 FORSAKEN
This
vampire tale deals with the Gen X plight broken homes, lack of place,
the awareness of real evil, and the reality of deadly blood diseases
like HIV.
-Reviews by David Bruce |
(2001)
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This page was last updated on
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Directed by J.S. Cardone
Written by J.S. Cardone
Kerr
Smith .... Sean
Brendan Fehr .... Nick
A.J. Buckley .... Mike
Izabella Miko .... Megan, Girl
Johnathon
Schaech .... Kit
Phina Oruche .... Cym
Matt Reid .... Brian
Simon Rex .... Pen
Alexis Thorpe .... Teddy
Carrie Snodgress .... Ina Hamm
Produced
by Scott Einbinder (producer), Carol Kottenbrook (producer)
Original music by Tim Jones and Johnny Lee Schell
Cinematography by Steven Bernstein
Film Editing by Norman Buckley
MPAA
Rating R - for strong violence/gore, language, sexuality
and topless nudity.
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The
night... has an appetite.
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STUDIO
SYNOPSIS:
 Driving
cross-country to deliver a vintage Mercedes, Sean (Kerr Smith) does
the one thing he wasn?t supposed to do?pick up a hitchhiker. From
that moment on, his road trip is transformed into a surreal and
terrifying nightmare. Sean's new companion, Nick (Brendan Fehr),
is not the laid back, aimless traveler he seems to be. He is a hunter.
And his prey are a roving band of forsaken youths who feed upon
hapless victims found in the dead of night?in a word, vampires.
When
Sean and Nick pick up the dazed and frightened Megan (Izabella Miko),
whom the killers had left for dead, she becomes a human lure for
the vampires. The stakes are raised when Sean himself is infected.
The only cure for them all is to kill the host organism, Kit (Johnathon
Schaech), the vicious leader. It's a deadly race against time to
escape the fate of their enemies? joining the ranks of the insatiable
undead forever.
? 2001 Screen Gems
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REVIEW
BY DAVID BRUCE
Web Master HollywoodJesus.com
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GEN X VAMPIRE MOVIE
It is interesting to notice how the vampire tale is told at various
times in history. This telling deals with the Gen X plight of broken
homes, lack of place, the awareness of real evil, and the reality
of deadly blood diseases like HIV. |
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He
that has not rest at home is in the world?s hell.
- TURKISH PROVERB
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 THE
PLACE OF WOMEN
With each new generation of filmmakers I always hope that the place
of women will improve. Not so in this film. Women are teasers and
bloodsuckers. The film opens with a young woman washing blood off
her breasts in the shower. Oh well, maybe Generation Y will do a better
job at giving women a real place that goes beyond having firm breasts.
This is definitely a male-centered film. The women serve the men.
Surprisingly, it is not sensual at all. Morbid comes to mind. |
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There
are no ordinary people. You have never met a mere mortal. . . .
But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and
exploit?immortal horrors or everlasting splendors.
- C. S. LEWIS (1898?1963)
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THE SYMBOLISM
A vampire with a snake (Satan in the Garden of Eden. Also the familiar
night scenes (children of the night/evil). Blood, of course, represents
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The
devil comes to us in our hour of darkness, but we do not have to
let him in.
And we do not have to listen either. -JEWISH PROVERB
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 DAY
AND NIGHT
The film plays with the concept of light and darkness. As you might
suspect it ends with the night passing and the sun rising. Symbolic
of the current evil times ending with the son/sun dawns again and
the New Day of God dawns. |
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Darkness
is my point of view, my right to myself; light is God?s point of
view.
- OSWALD CHAMBERS (1874?1917)
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 FINDING
EVIL IN HIDDEN PLACES
In the darkness of the trunks of cars throughout this film vampires
hide from the sun during the day. To expose vampires to the light
of day means their death. Hmm, now there is some liberating spiritual
truth here. Exposing inner darkness to the light of God is powerful. |
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Light,
even though it passes through pollution, is not polluted.
-AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO (354?430)
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 GEN
X DISTRUST IN GEN X.
Nobody trusts anyone in this story. Everyone is suspicious of each
other. Compare this with a boomer film like Easy Rider where there
is only distrust of the establishment. It truly is a different day.
Even BLOW reflects the trust among peers in the 70s. Things change.
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All
I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.
- RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803?1882)
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 PEOPLE
REDUCED TO THEIR PARTS.
The theme of Gen X Mud Stock and their college Spring Break parties
is "Show us your tits." In 1969 Woodstock was about nudity
as natural. A return to innocent "flower children." This
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body is matter, but it is God?s creation. . .
when it is neglected or scoffed at, God himself is insulted.
- MICHEL QUOIST (1921? )
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 NOWHERE
TO GO.
LOST.
NO FAMILY. IT'S VERY SAD
The greatest value is friendship. And, this film wonders if it can
ever be found. Truly the night is here.
We await the day
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A
day is a miniature eternity.
-RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803?1882)
The
ways of right-living people glow with light;
the longer they live,
the brighter they shine.
-The Bible, Proverbs 4:18 Message translation
Your
people will freely join you,
resplendent in holy armor on the great day of your conquest,
Join you at the fresh break of day,
join you with all the vigor of youth.
-The Bible, Psalm 110:3 Message translation
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I
SAW THE MOVIE
Date: Tue, 22 May 2001
From: Wynship
I
was watching this movie and right when he put a gun in that guys
mouth and when the black vampire girl was sucking on the other guys
bloody neck, I walked out of the theater. I grew up watching horror
movies but now that I'm walking closer to Jesus, that kind of stuff
just turns me off off off. That's my review of the movie. I thought
it to be sickening.
Response:
I hope you got your money back. It was a sad film for me too, but
for very different reasons -David
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