Fist of the Vampire
Fist of the Vampire
NR | 29 September 2007 (USA)
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1977. A family is murdered in cold blood. The case goes unsolved for decades and remains a mystery. Enter the present day, detective Lee Southward is sent on assignment to infiltrate an illegal underground fighting tournament and bring in the organizers. Lee battles his way to the top of the tournaments in attempts to get closer to the organizers. As Lee draws closer and begins to piece clues together he is brought back to the case closed decades ago. However there is a problem: The organizers are of the undead and crave human blood! Lee must fight his way through all the sex, drugs, and violence of the underground while trying to piece together evidence with the help of an undercover officer and find a way to stop the undead!

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UK_Zombie

Killerwolf films get better and better. Really good flick and somewhat dark in character. All well filmed and acted with no obvious production issues. Lots of CGI in this case. Not really my scene, but not overdone and appropriate to the setting. And lots and lots of martial stuff which I do enjoy and these scenes were very well done and choreographed. The fight scene on the beach was very realistic and violent at the same time. Thought the scene with the coffin in the shop was very well done with a real air of creepiness. A few zombies here and there (of course) would have made it perfect for me but can't complain about the amount of action in this film. Perhaps the gore could have been a bit more realistic in some cases. Production values again continue to improve and surely no one can complain about the technical aspects of the film. The cast also were good and convincing in their roles so good value given by all. Best wishes to all on this film from British fan. Cheers D.

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Woodyanders

It's always nice to see a low-budget effort that's not only done with a great deal of passion and enthusiasm, but also offers a funky and energetic handy-dandy combo of elements from both the action and horror genres. 1977: A man witnesses a vampire attack in a back alley. The vampires kill the man and his wife. However, the couple's son survives the attack. Thirty years later the man grows up to be Lee Southward (neatly played with rugged conviction by the brawny Brian Anthony), a tough and fearless undercover detective who infiltrates an illegal underground fighting ring that's run by the same trio of vampires who killed Lee's parents. Writer/director Len Kabasinski tackles the mean'n'lean material with a pleasingly fierce'n'frantic adrenalized style: the brisk pace, ferocious fisticuffs, a thrashin' hard rock soundtrack, the suitably rough'n'gritty cinematography, a pulsating score by Figblots and Chylum, the hyper-kinetic editing, and the copious graphic gore (blood squirts and spurts all over the place from severed jugular veins) all add up to one immensely entertaining movie. Better still, the actors portraying the vampires have a ball with their supremely evil parts: Brian Heffron makes for a fearsome head villain as ruthless leader Nicholas, gorgeous soft-core feature regular Darian Caine burns up the screen with her steamy portrayal of the wicked and predatory vampiress Jade (yes, fans, the delectable Ms. Caine also shows her delicious goods in a tasty lesbian love scene as well), and Leon South does well as the vicious and insatiable Reno. Moreover, there are nifty supporting contributions by Cheyenne King as formidable lady brawler Davidson and Victor Kuehn as Lee's pragmatic superior Agent Williams. The action set pieces are staged with real rip-roaring go-for-broke flair, with a drug deal that degenerates into a total bloodbath and the exciting climactic to-the-death confrontation between Lee and Nicholas rating as the definite stirring highlights. Granted, the dodgy CGI effects ain't too impressive or convincing, but overall this lively and frenetic item sizes up as good trashy Grade B fun just the same.

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rhianw

I am genuinely astounded at how bad this film is: The script, if you can call it that, is just awful.The furniture in my house would have been more convincing than the 'actors' in this film; I honestly have seen better acting at a pre-school nativity play! The (not so) special effects would have been more convincing if they had drawn on the actors with a crayon.The fight scenes are just plain dull, which is a shame as it looks to have some fairly talented martial artists in the cast.Len Kabasinski needs to understand the concept of "take two" I have thought long and hard to try and find at least one redeeming quality of this film and the best that I can come up with is that it makes the work of Uwe Boll look good...If only there was a mark lower that 1 star I could award. Just please don't waste your time or money on this film, you have been warned.

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jimbob9210

Want my advice? Avoid this film at all costs. I, in all honesty, wanted to like this movie. It looked at first glance like a Fight Club/Blade crossover, and how wrong I was...I've heard of low budgets, but this must have been REALLY LOW. I mean, they used special effects for most of the blood, when it would have been a lot better to use stage blood. Because the effects are officially the worst I have ever seen, and need I remind you that this was made in 2007? Muzzle flashes, are also poorly added, as is fire and smoke.The acting is just terrible, especially in one scene. The fighting and action scenes (actually the reason I watched this movie) were slow and unengaging, and the (terrible) CGI was un-necassarily added and only served to degrade them further. Nothing that happens can save this film from being one of the poorest decisions I have ever made. Action fans will be disappointed at the sheer awfulness of this movie. Vampire fans will be disappointed at the actors chosen to be the neck-biters. This film promises so much but delivers NOTHING! Just steer clear my friends. Well clear.

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