There really was potential here. 30 Days of Night is essentially a translation of the three graphic novel mini-series by writer/artist combo, Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith. Unfortunately, I have never read the graphic novels, and probably because it was published in '04, busy times for me. Moving on, the movie's premise is unclear, but what is clear is there are vampires, there are humans, and finally there are 30 Days of Night!
Which is exactly the problem with this film. Before the blood hits the screen you have no idea of who's who, what's what and why there are vampires in friggin Alaska!?! Which begs the question, where do Vampires go during the consecutive days of sun?
The highlight of this hack and slash flick is the cinematography. The DP (that's Director of Photography) did an excellent job of moving and placing the camera to get shots of these monsters that makes the movie easy to watch, but the holes within the plot makes it hard to understand. There is no explanation of where these vampires came from, where they go, or why they would care about some suck town, pardon the pun, out in BFE Alaska. So yeah, don't rent this movie!
Verdict: PASS
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