Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Best movie ever!

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Okay I have watched a movie that my brother cited as being one of the best movies of the last five years. I personally think that it did quite a lot of things right - I mean more than Hollywood movies have done in that time but then again there are a few really big gripes I have with this movie.Okay so the story. Lena is a delinquent who due to just being in the wrong place at the wrong time gets bitten by a vampire named Louise. When she finds out naturally she freaks out at what is happening to her and at first she loves the life of a vampire of staying up all night, having a lot of money, fast cars and... Well you get the drill. As time goes on however this lifestyle deteriorates into one that is out of control and does whatever she can to escape it.Okay my big gripe with this movie is that sometimes it just leaves the viewer to tie up stuff on their own. For example - The gift. It is established that vampires have some way of telling whether humans can be turned or not and... That's all there is to know apparently because I do kind of want to know "Okay, How can they tell?".The ending is also really ambiguous. I'll try to reveal as little as possible if anyone still wants to see this movie but the cops are on the tail of Lena and the other cop named Tom and it ends with the cops arriving to the spot where you last saw them... WHERE DID THEY GO! I was invested in what was going on - Does Tom have the gift and Lena turned him so they travel the world and stuff together? It just expects you to fill in these gaps.I guess another big complaint is that it actually has a scene that is kind of sexist towards men. Now I'm not saying "Us poor men" No, We've had it pretty good in terms of portrayal. But it tries to make out that the reason why Male vampires are extinct is that the men are stupid and power hungry and threatened to expose the whole "vampires exist" thing. Yeah because in this movie the vampires do a good job of that by climbing up and around buildings like Spider-Man in plain sight, setting people on fire faking a plane crash where apparently everyone's blood was completely drained and everyone died before the crash even happened. Yeah because that's keeping a secret okay!...Okay my point is that if you want to make a feminist movie - fine! I'll support that decision wholeheartedly but please don't have a scene which is devoted to building all men up as being like that and have the female characters do something similar by the movie's end.Okay my complaints are really big for this movie and after reading all that you'll probably be asking why I gave this an 8. Well As I said I was actually pretty invested with what was going on. I think one of the best scenes in the entire movie is where Charlotte is visiting her daughter in a retirement home. The directing and acting of that scene is handled so beautifully that it is hard not to feel at least something for Charlotte's character after that.I liked how instead of these vampire films that say "being a vampire is awesome" or "It actually sucks" this movie kind of does both by saying okay at first this lifestyle seems like every teenager's ultimate fantasy but over time it changes into basically "It actually sucks". It doesn't just make this transition out of nowhere either which I liked.The acting is marvelous. I will definitely be looking at other things that these actors have done. They pretty much elevate some of this material especially the sketchy parts. I'd say the acting is worth the entire watch of this movie alone.I also like the visual effects. This CG work is done really well especially in the scene where Lena changes appearance from goth girl to average person in the streets. I mean wow is this stuff well done. I guess other effects that I liked was the jumping out of a plane in the opening among others.I'd also say the directing is pretty good. The Cinematography is really good and the writing - while extremely sketchy in some parts it does actually hold up in parts as being dramatic and establishes character and the way vampires live really well too.If you want to watch this movie I'd say go ahead. I mean if you can get past some of the complaints I have (the only one I haven't mentioned being that Nora is annoying but I guess that's a nitpick) then I'd say go watch it. It is a really good movie if you can get past the flaws and it probably is one of the best vampire movies of the past few years. If you like this sort of thing - check it out.

Female vampires are all that is left. Men typically screwed up and were eliminated. Naturally, when one wants a true love, she is going to be searching for the right female to join her for eternity.This is really a slick production with good camera work, great music, and lots of action - lots of blood, too.Karoline Herfurth gives a great performance as Lena, the pickpocket that is transformed. She has a hard time warming up to Louise (Nina Hoss), and keeps a tie to a cop (Max Riemelt) she met when she was a pickpocket. Twilight fans may find this story compelling, and would certainly like the ending, but it's for adults.

Vampire films are ten a penny these days. But it's not all the same old crap over and over again. With vampire films, I think you just need to find the right balance between emotional moments that humanise these monsters, and those awesome cool moments. We Are The Night does pretty well in both departments, even if it is in favour of action. The first scene had me absolutely hooked. The camera pans around an airplane where all the passengers and crew have been killed. Still alive are three attractive women that soon reveal themselves to be vampires. After a bit of fun, they open the airplane door and dive out mid-air. From there we are introduced to Lena, a young criminal that soon finds herself involved with the vampires. Unfortunately for them, just before Lena is turned, she catches the eye of a young policeman that's interested in her. Like all vampire films, it starts by showing the luxurious excess. Clubbing, drinking, sex etc. But at the same time the film uses the character of Charlotte as an antidote to all this. She obviously suffers from depression. As the gang go out shopping, she stares longingly at some baby shoes. She also stands in the sunlight causing herself great pain. This character encompasses the strongest emotions, and counteracts the action nicely. We also have Louise. A lesbian vampire that is in love with Lena and feels jealous about Lena's crush on the young cop Tom. It shows that no longer how long you live for, certain human emotions are unavoidable. Towards the end it goes for all out action. With SWAT teams, prison breaks, and a beautifully shot fight that has the vampires moving all over the walls. The music was also enjoyable, but the amount of nightclub scenes did get tiring. Just one less could have made an improvement. We Are The Night is a string Vampire film, with stunning locals and excellent pacing. It was great seeing these girls have fun in a woman only vampire world. Another great example of Gansel's talent.

In We Are The Night, a girl, Lena, living on the street and stealing catches the eye of a vampire queen, Louise. Louise is always looking for her soulmate and thinks she can identify her by looking at her eyes. Her previous conquests were Nora a fun young girl and Charlotte a classy girl.Also catching the eye of Lena is a cop looking to arrest her. But Lena outsmarted him and he fell for her. One night Lena is turned into a vampire by Louise and joins the group. The girls, immortal and rich, just live a life of fun, pleasure, and games. They race exotic cars in the city at night, go shopping in a mall all for themselves, dance in their club. Despite this life of opulence, Lena isn't all that thrilled about consuming blood and killing people. She does enjoy the powers of a vampire- super strength and the ability to defy gravity. But the cop doesn't give up and tries somewhat successfully to seduce her.This will lead to the cops getting on the trail of the vampire clan, which was responsible for massacring some mobsters.We Are The Night is a great title for a vampire movie, and the movie is also great. Unlike 95% of vampire movies in the last 15 years, it's not offensive to fans of the genre. It's a real cool, very stylish, and erotic vampire movie full of fantastic actions scenes. This day and age it's harder and harder to impress with action scenes but this movie does it. And the vampires, crawling, walking, and fighting on walls and ceilings looks excellent. The cast is outstanding. Nina Hoss' Louise in particular is very interesting, she's mature but attractive and has something animalistic about her. Anna Fischer's Nora is innocent, fun, playful, yet vicious. Jennifer Ulrich's Charlotte is distinguished and classy, she likes to smoke using cigarette holders and read books but is very deadly when necessary. This movie features the nastiest paper cut ever. Direction is first rate and the locations in and around new and old Berlin are quite unique.But unfortunately, We Are The Night has to take the moralistic turn 3/4 of the way into it. That's when the "good" guys catch up with the "bad" guys and you know the outcome. The editing cold have been better. The ending still is surprising and interesting but vampires have always been the more interesting and sympathetic characters than the regular and boring humans. This movie should turn into a franchise, not sure how, but fans of vampire movies deserve a We Are The Night II.