30 Days Of Night: Dark Days Review

Director Ben Ketai

Writer Steve Niles

Cast

Kiele Sanchez - Stella Oleson
Rhys Coiro - Paul
Diora Baird - Amber
Katharine Isabelle - Stacey
Ben Cotton - Dane
Mia Kirshner - Lilith
Monique Ganderton - Betty
Harold Perrineau - Todd

Stage 6 Films, Running time 92 minutes.

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A year after the incident in Alaska, Stella Oleson has relocated to Los Angeles, she is still troubled by the events in Alaska and the death of her husband. Stella spends her time trying to tell her story and to make the events in Alaska and the existence of Vampires known. She is tracked down by a group of vampire hunters that are searching for a vampire queen that is responsible for the attack in Alaska.

The 30 Days of Night Dark Days has a smaller budget than the original which is responsible for less action and less well known actors. The lack of money spent on this sequel seems obvious, much of the movie running time gets used up by longer than necessary scenes where not much happens, these scenes led to me losing interest in the story and getting a little bored.

On a positive the acting is fairly good throughout with solid dialog, the effects are decent and the vampires look good, in some respects it's a fairly solid film. I actually enjoyed the first half an hour, I found myself being very immersed, it's a shame it couldn't maintain that level.

I find it difficult to recommend 30 days of night: dark days because it just becomes boring, I feel it's the victim of a small budget, it's a shame because it did have potential.

4 out of 10