Frost: Portrait of a Vampire
Frost: Portrait of a Vampire
| 06 August 2003 (USA)
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San Diego, present day: The murders are starting again. A girl has been found with two holes in her neck and her body totally drained of blood. Lt Dan Richardson [Shane Pliskin] knows what it is but doesn't believe it, so he calls in blind art-dealer Micah [Gary Busey]. Micah confirms the lieutenant's suspicion that a vampire is at work and reminds him of the previous lesson learned by Jack Frost, who was forced to kill his best friend Nat McKenzie when Nat became a vampire.

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ac_wade

This movie was BEAUTIFULLY done in the genre of "Movies no one will ever want to watch." Gary Busey is the only redeeming factor, and not even because of his acting, but because he's Gary Busey. If this movie was never made, I probably would have done something better with the time that was wasted from my life watching this flick. The question every single one of you will have with this movie is...WHY THE GLASSES? The guy NEVER takes off his glasses, except to sleep. Ridiculous.Overall, I'm willing to give this a star. Only one though. Out of 10. What's that? You want more? You can't have more. Not yours.One (1) star out of Ten (10)

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Logan-22

FROST is absolute crap from frame one. This pathetic, boring excuse for a movie is possibly one of the worst ever made, and not in the "so bad it's good" way, either, but in the "so bad, I shut it off after 20 minutes" way that renters find so commonplace these days. I walk into the video store and find endless rows of movies so bad or boring like this but beautifully packaged... Inside, they are all the same homogenized, no talent crap that makes me sick. With so much of this mindless junk clogging up the new release shelves, it's no wonder films are now called "product" in the industry. Why? Because there's no artistry, creativity or desire to "push the envelope" involved whatsoever anymore. Anyway, FROST is poorly acted (and when I say poor, I mean rock bottom), poorly written, poorly edited, and poorly directed. The CGI is awful and looks like a cheap video game. From Gary Busey's star billing on the box, I was hoping he was going to play a vampire, not DAREDEVIL! The only good thing about this film was the main title sequence, but even that was ruined by cutting away from it back to Gary Busey talking. The title didn't even come up until after all the rest of the credits were long gone! Way to ruin the only good thing this movie had going for it. Avoid FROST like the plague!!!

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Dr. Gore

*SPOILER ALERT* *SPOILER ALERT*The mere thought of a Gary Busey vampire movie excites me. Could he bring the same magic from "Silver Bullet" to the vampire genre? I would bet he could. You'd never know it from watching "Frost: Portrait of a Fraud". Gary Busey plays a blind Daredevil of an art dealer (?!). Busey has next to nothing to do with this movie except for deceiving B-movie maniacs like myself into renting it. What a rip-off.This flick brings up a question I often find myself asking: If filmmakers think that a horror/monster angle is going to sell their movie, why not take the next logical step and make an actual horror movie? Someone really wanted to make a cheap-o action movie starring some overweight biker as Rambonehead the commando. Unfortunately the moneymen felt that this had been done to death and asked for a gimmick:"Well, how about one of the commandos gets bit by a vampire in broad daylight and then he's a vampire. So then we do some more lame soldier stuff cause I got this great footage of a helicopter we can use over and over and over...What's that? The vampire? Oh yeah! So anyway we zig zag from Afghanistan to Mexico to San Diego. No we don't really go to all those places. We film it in my backyard! Duh! Anyway about the vampire. We make him one of those self-loathing ones. He mopes around which is good for about 15 minutes of drama. "15 minutes". Now there was a good movie. Oh Right. The vampire. So anywho he is a vampire and then some other stuff happens and Gary Busey shows up and we film a helicopter or three and there's the movie. Whatta ya think dude?""Well, as long as there is a helicopter in my vampire movie...ehhhhh..."

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Katatonia

****************** SPOILERS AHEAD ******************I had hopes that this would be an entertaining Vampire movie. Alas, it is a complete mess through and through. The story is all over the place and never really makes all that much sense. I wouldn't really even call it a "Vampire Movie" until the last 30 minutes. In fact, the first 30 minutes have practically no Horror in them, except for the very first scene.The story ranges from Afghanistan, to Mexico, to the USA. We see a brief murder scene at the beginning of the picture, which of course the police suspect is the work of a Vampire as the culprit. Next the story involves a Mercenary team working in Afghanistan in 1989 when the Russians were at war. We see a Vampire (or we think so) in the desert in broad daylight detained by locals who want him killed by the Mercs. One of the Mercs steps up to him and gets bitten, so he shoots him dead without thinking any more of it. The vampire died easily from a normal bullet??? That was never explained and contradicts what happens later in the movie. Next, fast forward to an rebel uprising in Mexico...where we see the same Merc looking like a deranged hippie with long hair. We also see a "Mexican General", or i guess he was at least...it never really explained that part of the story in much depth either. This General seemed American to me (or the acting at least), only adding to the utter confusion of the plot. What happens next is the transformation of the Merc into a Vampire (after how many years after the bite???). The story becomes mostly laughable after that and really isn't worth mentioning. A little is explained in the end, but i never felt like most of the hooks in the plot were followed through.My main complaint with this film is the fact that the plot seems like a complete mess. This film doesn't pretend to be a David Lynch style of incoherence. Rather, it simply fails to follow a good story and leaves the viewer frustrated with it's results. Another complaint is the casting and acting, the lead role is by a guy who looks like a twin of George Michael. His acting seemed rather stagnant at times. I am also a fan of Gary Busey, but he seemed awfully cast in this one.Bottom line: There are many superior "Vampire B-Movies" out there that are much more enjoyable. 3 out of 10 stars...at least some of the scenes were filmed well.

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