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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.

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

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

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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.

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04/18/01
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons
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N/R

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03/26/09
Joe Leydon
Variety
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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.

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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

This one got a little redundant about halfway through.

Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
06/02/06
JoBlo
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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
N/R

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12/15/03
Jason Solomons
Daily Mail [UK]

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

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

The only true forsaken are the disillusioned patrons seeking a good vampire movie.

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06/05/02
Dwayne E. Leslie
Boxoffice Magazine

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

An unoriginal, but occasionally pungent little horror flick.

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03/22/02
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail

Cinematic junk food.

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01/27/02
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

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

Stripped to its essentials, this could have been an intriguing vampire movie.

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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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