Number Rolled: 65
Movie Name/Year: Kiss
of the Damned (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Length: 95
minutes
Rating: R
Director: Xan
Cassavetes
Writer: Xan
Cassavetes
Actors: Josephine
de La Baume, Milo Ventimiglia, Roxane Mesquida, Anna Mouglalis, Michael
Rapaport, Riley Keough, Ching Valdes-Aran
Djuna is a vampire doing her best to sustain herself away
from the human community. When that is threatened by romantic advances from the
handsome human screenwriter, Paolo, she does her best to push away their shared
passion. He is persistent, though, and soon she is forced to make a choice.
I looked forward to seeing this film. A vampire film that
doesn’t make the species sparkle and also gives me eye candy in the form of
Milo Ventimiglia? Hell yeah. What I wound up seeing was an hour and a half of
artistic porn. If there were any substance to the film what-so-ever, it wouldn’t
be a big deal, but there wasn’t.
It was completely anti-climactic. Most of the actors were wooden
in their performances as well. Scenes that should have shown fear or passion
left me staring at neutral faces with no idea of how to show anything. The constant
music played over the movie made it seem snooty and pretentious. There was one
scene that caught my attention; the vampires discussed the philosophy of their
community versus those of the human community. It was too short, though, and
made me wish the actors in that scene were in more of the movie.
In short, there was no truth to anything in this film. Sure,
vampires aren’t real, but that’s not what I mean by “truth.” A movie needs to
make you believe the story in the context it’s being told. Kiss of the Damned falls FAR short of that goal.
Milo Ventimiglia was the shining star. He was amazing in a
movie where he didn’t have the option of being amazing. It just proves that the
guy deserves more attention than he gets.
Rotten Tomatoes Critic Score – 60%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score – 41%
Netflix’s Prediction for Me – 2.8/5
Trust-the-Dice Score – 1/5
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