There are better vampire action movies, but this maybe the smartest. “Underworld” is the only vampire action franchise of note, but with it being werewolves vs bloodsuckers, it is easy to shut off your brain. To make a feature about a pandemic of vampirism requires some thought.
Willem Dafoe and Sam Neil are excellent and the action and gore make sense. The narrative moves fast by just accepting that we all know the rules of vampire. If only the Spierig Brothers could have gotten the same budget for “Jigsaw”, Hollywood Horror would be in a different place.
