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Pretty Good

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

"Derek Bliss" (Jon Bon Jovi) is a vampire hunter who has temporarily relocated to Mexico to continue his quest against vampires. Aided by a secret firm with possible ties to the Roman Catholic Church, he is advised to seek certain members of the initial group of vampire hunters featured in the previous movie "Vampires". Unfortunately, each time he tries to track down any of these individuals he finds that they have all been brutally murdered. However, on his last stop he finds a young woman named "Zoey" (Natasha Gregson Wagner) who seems to know quite a bit about his occupation. What he also discovers is that she has been bitten by a vampire and has found a medicine which keeps her from turning into one. At least for the time-being. Not long afterward he finds other people to join his group but not all of them can be trusted as one of them is in league with a vampire named "Una" (Arly Jover) who is intent on finding the mystical "Berziers Cross" which will enable her to walk in the sunlight. Now if any of this plot seems familiar it is probably because some of it is a retread from the original movie. And if this lack of imagination wasn't bad enough, what really impacts this film, in a negative sense, is the absence of a solid lead and an almost complete lack of suspense. To be sure, Jon Bon Jovi performed in an adequate manner and Natasha Gregson Wagner was definitely cute. But the previous film had better acting and was much more intense than this version. Because of that I have rated this movie accordingly. Slightly below average.

I have to say, this film really was not bad at all for a vampire flick. I found it while surfing on Netflix and figured there's nothing like a bad horror flick, so I'd try. I was expecting some B-rated movie with horrible acting, but was really impressed. I really liked Bon Jovi's character, and that kid he was with (can't remember the name, it's been awhile). I wouldn't recommend going out of your way to see it, but it's not a total wast of time, either. Also I've never really been a Jon Bon Jovi fan. This almost made me one. Apparently I need two more lines. So I'll just keep typing. The vampire chick also was pretty good in her role.

"Vampires: Los Muertos" or "John Carpenter presents Vampires: Los Muertos" is a sequel to "Vampires" aka "John Carpenter's Vampires" (1998). A priestly character from the first film hangs around long enough to die, and the story sticks with established rules. This one ends with some strong set-up plot and character points, which seem to have been left bloodless by third series film "Vampires: The Turning" (2005). Each has less terrifying involvement from Mr. Carpenter. According to the DVD sleeve, "Tough-as-nails vampire hunter Derek Bliss (Jon Bon Jovi) is on the hunt for 'suckers' in the heart of Mexico when he receives a new assignment from a mysterious client. Thrown together with a group of slayers, including sexy Zooey (sic), who may or may not be one of the undead, Derek and company are up against a growing number of fast-moving, bloodthirsty vampires and their elusive and powerful leader, who has plans of her own for the slayers." Slippery when wet singer Bon Jovi plays a surfer vampire slayer; he maintains appearance excellently and does not sing a note. Female lead Natasha Wagner (as Zoe) is one of those "half undead" victims; the real-life daughter of Natalie Wood, she takes a drug to prolong the final transformation. Cristián de la Fuente (as Rodrigo) plays a handsome priest with a secret, Diego Luna (as Sancho) is a dubious teenager, and marksman Darius McCray (as Ray Collins) gets vampire head.Ouch.***** Vampires: Los Muertos (9/24/02) Tommy Lee Wallace ~ Jon Bon Jovi, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Cristian Fuente, Diego Luna

(In this comment I try to focus on the movie as a work. When you judge my comments please sent me a message to tell me what and why as I can then work to improve the comments)I recently bought the DVD with comments from director Tommy Lee Wallace, which gives me some idea of the directors choices. I like explore if the directors ideas worked as well as he hoped it would.The movie tells of Derek Bliss who earns a living as a vampire exterminator. He gets a assignment to help a Mexican village get rid of a vampire infestation. He tries to assemble a crew, but soon finds that each veteran vampire hunter he tries to recruit is either dead or otherwise unavailable. Finally he gathers a group of unfit who nevertheless help him defeat the main villain: a female vampire named Una.Wallace tell us he wanted a movie that was at the same time a sequel and one that could stand on its own. Wallace also remarks how he likes cowboy movies like the magnificent seven in which a group of gunslingers are hired to get rid of a band of scumbags. In addition he wanted to have both a scary movie with funny moments. For a low budget vampire movie this is quite a lot to strive for.The main problem of the movie is that it a lot of it's consistency has been lost in the editing room. Una at one moment kills a handful customers in a diner in the space of time that the main hero needs to throw a bit of paper in a waste basket. This, so tells Wallace, is to show us how incredible fast she is. Most of the associated scenes have been removed. At an important moment Una discovers that one of the vampire hunters(Zoey) has a medicine that prevents her from turning into a vampire herself. Yet story wise there is no reason how the vampire can make this link, but Una somehow knows and then tries to acquire the medicine for herself. How did Una know? Because of her incredible listening powers. But since the associated scenes had been removed the entire part is illogical. But consistency is lost in other ways too. In itself however Una's superhuman power creates a problem on it's own. Someone who can move as fast as her would kill the heroes in no time, even if they are armed with guns. So in the end battle Wallace made her less powerful but also create the problem that he has to shoot movie with a low budget and speed tricks work nice when the actor is on her own, but would create problems in a big battle. Another problem is that Mexico has a lot of daylight and a lot of sun. A subplot in the story is the attempt by Una to become immune from the sun by conducting a old ritual. The vampires that are caught by the heroes and dragged into the sun burn to death instantly, yet all the places in which vampires lurk, are all lightened by the sun. The vampires seem to be hardly affected by this light. In the same vein during the movie Ray, one of the vampire hunters, gets turned by Una He however hides his condition from the others. We see him subsequently move about in broad daylight without any ill side effects before he is finally found out by Bliss. In addition at some point in the movie there moments of bloody gory violence. For example: a bartender who get's his head ripped off and then is turned upside down so the vampires can drink his blood. This scene by the way has also been heavily cut to the point that it seems to be pointless. Violence that leaves a lot of dead body alerts the authorities and triggers their involvement. If we take a look at the story and the conversations in the movie then both are hardly great stuff. The entire story seems to be developed during the shooting of the movie. What do we do next? Well maybe have a car explode. OK we can do that. It seems to me that Wallace overreached himself. Where he states during the comments that less is more he does it the other way around. He tries to do more, but ends up with less. There is a big clue at the end as he frankly confesses that he lacked the money for a big end battle. The movie has some strong things going for it: the beautiful landscapes of the Mexican country side; the plot development in which Zoey has a medicine that prevents her from becoming a vampire: if she loses the medicine she will turn into a predator; finally the music score made by Brian Tyler. For some reason I had to think of Reservoir Dogs: a low budget movie that works. Less is more and Wallace should have taken that lesson at heart. I think that the movie would have had a better change if the entire part of traveling towards the Mexican village had been replaced by the more horror like thing of a group of reluctant heroes who find themselves trapped in a Mexican village and try to escape to safety but then are compelled to face the horror that is stalking them. The interaction between the group has a lot more potential. The Mexican country might still have been used as a backdrop for the story. The medicine ploy might then be used in such a way that brings dynamic in the group and is should have been the sole MacGuffin. Simplicity is the key