Montrak

This is a harder vampire movie that doesn't have a bad plot. Sometimes the story could be a bit more innovative. The special effects are really cool. The movie entertained me a lot. Actually 6/10, but since it's an independent movie it gets an extra point.

A very ambitious film, if perhaps a bit too over-ambitious. But the film is really fun and has very good effects. The English dubbing is so poor. Watch the film in the Original with subtitles.

For this budget, it's almost a masterpiece. The film perfectly captures the style of the 80s. Every second you notice that the makers are fans of movies like "Lost Boys" or "Near Dark". Especially the light and the atmosphere are really good. I really like it.

If you are into vampires, you will surely like this one.

But let me tell you one thing first: This is a German film original called Montrak, which was dubbed for its american release and been pulled out as Vampire War in the United States. Unfortunately the English dubbing is a joke, which isn't doing this movie any good. However, if you can look past the dubbing, you get an entertaining Vampire flick with lots of action. My only other critisim, the film could have been easily 20 min. Shorter. And also, gorgeous actresss Julia Dietze (Iron Sky) have deserved a better and bigger role

The story of Montrak can only be described as epic.

It starts in the dark age and ended up in post modern Berlin days with a clan of Vampires preparing everything to take over the world. Only a small group of Vampire Hunters comes in their way, as humanities last line of defense.

I honestly can't fathom how this movie has such a high rating. Long story short: This is another "re-imagining" of the Dracula origin story told through multiple time periods. While the production values are better than most TV fare, the story is boring, the cast are forgettable -- with a truly bland male protagonist and an unbelivelable "love story" -- and it's bad enough that you'd want the power to fast-forward through it like Adams Sandler in "Click".

Do yourself a favor and watch "Blade: Trinity" instead of this SyFy-channel wannabe (you'll thank yourself later), or watch something like "Guardians" if you want a fun low-budget foreign sci-fi film. A Russian werebear toting a backpack chain gun is way more entertaining than bad actors wearing cheap vampire cosmetics.