Monday, June 17, 2013

30 Days of Night: Dark Days (2010)

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Year of first release: 2010
Director: Ben Ketai
Actors: Kiele Sanchez, Rhys Coiro, Diora Baird, Harold Perrineau (Matrix 2-3)
Country: USA
Genre: Horror
Conditions of visioning: 10.06.2013, Blu-ray, Home cinema
Synopsis: After having survived the extermination of her village by a group of vampires, Stella (Sanchez) travels the country to try and convince people vampires exist. She will meet three other believers who are on the hunt for a queen.
Review: I read and liked the successful graphic novel 30 Days of Night (even got it signed by Ben Templesmith!), and the cinema adaptation with Josh Harnett was not bad. I remember it beeing called one of the best Blu-ray edition at that time (four years ago).
This movie is adapted from the second novel Dark Days. I haven't read it but I did the third one Return to Barrow, which I realize now follows and complements nicely the first two stories.
Although the movie was realeased directly toVideo, it doesn't look too cheap. Apart from some minor inconsistencies in the story, it is quite interesting and the characters are too. The action scenes are nice thanks to the characteristic bloody visual of the vampires.
Not too bad for a sequel.
Rating: 6 /10

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