How sad is this?

Good movie but grossly overrated

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

The acting in this movie is really good.

During a violent war between the species, a group of master hunters tries to escort a group of survivors away from a hospital containing a horde of vampires inside before the entire area is leveled in a tactical strike, but the creatures keep making advances on the group as they try to survive.For the most part this one was a very enjoyable and entertaining entry. One of it's better features here is the fact that there's some inventive reworking of the vampire mythos which gives this some solid and enjoyable work for its premise. The idea of turning the virus into a more zombie-like creation, based around the spread of off an airborne virus and bringing about an absolutely ravenous mindset of not only attacking for blood but also ravenously ripping people to pieces that has nothing to do with drinking blood such is the mess left behind yet there's still numerous vampire traits on display which still leaves this one enjoyable enough. Likewise, there's even more to like here in the continuous action scenes and battles with these ravenous creatures packed with tons of fantastic Seagal-based action and very few down-spots, starting practically from the beginning. Given the early knowledge of the virus, this one jumps right in with the attacks during the credit sequences and then leading to the early scenes of the group wondering around the hospital filled with the mangled body parts strewn around that leaves for plenty of encounters in the hallways and the different rooms swarming with the creatures, there's quite a lot to like here while setting up the numerous attacks and encounters in the second half. Now that the hunters join in to offer some protection and give them more of a chance during the fights, these are much more professional in their battles with their quick slashing and gunplay featured in the morgue battle, the various rescues where they reunite the group once again as well as the various battles to get them out as they make their way towards the basement which is where the other great fun occurs during the parking lot as this one gets in some really thrilling brawls, some hand-to-hand fighting with the creatures and plenty of fine swarming and chasing which is so much fun compared alongside the frenzied race to get out before the air-strike. Alongside the great vampire look and the fun gore, these here make this one enjoyable enough to deliver a solid, if still flawed entry. Among these flaws is the fact that there's quite a lot of scenes here just showing them simply not doing much really interesting as all they do with this is eat up time in the blood- stained walls and corridors. This is mainly due to how short all the action scenes here are, which are just so quick that it doesn't really register with what's happening so the scenes with the daughter in the operating room, running away from the vampire who continually threatens them and finding their turned friend on the other side which is quite bland and really just seems over so quick that there's not a lot to like about them. The last flaw here is the fact that it doesn't know whether they're supposedly vampires or zombies, as their creation through a virus and complete disregard for keeping their victims in one piece fall more in line with zombie rules, yet there's the self-aware state and aversion to sunlight being vampire traits though it still doesn't seem to fall in with either one grouping despite calling them vampires in the end. These here are the film's flaws, but it's enjoyable enough.Rated R: Extreme Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Brief Nudity, drug use and children-in-danger.

Apparently someone in the studio came up with a brilliant idea, casting Steven Seagal against the vampires and just shot the movie in a day. There is no script, no character and no action. Seagal just tries to look though but his moves and his lines are as old as he is, he barely fights, just swinging his katana between takes and he unwillingly delivers his lines. The characters and background is never explained. Are these zombies? Vampires? what about the rest of the world? At first they look mindless beasts, but then they speak and outsmart the characters. There is no strong character(Seagal's black sidekick excluded)all of them stand there to say a few though lines, stand up straight and then get cut down in the next scene. And what is Keith David doing there? He has a small role but he stills shows up enough to make you think he overacted for such a small budget and campy film. Even if you are a fan of Steven Seagal or zombies or both(a steven seagal turns into a zombie film would be sweet though)stay away from this one.

Steven Segal has proved once again why he is such a superstar! How did he come up with the sheer genius idea of a Katana wielding good-guy, fighting virus-created, mutating-super-vampire/zombies? (Hint: possibly his 12 year old nephew.)I have seen many negative reviews for this film and I think they are largely undeserved. How could anyone fault this movie? I haven't laughed this hard since Planet Terror. Mr. Segal's sense of satire is overlooked by the bulk of the viewing public. This movie is tongue-in-cheek humor in it's most pure form, with Mr. Segal spoofing his own brand of self-starring/written/directed/produced, hyper-violent, no-budget, direct-to-DVD action-film to perfection. How could anyone mistake it for anything other than Steven Segal poking fun at himself? Yes, the acting is wooden, the lines are garbage, and the production values are almost non-existent, but these things are played out to the hilt with a purpose, which only embellishes the overall campy feel of the film.

The movie derives its dramatic effect from the fact the main characters are stupid and continuously make the same mistakes over and over again: 1. They repeatedly split up in enemy territory, for reasons not explained. Although they mostly rejoin some minutes later, again for unknown reasons, it simply doesn't make sense. 2. The protagonists don't use weapons, not even sticks and stones (until one use after 75 minutes). I believe even cavemen had the knowledge that a fist is weaker than a rock. Oh, btw I couldn't figure any reason why this hospital had no windows at all. Of course besides the fact that it would reduce the movie down to 5 minutes, when they climb out of the window. The rest is just blood and gore, no combat choreography, no plot.