The Breed: A Cult Classic
Added 10/10/2007
The Breed is an edgy vampire flick with a gothic love story and a twisted plot of murder and deception in a fascist police state. Pros: Great style, great film shots and just enough emotion and unpredictability to keep you engaged. Cons: Not really any, it's a complete story that all adds up, experienced by credible characters (for this genre especially) and it has a satisfying ending. I hope we'll see more of the actors involved; each brings a unique flair to their roles. (I really loved this film; it's a keeper.)
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Vampire movie in the style of pulp fiction
Added 9/8/2007
From what I remember this vampire movie was really unique. It reminded me of Pulp Fiction with the style of Anne Rice. I saw this movie a couple years ago and I can't remember the details but I suggest you watch it. It is action packed and pretty slick.
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I love this movie, especially because Adrian Paul is in it. I have always been into watching movies involving vampires and he acting in this movie makes it all the better.
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class a low budget film
Added 4/12/2007
I enjoyed this film emensely. It had a great story. It looked great technically. It was a very theme oriented film with a film noir look. I loved the wire work. It came straight from a Kung Fu action flick. The acting was great. The only cation that I will give people is that if you are not fond of European style artsy films you probably won't like this one.
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Vampire buddy-cop movie set in Soviet-style world
Added 3/10/2007
That's mostly what you need to know about the movie - it's an intriguing notion. Vampires have recently announced their presence to the world, now that they have a serum to take instead of drinking blood. NSA cop Steven Grant is understandably upset about this after his partner is killed by a vampire, especially when he is teamed up with vampire cop Aaron Gray. However, they slowly reach an uneasy truce and start to work together to figure out who it is that is killing people, since vampires are actually a peaceful people who find murder to be distasteful. Along the way, Gray introduces Grant to the beautiful Lucy Westerna and Grant finds himself falling in love. We meet some other very memorable characters - the character of West, who is apparently Slavic, looks and sounds Irish, interestingly enough (I guess it is because he is a slavering revolutionary?).
One of the most amusing things about this - for me anyway - is the overtones of 1984 with the constant announcements at the NSA headquarters ("The open hand does not grasp discipline" "Nothing is true, everything is permissible") and the signs ("Informing on your enemy makes him your friend" "One step forward 1/2 step back"); not to mention that people dressed in decidedly Soviet military style or 50s style, and everyone smoked all the time.
The cinematography was beautiful; the whole film is washed out, creating almost a black & white effect, while retaining some color. All the vampires are quite pale, of course, but other than that and their fangs, they really aren't so different - even to having children. The acting is pretty good and who wouldn't love Grant's sexy voice?
OK, I'm a fan of the vampire genre so of course I'd like it; but also this gave us a different look at the world and I enjoyed it thoroughly. If you like vampire flicks at all, you'll love this one!
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