Cody Afflerbach

These movies keep getting worse on Netflix. Questions: How did Farid not die of blood loss after having his hand chopped off? How was Farid handcuffed with one arm? How did Elias get off the plane? How did Elias know how to RIG A BOMB? HES A KID. How did Nadja not become normal again after getting blood? In an earlier scene, one of the hijackers read off how much blood she needed to keep herself under control, it was 150mls. For the record, that’s a VERY small amount. Yet after murdering people and dogs, she could never go back.. speaking of that, I know it’s just a movie but the unnecessary depictions of animal cruelty were just awful. Somehow the movie is trying to have you gain sympathy for Nadja who is a vampire with a normal child btw, yet she’s doing things that anyone would actively despise in the film. She’s weak, then strong. One vampire can push a cat, she can’t hold a door closed. She can control it, why can’t the others? The acting and portrayal of Elias make you hate him. The characters are grossly miswritten, and they are miscast. The TLDR take is a new take on a vampire movie that attempts to blend in other sub genres which didn’t work, it’s easily 40 minutes too long, you’re finding yourself skipping scenes that are boring, it’s not even scary, you’ll find yourself chuckling, questioning why this is something you chose to watch.

The beginning seemed like it would make this movie turn out to be a hidden gem, but that was not the case. There’s so much wrong with this movie.. nearly every single scene outside it’s raining for some reason, Bruce Willis’ character and acting were absolutely abysmal, what could’ve been just another basic, B rated robbery movie turned into something SO beyond convoluted. The story telling was made nearly impossible to follow as giant plot holes and cliches took over the movie. Had it just stuck to the bad guys robbing banks and a simple good guys get the win, although it’s been done to death for films, would’ve been better than this. These robbers are portrayed as ruthless murderers, but then they spare Christopher Melonis life for what? The amount of good the bad guys try to do in the last 20 minutes defeats the whole purpose of the movie.. Dave Bautistas performance was aggressively okay, he’s a great actor who can tell better stories with little to no words and should’ve been kept to a minimum. Melonis performance was so run of the mill, the same acting and tones and behavior as the detective he portrayed for 10 years on television. Please for the love of God, spare yourself this movie.