Fist of the Vampire (2007)

User Rating:

3.4/10   

Director:

Len Kabasinski

Writer:

Len Kabasinski (writer)

Genre:

Action | Horror

Tagline:

When the undead fight the living....All bets are off!!!

Plot:

1977. A family is murdered in cold blood. The case goes unsolved for decades and remains a mystery. Enter the present day...

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Vampire | Neo Noir | Independent Film

Cast

Brian Anthony	...	Lee Southward
Brian Arrington	...	Mac
Gary Barickman	...	Police Oficer
Alex Bolla	...	Vampire
Matt Borczon	...	Adams
Christian Lestat Bussiere	...	Skippy's friend
Darian Caine	...	Jade
Dave Campbell	...	Agent Dawkins
Brittney Card	...	Fight Patron (as Brittany Card)
Todd Chapman	...	T-Rex
Mason Cizmek	...	Young Stephen Lee
Mike Cizmek	...	Fireman
Melody Davidson	...	Jade's vampire girl
Kylie Deneen	...	Jewel
Brian Anthony Fabian	...	Lee
Stella Figurski	...	Fight patron
Brian Heffron	...	Nicholas
Len Kabasinski	...	Reno
Dan J. Kinem	...	Dungeon fight patron
Dan M. Kinem	...	Dungeon fight patron
Cheyenne King	...	Davidson
Victor Kuehn	...	Agent Williams
Melody Lee	...	Blood bath girl
Lisa McQuiston	...	Friendly neighbor
Gina Ray Michaels	...	Jade's girl
James C. Nickels	...	Ace
Jason Russo	...	Adam
Spring Sanders	...	Fight patron
Melissa Scott	...	Mother Southward
Glenn Sprague	...	Fight patron
Ruth Sprague	...	Precinct Records Officer
Stevie Vaneck	...	Angel
Natalie Vindivich	...	Victim in Alley
Deanna Visalle	...	Barker

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

Trivia:

Darian Caine performed all of her own fight stunts in the film.

What is up with the ratings on this film?!

I watched "Fist of the Vampire" last night, and it's not a 10 but it's certainly not a 1. So, I have to wonder about the ratings I'm seeing here. Were they made by people who need to watch more movies so they have something to measure against? Or were they made by users who were being disingenuous?

The screener I saw had some problems with sound mixing (much of the dialogue was muddled while the foley artist's "meaty thwacks" during the fight scenes came across with crystal clarity), the fight scenes were well filmed but under-rehearsed (they all screamed "choreographed" to me) and there were many places where just a few seconds trimmed here and would have the difference between a scene going on for too long and it being just right.

Oh, and they used that animated bullet waaaaay too much at the beginning of the film. It was a neat effect the first time, but it got less impressive as it was repeated.

However, the acting was better than what I've come to expect from films at this level, the use of CGI and blue-screen effects was also pretty decent (even if I still don't know what all those sparks during the final showdown between Reno and Lee were all about), and the story was pretty solid and flowed nicely. There were no surprises in it, but it chugged along at a good pace.

"Fist of the Vampire" is a low 5 on my scale, and I wish I could understand what inspires such love or hatred that would cause someone to rate it a 10 or a 1.