Stake Land

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Sam B A fairly new and fresh take on the standard vampire flick. Believable characters you care about, slow brooding atmosphere interspersed with some gory violence. I really enjoyed this. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/20/24 Full Review IrateTyrant C ZOMBIELAND meets 28 DAYS LATER The question you need to ask before watching Stake Land is how similar is it to Zombieland? The answer: Very similar, but strikingly different in many ways. It may have more in common with 28 Days Later, with the onset of the premise. But it has an imagination of its own, to be sure. As most of it takes place in the Adirondack mountains, the scenery is lush throughout most of the film. The cinematography is quite good, which helps support the framework. The acting is definitely on or slightly above par, especially from Connor Paolo who went on to have bit parts in some other movies. Paolo is mildly entertaining as the youngster who latches on to the older Mister character, deeply reminiscent of Eisenberg and Harrelson in Zombieland. Having come out a year later than Zombieland, it's clear the influence. Even the title, "Stake Land" is uttered in a clear voice-over inspired by the previous movie's success. There are really three types of vampire movies: those that focus on the victims, such as I Am Legend, those that focus on the vampires, such as Interview with a Vampire, and those that divvy up both sides, such as From Dusk Til Dawn. This movie falls in the victims category, with mostly one-dimensional monsters as the vampires until they start to evolve later in the movie into more of a From Dusk Til Dawn version. Zombieland minus the humor, 28 Days Later with vampires, or a dumbed down From Dusk Til Dawn, anyway you cut it, this movie uses other vampire movies as its stock and blends the components only semi-competently. Entertaining? Yes. Enough to write home about? Barely. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/01/24 Full Review Craig B A reasonable post-apocalyptic vampire flick. Reasonably well-acted, likeable and well-developed characters and plenty of action-filled scenes with some pretty nasty vamps. A kind of poor man's The Walking Dead is probably the best comparison here. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/19/24 Full Review M7AMD A its actually a bad movie i have no idea how people would give it more than 3 out of 10, its has maybe one or two good scenes the rest its just blatantly boring and stupid, the story felt like it was inspired by a cheap PS2 apocalypse game, good poster though. bad, boring, and pointless story bad acting bad characters awful villains bad soundtrack worst ending i have seen in a while stay far away from it! Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 08/14/24 Full Review Alexis J Well executed take on a well worn genre. Well Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/24 Full Review David W Zombieland (but better and with vampires) meets The Road. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/27/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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