Review: Vampire Wars (2005)

Vampire Wars was a SciFi Channel flick called Bloodsuckers, with lots of bleeped-out cursing and edited gore. The DVD version which I so astutely decided upon, was weird, utterly unbelievable, funny and gory. There was also a poorly executed behind-the-scenes feature.

I found the futuristic premise behind Vampire Wars, campy yet interesting: as man expands into the stars he finds that the sum total of vampire races exceeds the number of humans in the universe. And, the vampires range from territorial and semi-bothersome to full-out human-killing expansionists, looking to take over the known universe.

The film follows a team of vampire patrollers, complete with a spaceship and some massive vampire-exterminatin' weapons. They're a surly lot, and newbie Damian (a military brat) has a tough time fitting in. Things come to a head with the death of the captain, and a trap is set by some mean vampires and some humans who espouse the virtues of vampirehood.

The bad vamps are led by Michael Ironside as Muco. Ironside is supposed to be playing an over-the-top nasty but he never kicks into gear, and he's featured in very few scenes. He's a snoozer.

There's lots of interaction scens of the crew onboard the spaceship which tends to detract from any suspense buildup. So, yeah, this isn't a perfectly good film, but it has its moments, from gory aftermaths to a good, solid final fight. It's worth a rental, I think.