Director: Remington Smith
Year: 2025
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Vampire
Plot:
Trying to rest up from her job, a female bounty hunter decides to visit a random apartment complex and starts to hide out from others hunting him when he starts to discover a series of dead bodies around the building are the cause of a vampire hunting one of the tenants living there.
Review:
This was an okay if ultimately disappointing genre effort. Among the few positives featured here is the decent enough attempt at building up what the whole affair is based around, as we get a likable setup and discovery of the situation. The initial concept of arriving at the hotel to rest and not expecting the vampire patrolling the premises to get at the orphaned kid living there gives this a solid starting point, as there’s a genuine attempt at building up their relationship together that forces their need to discover his real reason for being there. It all gives the film a fun starting point to the gradual discovery of the vampire coven operating in the building and what the purpose of hunting the kid is, while also helping to enhance the idea of there being a connection between her and the kid that is uncovered over the course of the film. While the action here is kept lowkey until the finale, there’s a lot to like there with the vampire coven making it clear their intentions to target the kid with some intriguing action-packed battles that have quite a lot to like.
That said, there are a lot of disappointing elements here that are centered around the dull and dreary pace that takes all of the action here into such short bursts that it’s hard to be invested in what’s going on. With the whole thing based around a premise involving how do you handle a vampire when they’re allowed to freely move around the property rather than having a safe space to hide from them, there’s a series of characterization pieces here involving her shifting priorities away from the target she’s been hired to look after and the need to believe the kids’ stories about the vampire landlord running the property around town that has a lot to like but it makes the action far less of an interest. This all manages to drag the pacing down until it gets time for the final confrontation to take place at the end where it finally brings the action into the story in the quest to fulfill his plan to take the kid into his arms, and it’s not as interesting as it could’ve been with this kind of story since that comes off rather well and it’s just the lack of action holding it back.
Overview: ***.5/5
A generally fun and likable enough genre effort, this one manages to be a solid and worthwhile enough feature that has a lot to like and only a few minor drawbacks that are enough to keep it down. Those with an appreciation of the subject matter or who are curious about it will have a lot to like, while most others out there should heed caution.
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