The tyranist's thoughts
What happens when you let a British auteur-wannabe make his dream vampire flick? Judging solely by this film, I would say you don't get much. I rented this one because it has a cool cover and a great title. I should have paid attention to the A-Pix logo and just left it on the shelf.
Heavily influenced by Highlander and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, this love song to vampires is terrible. Of course, I'm thinking back and there just aren't many vampire-as-protagonist films that work well. It seems that most of them are just a lot of goths playing around, living out their fantasies. This instance is particularly bad, although it doesn't ever sink as low as Jugular Wine: A Vampire Odyssey does. As pretentious as this one gets, it never sinks to inexplicably stupid plot devices.
So there's this vampire who's bored. She picks up a part-time job as an assassin known as the "Angel of Death" whose biggest calling card are a couple of point blank range shots to the neck. Hmmmm. Apparently, she's been hired to kill of a few major members of the Illuminati and they don't like that. Okay. I'm going to give the end away here. I'm doing this deliberately so that you don't feel the need to watch it. In the end it is all just a game arranged by her boyfriend (another vampire) to entertain her. Yes, it is all a hoax. That's why I gave it an "It's All a Dream Ending" skull. I was (and think this is justifiable) pissed. The ending almost literally comes out of nowhere. There are no clues, no hints, no nothing. Apparently we are supposed to just laugh and say okay.
This movie is filled with little 'artistic' bits that are nothing more than confusing. The plot and fundamental story underneath it are just plain bad. As much as I liked the title, I hated the movie. So unless you are an unfulfilled goth, stay away.