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The Forsaken

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The Forsaken (2001)

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Reviews Counted: 53

Fresh: 4

Rotten:49

Average Rating: 3.3/10

Consensus: It's all been done before, and done better.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong violence/gore, language and sexuality

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release: Apr 27, 2001 Wide

Box Office: $6,258,942

Synopsis: Driving cross-country to deliver a vintage Mercedes, Sean (Kerr Smith) does the one thing he wasn't supposed to do -- pick up a hitchhiker. From that moment on, his road trip is transformed into a surreal and terrifying nightmare. Sean's... Driving cross-country to deliver a vintage Mercedes, Sean (Kerr Smith) does the one thing he wasn't supposed to do -- pick up a hitchhiker. From that moment on, his road trip is transformed into a surreal and terrifying nightmare. Sean's new companion, Nick (Brendan Fehr), is not the laid back, aimless traveler he seems to be. He is a hunter. And his prey are a roving band of forsaken youths who feed upon hapless victims found in the dead of night—in a word, vampires. When Sean and Nick pick up the dazed and frightened Megan (Izabella Miko), whom the killers had left for dead, she becomes a human lure for the vampires. The stakes are raised when Sean himself is infected. The only cure for them all is to kill the host organism, Kit (Johnathon Schaech), the vicious leader. It's a deadly race against time to escape the fate of their enemies— joining the ranks of the insatiable undead forever. -- © 2001 Screen Gems [More]

Starring: Kerr Smith, Brendan Fehr, Johnathon Schaech, Izabella Miko

Starring: Kerr Smith, Brendan Fehr, Johnathon Schaech, Izabella Miko, Simon Rex, Alexis Thorpe, Phina Oruche

Director: J.S. Cardone

Director: J.S. Cardone
Studio: Screen Gems

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Release:

Sep 25, 2001

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1- English
  • Dolby Digital 2.0- French

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. J.S. Cardone - Director
  • Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical
  • Featurettes - 1. Making of THE FORSAKEN
  • 2. Making of THE FORSAKEN
  • Deleted Scenes

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Get out the garlic and the crosses and send this unholy film back to hell.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
12/02/01
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Reeks like the day old apple you left lying in you back seat after a long hot miserable driving day.

Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
04/18/01
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons
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A rare horror film in which the heroes are better drawn than the monsters, this trips up because Schaech doesn't cut it as a master fiend and the car chases distract from the dread.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
12/30/06
Kim Newman
Empire Magazine
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It's not a scary movie, it's a vampire movie. And in reality, it's kind of a bad vampire movie.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
07/01/06
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com
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This one got a little redundant about halfway through.

Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
06/02/06
JoBlo
JoBlo's Movie Emporium
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The writer/director then squanders his wayward energies on repetitive, ham-fisted action and boring violence.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
01/26/06
Time Out
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Full Review Source: Daily Mail [UK] | comment Comment
12/15/03
Jason Solomons
Daily Mail [UK]
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As a horror film, it's not scary nor suspenseful; and as an action picture, it's not terribly exciting, if at all.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
Michael Dequina
Film Threat
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Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
09/27/02
Guylaine Cadorette
Hollywood.com
N/R

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Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News | comment Comment
08/09/02
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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Bood-sucking vampires prey on teen TV stars. Never seen that one before...

Full Review Source: Supercala.com | comment Comment
07/09/02
Paul Salfen
Supercala.com
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Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
06/19/02
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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The only true forsaken are the disillusioned patrons seeking a good vampire movie.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
06/05/02
Dwayne E. Leslie
Boxoffice Magazine
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Near Dark, the last great 'vampires-in-the-desert' flick is blasphemed over and over again. If you're thinking of seeing this, don't.

Full Review Source: Film Experience | comment Comment
06/03/02
Nathaniel Rogers
Film Experience
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An unoriginal, but occasionally pungent little horror flick.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
03/22/02
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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Cinematic junk food.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
01/27/02
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
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Se puede ver solamente si se es fanático del género o si se asiste al cine con ganas de dejar las neuronas en la entrada por un par de horas.

Full Review Source: Moviola | comment Comment
01/15/02
Jorge Avila Andrade
Moviola
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Stripped to its essentials, this could have been an intriguing vampire movie.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
09/17/01
Andrew Pulver
Guardian [UK]
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The Forsaken is positively anaemic.

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09/10/01
Neil Smith
BBC
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Some movies don't need to be analyzed, just watched. This is not one of those movies because it didn't entertain me. It bored me, and when I am bored I get cranky.

Full Review Source: Film Blather | comment Comment
06/15/01
Eugene Novikov
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