mourngrym1969

I have to say I watched this movie with no preconceptions about what to expect. I saw the cast, saw the premise and it sounded like it could be amusing.

Not only had I never seen another Wain/Showalter film before, I had never heard of them. I did not read anything here about this movie first, so I believe the commentary below is based solely on my opinion on having viewed this film without regard to expectations or a formed opinion about the writer/director/whatever...

This movie was so bad I am pretty sure it gave me cancer.

I now see a lot of people share my opinion of this movie. Many influenced, perhaps unfairly, by other works from these two people. I am fairly certain that I am cerebral enough to understand the movie, I just find myself not wanting to. I understand that not every comedy has to conform itself to the general schlock seen on sitcoms, nor to Hollywood's formulaic approach to most romantic comedy's or frat house insanity. In fact, some movies that do not conform to this formula are often excellent examples of what can be done in movies (the recent movie 'Juno' is a good example).

I have to say that the short 'stories' had some relatively small amusements in them and that they did a fair overall job of maintain character consistency (the Jesus picture in the funeral home was the same 'Jesus' from the librarian story) which had some 'smirkable' moments. However, the stories themselves were not funny. Not remotely funny. They were boring, inane, uninteresting, mind numbing and ultimately damaged my brain.

I realize that this is a harsh review and I don't throw around the 'cancer' word lightly, but that word seems to fit the disease that is this movie. I recommend avoidance at all costs, even if you have seen everything else in the video store.

This movie was one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. Made funnier by the fact that it was quite unintentionally hilarious.

**SPOILER ALERT*** ...not that there is truly anything to spoil, but I will follow the rules and warn you I may mention something specific in the movie while poking fun at the content, so there you are.

Even for a vampire movie, this has a weak premise/plot point. Former addicts become vampires then have an attack of morality. That's the plot, done. OK, the characters... Daddy Darius looks like Shannon Elizabeth's ex-husband and let's just say his accent is funny. The Russian nurse woman could not be more stereo typical if her name was Olga Von Russky. The one that makes this movie the comedy it is is the main guy, Maxx... the actor that plays him is familiar, seen him around (probably in a toilet paper commercial). He emotes like a retarded three year old on Ritalin. He vacillates between whiny addict full of excuses to holier than thou twelve stepper out to save the world. Scene by scene, whatever supports that scenes horrid action.

Note to special effects shop: blood is not orange, ever. Note to cameraman/lighting crew, blood is never purple, even when lit wrong. Note to filmmakers, blood does not spurt from every possible pin hole you put in a person, if it did, we would all just spontaneously explode.

Bottom line, if you are drunk or high, this can provide a monkey barrel of unintentional laughs (and speaking of monkeys, the 'sisters' spent the entire movie naked or grunting and walking like drunken baboons). Otherwise, avoid at all costs.

You have been warned!

Wow. I do not think I have ever seen a movie with so many great actors that had such a pivotal role so miscast. Justin Timberlake is perhaps the single worst actor to land a bigtime role in a movie with the star power and money behind it that Edison had.

His acting was PAINFUL to observe. The story was OK and all the other characters were played by professional actors, heck, even LL Cool J was fine since he has had numerous small parts to cut his teeth on. How the director and movie company figured that Timberlake was ready for this role there is no way to comprehend.

His character ruins the entire experience since every time he is on screen you are actually rooting for the corrupt cops to cap his sorry ass, and he is supposed to be the hero... I would not waste money on this one at the theater or on video. MAYBE if you have HBO and have NOTHING else to do at 2am on a Saturday night and you are drunk and stoned, this may be OK.

Watching Timberlake in this role was like watching a human 'Kermit the Frog' act in a Hollywood Blockbuster, just didn't work at all.