The Forsaken

Name: The Forsaken
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Released: April 27, 2001
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 35
Cast: Brendan Fehr, Kerr Smith

2001

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Screen Gems | Release Date: April 27, 2001 | R

Starring: Brendan Fehr, Kerr Smith

Summary: Driving from L.A. to Florida, Sean (Smith) does the one thing he wasn't supposed to do - pick up a hitchhiker (Fehr). And from that moment on, his cross-country road trip is transformed into a surreal and blood-soaked nightmare. (Screen Gems)

Director: J.S. Cardone

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 90 min

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Film.com Gemma Files

Horror presented without restraint or apology, as a full-bore, blood-soaked load of nomad nastiness caught in constant forward motion. Read full review

F. X. Feeney

The film works, cleanly, without any tiresome reliance on computer graphics. Read full review

Joe Leydon

Chalk it up as a middling B-pic that, with a bit more wit and style, could have been at least a cult item. Read full review

New Times (L.A.) Andy Klein

Reasonably well-made and all, but it's simply too familiar, too derivative and too inferior to its predecessors to have any reason to exist. Read full review

Marc Savlov

Apart from the fang-restraint of the nosferatu, however, there's precious little that's altogether new or for that matter shocking about this by-the-numbers thriller. Read full review

Jack Mathews

Vampire movies aren't what they used to be. How about a little mist, some shadows, some pale gray faces set off by stark red lips? Maestro, a little Transylvanian mood music, if you please. Read full review

Bruce Fretts

While it's rarely scary, the film is often gory. Read full review

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Apr 12, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Continuity During the final action scene, the constant shots of the sun rising clearly emphasize that it is dawn. Yet when the actors leave the burning house, their shadows are directly below them indicating that it is noon time.… Expand

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Apr 6, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The car Sean is hired to drive is a 1978 Mercedes Benz 450SL. ..................… Expand

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ILHM

Jan 31, 2013

A simple cross-country trip turns into a fierce battle for survival when a group of desert vampires set their sights and Sean and his new traveling companion in THE FORSAKEN. THE FORSAKEN borrows generously from films like NEAR DARK and John Carpenter's VAMPIRES, only to come off feelingA simple cross-country trip turns into a fierce battle for survival when a group of desert vampires set their sights and Sean and his new traveling companion in THE FORSAKEN. THE FORSAKEN borrows generously from films like NEAR DARK and John Carpenter's VAMPIRES, only to come off feeling unoriginal and uninspired. We spend the majority of our time with our hero Sean (Kerr Smith), who spends the entire time worrying about his car and making it to his sister's wedding despite the unholy terrors that are unfolding around him. Johnathon Schaech serves as a decent villain, but his vampire cohorts range from being minor annoyances to complete distractions. Phina Oruche's ungodly performance, in particular, detracts from everything else that is occurring on screen. The action and horror are both bland and predictable, and although the plot introduces some interesting new ideas to the vampire mythos, it frequently contradicts itself. If we are to believe that vampirism is a virus, why would killing the head vampire cure anyone that has been bitten? Overall, THE FORSAKEN is familiar and bloody enough to earn a passing grade for vampire fans.… Expand

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