's
character is hollow, devoid of any kind personality. He exhibits the same stare on his face throughout the movie, and his supporting cast makes no effort in shining out. Now, the villains in the movie are a slight different from the usual modern convention of the vampires, these ones have no sense of refinement, are just cannibalistic hunters bent on destroying all. Their leader, however thinks of himself as an illuminated man (pardon the pun), speaking in metaphors, verses, like a frigging preacher. If you go frame by frame in the climax of the movie you see the fakeness of Harnett's Superman punch on the Alpha Vampire. An utter waste of time and money, I lost 113 minutes of my life and $23 when I bought this on Blu Ray. The only redeeming point on this film fiasco is Ben Foster's performance which is the only good thing if any............Read full review