I loved “30 Days of Night” so when I saw that there was a
sequel, I quickly rented one from a local Redbox…and then I was sorely
disappointed. This movie sucks! Any and every sense of tension or characters
that you care for was gone, replaced by cliché vampires and victims. Everything
in this film felt uninspired, and even though I’m told it follows the storyline
of the comic, it still sucks. Comics, or novels for that matter, might rush out
sequels and follow ups just to cash in on a popular original production.
Stella, the estranged wife of Sheriff Eben from the original
film, is on a quest to show the world that vampires exist and is trying to
gather people to help destroy them. She is apparently so emotional destroyed
that she doesn’t feel emotions anymore and yet has such strong ambitions to
kill vampires. While in LA, she gives a speech with vampires in attendance; she
exposes them to UV lights which kills them instantly. Instead of being a hero,
she is arrested by an government agent under the control of a vampire named
Lilith (Sooooo original). Stella does end up teaming up with three humans and a
vampire that drinks bags of blood instead of the fresh stuff. Generic vampire
hunting happens, people die, and Stella kills Lilith. Along the way, Stella and
the others learn that a vampire can be brought back from the dead with fresh
blood (really??) and so the movie ends with her trying to bring Eben back (although
he was burnt to a crisp and his ashes floated away in the wind…but what do I
know?). It works, but he’s still a vampire, so things don’t end on the best
note for Stella.
Favorite moment – none.
Lilith and a bathtub? full of blood. Again, so original it hurts my brain.
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