Martin (ThatsGoodInnit)
This Film truly is awful, i bought it expecting a good HongKong Zombie-Vampire flick! great stunts wild & fast! but what you've got here is wild & utterly ridiculous! The Zombies/Vampires are like Cardboard cutouts, fake stiff dummies with NO movement whatsoever! apart from the occasional clutch of the hand! the effects are poor! really pour! the zombies don't even bite the neck from what i saw, i managed half hour & that was painful enough, really 1 of the worst vampire genre movies, & possibly the worst film i own. Avoid like the plague! Poor acting! poor film, don't be fooled by the trailer either! Not even worth a vote, my opinion, for Vampire films the Dusk Til Down trilogy(Mainly The First), and for Zombies, Resident Evil 1&2, and Dawn of the Dead(Remake Starring Ving Rhames).
isfahani
It's obvious that the person with the negative view either expects a 'kung fu' film and didn't get it, or more likely never saw MR VAMPIRE...In order to enjoy this film I should think a little background on both Chinese mysticism and Hopping Zombie films are in order. I won't do either of the honors, but instead refer you to the Illuminated Lantern website where you can get at least a primer on both. AFA the film goes, I gave it a 7 out of 10 as it's a little disjointed, and lacks the flow of any really good Hopping Zombie film. But hey, at least someone whipped one of these out in the 00's, ten years after the genre died out. Kudos to Tsui Hark for that!
wesng
I've seen bad HK vampire movies before and I have to say this is probably one of the worst. The special effects were bad, the characters forgettable and the plot non-existent. There wasn't enough plot development to make the story plausible. The characters were transparent and had bland personalities. And sometimes new characters would just pop out and try unsuccessfully to integrate into the movie.The master vampire was not scary at all. Not enough was done to explain the origin of the beast or how it became what it was. There were too many holes in the plot. I don't know what this movie was brought over to the U.S. It should have stayed in Hong Kong.
Wizard-8
Before the movie was over (and before checking out the entry for the movie on this site), I had a strong suspicion that the Columbia/Tri-Star DVD of this movie I was watching was cut down from a longer print. After all, the same studio had butchered "Who Am I" a few years earlier. And a check of the "Alternate versions" link confirmed this for me. This cut played like a book missing its first few chapters, making it difficult for a long time to piece who was who and what the situation was. I also suspect some character development was cut out, since there is really nothing differentiating the four heroes from each other. Columbia/Tri-Star... STOP CUTTING HONG KONG FILMS!However, I must admit that even if the missing footage was put back in, the movie wouldn't be that much better. It's a pretty dull affair. The action scenes aren't very impressive in what they depict, and are sometimes edited in an incomprehensible way. The vampire villain looks unbelievably cheesy - in fact, despite the expensive use of CGI for a few effects, the movie looks like it was made on a tight budget. There's a sterility in the air, a stiffness that suggests the filmmakers weren't able to let loose and fill the movie with wonders and wackiness.
