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The Spierig brothers reimagine the vampire movie as dystopian sci-fi, creating an inverted world 10 years hence, writes Andrew Pulver
Just when you thought cinema’s vampire craze had reached the point of total exhaustion, here comes a surprisingly entertaining twist on the genre. The Spierig brothers – Australian, but setting their film in a vague, non-specific America – have reimagined the vampire movie as dystopian sci-fi, creating a weirdly inverted world 10 years hence, where vampires have established their dominance and humans are an endangered species, hunted down and farmed for their blood.
With supplies running dangerously low, troubled vampire haematologist Ethan Hawke is charged with finding an artificial substitute for human blood, while barely concealing his distaste for the entire nature of vampire society. (The Spierigs have conceived of it in impressive detail, a brutal mirror image of our own, with “respectable” yuppie vampires, and a crazed, blood-starved underclass.)
Hawke allows himself to be drawn into helping the untainted-human underground, working on a “cure” and developing a crush on foxy human Claudia Karvan. The Spierigs make some nice metaphysical points and commission some spiffy design, but resort to less-than-blood-heat thriller moves in the final third. Still very watchable, though.