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The Forsaken
DVD/APPROX. 90 MINS/2001/USA R18+
DVD/APPROX. 90 MINS/2001/USA R18+
The Forsaken has shown me the error of all previous films’ ways. To properly open a movie, to fully grab the attention of a viewer, you should
open with a bloody, naked girl taking a shower. This should be the wave of the future, every film needs a red, nude bathing scene. Hell, it should
be a requirement that every 15 minutes in a film there’s an unclad, sang urinated -cleansing scene. It would make a lot of this crap a lot easier to
watch.
After the shower scene, some guy who makes movie trailers takes a week off and arranges to transport a car across the country so he doesn't
even need to pay for a plane ride or nothing. Anyway, he ends up picking up a vampire hunter, and naturally gets involved in a bunch of Near Dark
type situations after he’s bitten. He then has to kill the head vamp, who is that guy from That Thing You Do, and who appears to be doing his
impression of a gay Chris Sarandon from Fright Night. Not that being gay is bad (unless it means you’re unwilling to film bloody female shower
scenes), but this guy looks like a homo version of Sarandon’s Jerry Dandridge.
The Forsaken has some bits that are actually funny, particularly some beer hijinks in a car, but there’s also plenty of unappealing ‘hip’ comedy and
a clich?d ‘heavy’ score. The CG sunburning is atrocious, and some of the makeup effects leave a lot to be desired, like the exploding head that is
just a hollow mask being blown apart. The twist on vampirism, i.e. ‘The Forsaken,’ is kinda interesting, but I dislike the telekinetic virus aspect, and
the juvenile character development gets in the way of any entertainment the plot could offer. But there was nudity, including a naked, bloody
shower intro.
The DVD offers The Forsaken at both 1.85:1 and full frame. The DVD has trailers, filmographies, deleted scenes, featurettes, and a commentary.
The deleted scenes are entirely pointless, unless you want to watch a scene where characters discuss music and the sound hasn’t been added
yet. One of the featurettes is about cars, goody, and the other is an actor profile on one of the actors whom I didn’t care about at all, but was
more interesting than some cars. The commentary track is writer/director J.S. Cardone who says he wanted a vampire road movie and that Near
Dark wasn’t really one. He then talks about his ‘unique’ score, which is really just like every other ‘cool’ soundtrack these days. Cardone proves his
inability to grasp reality when he says he tried to present that The Forsaken was NOT a vampire movie in press junkets. He keeps talking about
digressing from what he’s talking about…but it’s HIS commentary, so he should talk about whatever he wants! The track is relatively dry and
monotonous, but he does give plenty of info. The only thing he said I really took interest in was his idea that cinematic violence is okay, but it
should not be palatable.
The Forsaken is okay, but it’s a vampire movie helmed by a bit of a retard. On the other hand…bloody shower scene beginning is priceless.
open with a bloody, naked girl taking a shower. This should be the wave of the future, every film needs a red, nude bathing scene. Hell, it should
be a requirement that every 15 minutes in a film there’s an unclad, sang urinated -cleansing scene. It would make a lot of this crap a lot easier to
watch.
After the shower scene, some guy who makes movie trailers takes a week off and arranges to transport a car across the country so he doesn't
even need to pay for a plane ride or nothing. Anyway, he ends up picking up a vampire hunter, and naturally gets involved in a bunch of Near Dark
type situations after he’s bitten. He then has to kill the head vamp, who is that guy from That Thing You Do, and who appears to be doing his
impression of a gay Chris Sarandon from Fright Night. Not that being gay is bad (unless it means you’re unwilling to film bloody female shower
scenes), but this guy looks like a homo version of Sarandon’s Jerry Dandridge.
The Forsaken has some bits that are actually funny, particularly some beer hijinks in a car, but there’s also plenty of unappealing ‘hip’ comedy and
a clich?d ‘heavy’ score. The CG sunburning is atrocious, and some of the makeup effects leave a lot to be desired, like the exploding head that is
just a hollow mask being blown apart. The twist on vampirism, i.e. ‘The Forsaken,’ is kinda interesting, but I dislike the telekinetic virus aspect, and
the juvenile character development gets in the way of any entertainment the plot could offer. But there was nudity, including a naked, bloody
shower intro.
The DVD offers The Forsaken at both 1.85:1 and full frame. The DVD has trailers, filmographies, deleted scenes, featurettes, and a commentary.
The deleted scenes are entirely pointless, unless you want to watch a scene where characters discuss music and the sound hasn’t been added
yet. One of the featurettes is about cars, goody, and the other is an actor profile on one of the actors whom I didn’t care about at all, but was
more interesting than some cars. The commentary track is writer/director J.S. Cardone who says he wanted a vampire road movie and that Near
Dark wasn’t really one. He then talks about his ‘unique’ score, which is really just like every other ‘cool’ soundtrack these days. Cardone proves his
inability to grasp reality when he says he tried to present that The Forsaken was NOT a vampire movie in press junkets. He keeps talking about
digressing from what he’s talking about…but it’s HIS commentary, so he should talk about whatever he wants! The track is relatively dry and
monotonous, but he does give plenty of info. The only thing he said I really took interest in was his idea that cinematic violence is okay, but it
should not be palatable.
The Forsaken is okay, but it’s a vampire movie helmed by a bit of a retard. On the other hand…bloody shower scene beginning is priceless.
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