Vampire in Vegas Movie Review
Sylvian (horror legend Tony Todd) is a three-hundred year old vampire who has hired a genetic scientist (Delia Sheppard) to come up with a cure for his condition. The serum fails, and now vampires are wreaking havoc in, you guessed it, Las Vegas. The movie starts off with shots on and around The Strip in Vegas--as this is one of my favorite cities, I very much enjoyed this opening--unfortunately, it was all downhill from there.
I stayed in that room once...up there...to the left
Oy, where to even begin? How about here--nothing in this movie borders on being even the least bit scary. Tony Todd seems bored out of his mind, and must have been wondering how his career led him to doing this movie. Despite having Vegas in the title, other than the opening (which I'm certain was stock footage), we don't see the city at all--in fact, much of the feature looks like it was shot on green screen. The CGI is horrendous. The vampires are strippers who look like they may have been plucked from a nearby porno shoot or plastic surgeon's office, and interestingly enough, there's no actual nudity in the film.
Looks like surgeon's office it is
The acting (using this term is a stretch) is amateurish. The story is dreadful. The directing is uninteresting. The ending, if you can make it that far, is absurd--of course, you won't care by this point. There is a somewhat catchy techno song that plays over the credits--it probably isn't even that good; my excitement for this movie finally being over likely made it sound better than it actually was. If you are a Tony Todd fan, you may be tempted to watch this movie...don't. I am as big a fan as there is, and believe me when I say there's nothing to see here. We know our main man will take on just about any role, but he deserves better than Vampire in Vegas. I did, however, learn one very important lesson here--I'm never again letting my girlfriend pick a movie for me to watch.
On A Scale Of One To Ten: 2
Vampire in Vegas Movie Trailer
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