Director: Luiza Shelling Tubaldini
Year: 2026
Country: Brazil
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Vampire
Plot:
Trying to get by in life, a man comes across a strange woman while trying to get over the loss of his new job and starts to fall for her, but when he starts to get a clue about her vampiric state due to a series of strange murders in the area, he must decide if being with her is worth his life.
Review:
Overall, this was a fairly decent vampire romance. Among the better elements for this one is the immensely likable and genuinely intriguing romance that comes about between the two, who are quite enjoyable in their moments together. Since this goes into such detail about how much his life is beating him down and rendering him a complete failure, from the lack of appreciation or interest in his job, his nonexistent friends, or the unfulfilled nature of life itself, it gives us a solid enough idea of who he is from the very start. This makes the interactions he has with her at the beginning, when they first meet outside the diner as a way to mix up the traditional meet-cute normally associated with these kinds of films, and allows them to build a relationship from there, such a fun way to go about everything here that the gradual reveal of her hiding her vampiric state from him serves as the appropriate hurdle to overcome in most relationships. The struggle to accept who she is herself, so she tries to push him away during these sections, makes everything start coming together nicely towards the end, as it starts making it obvious they’re going to come together.
This is aided along nicely by the fun series of action scenes designed to generate the kind of intriguing battles here that are not only fun enough on their own but also make the burgeoning romance all the more impactful. When it becomes apparent that she’s involved with a ruthless vampire that is trying to make sure a past debt of hers is paid off in full, the interactions and confrontations that come about trying to protect not just him but also herself from his scores of henchmen trying to make good on this point mean this one provides some immensely fun and thrilling sequences where everyone can demonstrate their powers to their fullest extent with a toned-down but still enjoyable series of weapon-filled fights or other sequences that showcase the enhanced speed and strength of vampires. This ends up enough to hold this up against the main flaw in how slow and sluggish pace that keeps this one a struggle to get into when so little happens to keep it going with hardly anything featured here. The romance is centerstage and hardly anything else going on here means anything, keeping this down against the few positives.
Overview: ***/5
A likable if generally problematic take on the genre, there’s some worthwhile and likable factors here that get brought down by a major overarching flaw that keeps this down. Those with an appreciation or tolerance for this kind of genre fare, who are curious about it, or who don’t mind these factors will have the most to like here, as most others out there should heed caution.
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