'Night' is the result of watching too much Buffy and listening to too much Combichrist.
The most striking feature of this film is the poor quality of it. The picture is harshly contrasted leaving key characters totally obscured in darkness or eroded away by bright white. The sound is muffled throughout and sounds like you're listening to people talking through the wall in the next room. Naturally, a lot of the dialogue is hard to hear coherently. Many low(er) budget films have overcome this; budget is not an excuse.
The plot synopsis is weak yet not totally unoriginal but its execution is embarrassing. I never got the feeling that Jimi actually possessed long-term friendship with Mike and when Mike turned, it seemed random that Jimi would all of a sudden chase after Mike. They should have spent more time showing the viewer an intense bond between the pair rather than one work related bust. Convincing dialogue would have been a good start at this. I could not feel sympathetic towards Jimi because I could not believe his bond with Mike. Some of the characters had no personality whatsoever and were introduced into the storyline so suddenly it crippled the plot. The characters with personalities were impossible to like (poor an unemphatic acting) and impossible to identify with. They were more like pre-programmed robots than humans (or vampires).
The interconnected sex scenes seem painstakingly pointless and I question why they were there. They failed to reveal more about the characters or move the plot forward. Jimi's sex scene just seems like an excuse to have him rant at the girl about Mike's disappearance which, again, is a weak non-attempt to contribute towards the storyline. Who most of the other people who were having sex are is not clear to myself; poor lighting is one reason and made-up characters seems to be the other. Other scenes were down-right laughable, such as Mike 'turning' into a vampire with his convulsions on the floor. This was hilarious predominantly because of the awful camera handling which accidentally had Mike out of the frame's centre numerous times. Returning to the plot, it was incoherent and challenging to follow. Unnecessary characters literally appear out of thin air for no commendable reason, as if someone were making the story up on the spot. Perhaps they would work better in a plot that is not so linear or one-dimensional.
The fight scenes are in drastic need of work. It is obvious that the actors are not hitting each other and this will make the audience laugh unintentionally. Fight scenes are easier to choreograph if you have intelligent cinematography which obviously Night was lacking in. Industrial music and EBM are enjoyable to listen to in other circumstances but much of the time, it failed to corroborate the scenes they were underscoring here. Why the soundtrack welds itself to electronic music exclusively is beyond me.
The only reason Night could be considered worth watching is to mock the script. It would not hurt to have some quirky one-liners. "Damn you"/"Damn yourself" is not funny nor clever. Just plain weak. Too much of the plot was left unexplored and unexplained. There is nothing compelling that drives you forth to finish watching the film. The attempt at enrolling an inclusive cast for a film aimed at alternative markets is ridiculous (why would a 'goth' girl go for Jimi in a club looking like some kind of business guy without a blazer? Surely a fishnet top or leather-clad male would be more her thing, particularly in an alternative club. Embarrassing mistake.) and should be avoided. This film should be used in film schools internationally as a 'How Not To Make A Film' example. Even fans of vampire films would detest this. It's not even close to art. Stay away.
The most striking feature of this film is the poor quality of it. The picture is harshly contrasted leaving key characters totally obscured in darkness or eroded away by bright white. The sound is muffled throughout and sounds like you're listening to people talking through the wall in the next room. Naturally, a lot of the dialogue is hard to hear coherently. Many low(er) budget films have overcome this; budget is not an excuse.
The plot synopsis is weak yet not totally unoriginal but its execution is embarrassing. I never got the feeling that Jimi actually possessed long-term friendship with Mike and when Mike turned, it seemed random that Jimi would all of a sudden chase after Mike. They should have spent more time showing the viewer an intense bond between the pair rather than one work related bust. Convincing dialogue would have been a good start at this. I could not feel sympathetic towards Jimi because I could not believe his bond with Mike. Some of the characters had no personality whatsoever and were introduced into the storyline so suddenly it crippled the plot. The characters with personalities were impossible to like (poor an unemphatic acting) and impossible to identify with. They were more like pre-programmed robots than humans (or vampires).
The interconnected sex scenes seem painstakingly pointless and I question why they were there. They failed to reveal more about the characters or move the plot forward. Jimi's sex scene just seems like an excuse to have him rant at the girl about Mike's disappearance which, again, is a weak non-attempt to contribute towards the storyline. Who most of the other people who were having sex are is not clear to myself; poor lighting is one reason and made-up characters seems to be the other. Other scenes were down-right laughable, such as Mike 'turning' into a vampire with his convulsions on the floor. This was hilarious predominantly because of the awful camera handling which accidentally had Mike out of the frame's centre numerous times. Returning to the plot, it was incoherent and challenging to follow. Unnecessary characters literally appear out of thin air for no commendable reason, as if someone were making the story up on the spot. Perhaps they would work better in a plot that is not so linear or one-dimensional.
The fight scenes are in drastic need of work. It is obvious that the actors are not hitting each other and this will make the audience laugh unintentionally. Fight scenes are easier to choreograph if you have intelligent cinematography which obviously Night was lacking in. Industrial music and EBM are enjoyable to listen to in other circumstances but much of the time, it failed to corroborate the scenes they were underscoring here. Why the soundtrack welds itself to electronic music exclusively is beyond me.
The only reason Night could be considered worth watching is to mock the script. It would not hurt to have some quirky one-liners. "Damn you"/"Damn yourself" is not funny nor clever. Just plain weak. Too much of the plot was left unexplored and unexplained. There is nothing compelling that drives you forth to finish watching the film. The attempt at enrolling an inclusive cast for a film aimed at alternative markets is ridiculous (why would a 'goth' girl go for Jimi in a club looking like some kind of business guy without a blazer? Surely a fishnet top or leather-clad male would be more her thing, particularly in an alternative club. Embarrassing mistake.) and should be avoided. This film should be used in film schools internationally as a 'How Not To Make A Film' example. Even fans of vampire films would detest this. It's not even close to art. Stay away.