30 Days of Night was one of the movies I was really looking forward to this fall. This was the horror flick that was
going to set things back on the right track, with gore, scary vampires and one creepy setting - an Alaskan town where it stays dark for 30 days.
Sadly, 30 Days of Night is not the masterpiece I was hoping for. It is entertaining, with some decent acting and plenty of gore, but director David Slade really ruined a good thing. This Josh Hartnett-starring movie could have been so much more, but instead we have to settle for a relatively predictable and not particularly scary vampire flick that really adds nothing new to the genre.
First, the positives. Josh Hartnett is pretty good. Not amazing, but pretty good. He''s had several good roles now, but has yet to break into the leading man role. He carries 30 Days of Night quite nicely, bringing a somber fierceness to what would usually be a very ordinary character. Melissa George is decent as the love interest, though she doesn''t really get much to work with. Ben Foster, who has taken to absolutely seedy roles ( Alpha Dog, 3:10 to Yuma and now this), is delightfully morbid as the harbinger of death.