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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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Urban Cinefile Critics

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 02 2001 08:15 AM

Urban Cinefile

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4/10

Garth Franklin

Reeks like the day old apple you left lying in you back seat after a long hot miserable driving day.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 18 2001 11:05 AM

Dark Horizons

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Joe Leydon

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 26 2009 03:16 AM

Variety

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2/5

Kim Newman

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: | comment Comment | Dec., 30 2006 05:04 AM

Empire Magazine

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2/5

Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone

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: | comment Comment | Jul., 01 2006 08:14 PM

TheMovieChicks.com

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5/10

JoBlo

This one got a little redundant about halfway through.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 02 2006 03:15 AM

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: | comment Comment | Jan., 26 2006 03:16 AM

Time Out

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Jason Solomons

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 15 2003 05:16 PM

Daily Mail [UK]

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1.5/5

Michael Dequina

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: | comment Comment | Dec., 08 2002 08:40 AM

Film Threat

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1/5

Guylaine Cadorette

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 27 2002 02:12 PM

Hollywood.com

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Robert Denerstein

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 09 2002 08:25 AM

Denver Rocky Mountain News

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Paul Salfen

Bood-sucking vampires prey on teen TV stars. Never seen that one before...

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 09 2002 05:28 PM

Supercala.com

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 19 2002 08:21 AM

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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1/5

Dwayne E. Leslie

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 05 2002 08:20 AM

Boxoffice Magazine

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Nathaniel Rogers

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: | comment Comment | Jun., 03 2002 05:20 AM

Film Experience

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 24 2002 08:17 AM

Boston Phoenix

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2/4

Liam Lacey

An unoriginal, but occasionally pungent little horror flick.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 22 2002 08:17 AM

Globe and Mail

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1.5/5

Rich Cline

Cinematic junk food.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 27 2002 08:18 AM

Shadows on the Wall

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2/4

Jorge Avila Andrade

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: | comment Comment | Jan., 15 2002 08:16 AM

Moviola

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Andrew Pulver

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 17 2001 10:18 AM

Guardian [UK]

 
 
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