Number Rolled: 84
Movie Name/Year: We
Are the Night (2010)
Genre: Thriller
Length: 99
minutes
Rating: NR
Director: Dennis
Gansel
Writer: Jan
Berger, Dennis Gansel
Actors: Karoline
Herfurth, Nina Hoss, Jennifer Ulrich, Anna Fischer, Max Riemelt, Arved
Birnbaum, Steffi Kuhnert, Ivan Shvedoff
Lena is a troubled young girl; picking pockets and stealing
cars to get by. After a close call with the cops, she finds herself in an
underground club where she catches the eye of an older woman. Soon enough, she
learns that her admirer is not human and is very interested in stripping her of
her humanity.
I’ve seen a lot of B vampire movies and the majority of them
are unimpressive; mostly vehicles used to get the actresses to show their
boobs. “We Are the Night” was nothing like that. The movie was actually
incredibly interesting and there was no full on female nudity at all. The fact
that the director let the story speak for itself instead of falling to topless
girls for holding interest was something that really caught me. I’m also not
sure if I can consider this a B-movie. Although it might fit the requirements
for that label in America, it wasn’t made here. It’s a German movie by what
seems like a well known German director.
Despite how much I enjoyed the movie; there were some large
gaping plot holes that I’m having trouble wrapping my head around. I’m not
talking about simple continuity errors, either. There were simply some scenes
that seemed to break the rules of the universe laid out by the writers and
other scenes that brought up questions that had no logical answers. There weren’t
many of them, but the ones that were there were difficult to forgive.
I did enjoy the take on vampires. Almost every movie or book
that deals in supernatural creatures has its own set of rules for them. Right
now, I’m happy with most vampire media that doesn’t have them sparkling in the
daylight as if they were some mystical stripper race that would be better at
throwing glitter-fits than drinking blood. However, this movie also had some
interesting takes on the natural powers that many vampire literature and movies
claim the race has – which made it stand out.
I would definitely suggest this movie to anyone who’s a fan
of “True Blood” or “The Hunger.”
Netflix’s Prediction for Me – 3.1/5
Rotten Tomatoes Critic Score – 62%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score – 51%
Trust-the-Dice Score – 3/5
The Random Rating:
R – prolonged nudity, strong violence, explicit drug use
P.S. German movie, dubbed in English.
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