Uncle Northcott’s Movie Reviews

If its Christmas it must be time for WillSmiths latest CGI spectacular. In this one WillSmith is fighting vampires insted of aliens or poverty. This is the 3rd filming of Richard Mathesons book following “The Last Man On Earth” with Vincent Price and “The Omega Man” with Charlton Heston. In this one a virus that cures cancer mutates and vamps out 90% of humanity. WillSmith is an army docter who is immune and trying to find a cure. He spends his carefree afternoons hunting for food and trapping vamps to experiment on. At night he huddles with his dog in a bathtub in his locked down brownstone. I’ll let you discover the few suprises that the movie has. This is an allright end of the world pic and WillSmith is allways a likeable actor. A few plot holes and lot of flashbacks were OK but my only real problem is that the vamps were badly realised both in look and movement. Still worth seeing. Personally I iked The Omega Man better. Ol’ NRA Heston wanted to kill the vamps not cure them. He objected to his conscience so I guess that makes him a conscientious objector. HA HA HA. BTW If you look quick you can see a Batman/Superman movie ad on a marquee for 2010. Thats a real movie in development that should be out about then. My next post will be a years best and worst list. Some films are out now (Sweeny Todd-Juno-AVP) that I wont see till after the new year so they will have to wait.