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Rating: 3.5 stars

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Stake Land (2010)

Directed by Jim Mickle

Science Fiction | Horror | Adventure

Most recently watched by sensoria, krazykat, bigtyrez, tylermager, sleestakk, noahphex, jenerator

Overview

Martin was a normal teenage boy before the country collapsed in an empty pit of economic and political disaster. A vampire epidemic has swept across what is left of the nation’s abandoned towns and cities, and it’s up to Mister, a death dealing, rogue vampire hunter, to get Martin safely north to Canada, the continent’s New Eden.

Rated R | Length 98 minutes

Actors

Connor Paolo | Nick Damici | Danielle Harris | Kelly McGillis | Gregory Jones | Traci Hovel | Marianne Hagan | James Godwin | Tim House | Michael Cerveris | Sean Nelson | Adam Scarimbolo | Chance Kelly | Seamus Boyle | Sebastian Naskaris | Jon Barton | Bonnie Dennison

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

STAKE LAND starts out well, stumbles along the way, but is still a solid entry into the genre.

I loved the atmosphere and the post-apocalyptic feel of the film. All the characters are somewhat interesting. The action beats are pretty well staged and brutal.

My main gripes, though, are this:

1) Are these zombies or vampires? Why did they squeal like pigs?

2) Ultimately, what was the point of this movie? There’s a lot of great set up and characters but no where to go. I wasn’t fully satisfied by the end of the film.

As a sophomore effort for director Jim Mickle (Mulberry Street), STAKE LAND is a solid effort, it just doesn’t stick the landing.

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