Slayer: 5 out of 10: Okay a Sci-fi original film staring B-movie maven Casper Van Dien? How good can it be? Well at least it's no Raptor Island or Chupacabra Terror (Thank the good lord above).
Actually for an original Sci-fi channel film this isn't half bad. Well at least the first half isn't.
The film starts Predator style with a team of marines in the Amazon battling vampires that aren't affected by sunlight and rip old ladies in half. (Actually the best scene in the movie.) Yes I know they jump around like Circus de Soleil rejects and somehow the Russian twin acrobats from Octopussy got bit and wandered into South America.
Anyhow the team gets back to the states and Linda Carter (Yes Wonder Woman is in this film and no she still can't act) sends Van Dien back to the jungle with a new team (the last one didn't do so well) to kill the vampires and rescue his ex-wife. (No one actually cares that the natives are being slaughtered but one lost blond woman and the marines are called out).
The vampires are now lead by Van Diem's second in command (Kevin Grevioux at his gravelly voiced over-sized best) and are using military tactics. This is surprising since the fight scenes actually become less effective.
The movies continuity also takes a large hit in the second half as characters apparently are using a Star Trek transporter to get from one location to another (Prepare to be disoriented) The less said about the pathetic ending monster the better (except it reminded me of Raptor Island and Chupacabra Terror).
One last note to the screenwriter. If the bad guy is going to have a flowery speech about how encroaching civilization is causing the vampires to attack perhaps it would be wise to show something (an idle bulldozer or maybe some condos going up on the river) at any point during the film to make the PC speech less laughable.
Actually for an original Sci-fi channel film this isn't half bad. Well at least the first half isn't.
The film starts Predator style with a team of marines in the Amazon battling vampires that aren't affected by sunlight and rip old ladies in half. (Actually the best scene in the movie.) Yes I know they jump around like Circus de Soleil rejects and somehow the Russian twin acrobats from Octopussy got bit and wandered into South America.
Anyhow the team gets back to the states and Linda Carter (Yes Wonder Woman is in this film and no she still can't act) sends Van Dien back to the jungle with a new team (the last one didn't do so well) to kill the vampires and rescue his ex-wife. (No one actually cares that the natives are being slaughtered but one lost blond woman and the marines are called out).
The vampires are now lead by Van Diem's second in command (Kevin Grevioux at his gravelly voiced over-sized best) and are using military tactics. This is surprising since the fight scenes actually become less effective.
The movies continuity also takes a large hit in the second half as characters apparently are using a Star Trek transporter to get from one location to another (Prepare to be disoriented) The less said about the pathetic ending monster the better (except it reminded me of Raptor Island and Chupacabra Terror).
One last note to the screenwriter. If the bad guy is going to have a flowery speech about how encroaching civilization is causing the vampires to attack perhaps it would be wise to show something (an idle bulldozer or maybe some condos going up on the river) at any point during the film to make the PC speech less laughable.