They are then sent on a mission which puts them face to, uh, mouth(?) of a new type of vampire. This then sends them on a chase of another ship, bearing what they thought were survivors, but was actually a budding alliance between humans and vampires.
This is a fun movie in a goofy kind of way. None of the acting is terribly good. Leanne Adachi, as Rosa, is good at delivering exclamatory lines at odd times. And our lead, Dominc Zamprogna, seems lost most of the time. The bright spots would have to be Natassia Malthe, as the lovely good vampire Quintana, she was also Typhoid in the Elektra, the other would be the always fun Michael Ironside is one of the ruthless vampire leaders.
The effects definitely not first rate, highlighted by the good, but not terribly convincing, spaceship scenes. I do give them credit for doing a decent job on the severed body parts and pulling flesh, stuff you would normally see in a zombie film.
For a Sci-Fi Original this is better than the Nature Unleashed films they have been serving up lately, which I have not been able to bring myself to check out. This was goofy to the level of actually being fun. It knows what it is and succeeds at what it sets out to do. I would actually be interested in seeing a DVD of this, I can imagine that it is considerably bloodier as some scenes appear to have been cut short.
I was also amused at how it appeared to try mirroring current events and some attitudes towards the US. This is evidenced by the see=ming desire to equate the vampiric forces with the terrorists, ans also through the whole speech at the end about how the humans are the "real" problem, through the destruction that they have wrought on various planets. It goes on to say how we should be able to coexist. Of course, the vampires go and play to their violent nature, double crossing the gullible humans.
Recommended for the fun of it.
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