The Breed (2001) User Reviews

A truly bizarre film

[rbsjrx · 6/10 · 29 December 2006]

I don't quite know what to say about "The Breed". It has a serviceable plot compromised by an alternate reality setting. The plot is straightforward enough - vampires and humans attempting to peacefully coexist and a series of murders which may be either a rogue vampire or a more sinister political plot to derail the process. The players are all decent (OK, perhaps Adrian Paul lays it on a little thick), and there are sufficient twists and turns to provide some sense of mystery and/or suspense. To its credit, the characters are well developed and you actually come to care about some of them. It even features a surprisingly engaging romance subplot. How much you can enjoy it, though, depends on how you react to the setting.

The setting appears to be an alternate reality version of current-day America. Some scenes confuse the issue by suggesting a European setting, but that doesn't explain the presence of an obviously American black detective. The vibe is strongly influenced by Orwell's "1984". Although references are made to historical events such as race relations in the 60's, WWII, Nazis and the Holocaust, the sense of reality is severely compromised by the setting. TVs all appear to be B&W sets from the 50's and automotive design seems to have stopped evolving in the 40's. Stylistically, it's quite similar to "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" - and that's not a compliment in this case since it's obviously not supposed to be a period piece as "Sky Captain" was. The scenes inside NSA headquarters especially were highly reminiscent of both the 1984 film adaptation of "1984" as well as several "Twilight Zone" episodes.

I should also add that I have only seen an edited for TV version broadcast on the SciFi channel. Some other reviews here suggest that the unedited version has some plot problems unrelated to the editing process.

Did I enjoy it? Not tremendously, although I did have a grudging appreciation for the audacity of how it was handled. Notably, it presents an interesting and unique version of the entire vampire mythos. Would I recommend it? Not necessarily. As I said, I feel somewhat conflicted about it. I rated it 6 out of 10 and have tried to explain that vote as much as possible. If what I've said hasn't put you off, then give it a try...

"If I knew why I was here I probably wouldn't be." Cheap action/horror,sci-fi thing.

[poolandrews · 4/10 · 13 January 2006]

The Breed starts sometime in '...The Near Future...' where homicide detective Steven Grant (Bokeem Woodbine) & his partner Phil (Reed Diamond) follow up a lead on a particularly nasty serial killer who's running around at the moment. The lead happens to be a stolen van which they find & in a nearby building discover yet another dead body. The mysterious killer is also there, he most definitely resists arrest & even though Grant repeatedly shoots him he kills Phil by biting his neck. Grant survives but the killer disappears into the night... The 'National Security Agency' contacts Grant about the incident, the agencies director says that what he, & Phil, were dealing with was a renegade Vampire. He carries on to inform Grant that there are about 4000 Vampires worldwide & they revealed themselves to 'us' to try & live in harmony together, he also says that Vampires are genetic mutations & feed on a synthetic substitute for blood. Grant is assigned a new partner, a Vampire named Aaron Gray (Adrian Paul) & they are told to work together to discover the identity of the serial killing Vampire who wants to sabotage the peace between the two races...

This American Hungarian co-production was directed by Michael Oblowitz & is average at best. The script by Christos N. Gage & Ruth Fletcher is the real problem here. Too many things just didn't work for me, for a start could a high ranking scientist create a virus that has the potential to wipe out the entire human race without a SINGLE person questioning him or finding out? I mean the guy is even using the 'Nation Security Agency' laboratories for Christ's sake! Considering the Vampire race has been around for 1000's of years it seemed strange that there was only 4000 throughout the entire world & that they had never been noticed before. The central relationship between Grant the human & Gray the Vampire was clichéd & really cheesy, I mean at first they don't don't get on & seem mismatched but by the end they are best of friends & have saved each other's lives, we've seen it all before & done a lot better. The whole story is predictable & I can't believe it took Gray over half the film to figure out the painfully obvious. The whole concept just didn't work as far as I'm concerned & the film spent a good 30 minutes explaining it's own set of Vampire 'rules' as Grant would ask a question like how to kill a Vampire & Gray would tell him thus making sure we, the viewer that is, know as well. The breed also makes a few feeble attempts to say things about racism, trust & acceptance, you know all the clichéd things one would expect.

Director Oblowitz thinks he's making a cross between The Matrix (1999), Lethal Weapon (1987) & Vampires (1998), well no-one told him that you need a budget to pull that off. He films the fight scenes with people 'flying' through the air plus shooting & reloading their guns in a 'cool' way but they come off as looking ridiculous. He films everything with bleached out colours & a greenish tint. As for the films supposed style, you need to do a bit more than tilt the camera, shine a few neon lights & have some mist swirling in every shot. The gore is none existent, one neck biting, a couple of slit throats, a few gunshot wounds & someone explodes CGI style at the end & it looks terrible.

With a really low budget of about $400,000 it shows. The Breed has reasonable production values but it looks cheap throughout & you can tell it was shot in Europe, in this case Hungary. Even though it is meant to be set in the future the cars, clothes & the like suggest otherwise. I found the acting awful, whats with the gay moustache Paul? Woodbine gives a terrible performance & just wasn't right for the role at all. Ling Bai is quite sexy looking whenever she appears.

I was disappointed by The Breed, it's one of those films that make a fantastic trailer when they show ALL the cool bits in the space of two & a half minutes set against some techno music. Unfortunately there's another eighty seven & a half minutes to sit through if you decide to watch it. Personally I didn't think much of it.

Not visually stunning, but a nice idea.

[FiendishDramaturgy · 4/10 · 26 January 2004]

Quite frankly, anyone BUT Bookeem Woodbine would have been fine in this role, but his portrayal as Steve Grant left me more than a bit cold. His character is a one-dimensional, whining, cardboard-cutout wannabe gangsta, and he honestly just does not cut it as Grant, which was a serious detriment to this film, as Grant's was a key role. (And what was WITH those short, tiny ties?! Was he wearing a kid's tie?)

Additionally, Adrian Paul as Aaron Gray here was reminiscent of a young, uptight Gomez Addams look-alike. There was nothing wrong with his performance, but his costumer should definitely have gone in another direction with his wardrobe. The pencil-drawn-looking mustache did not help, and neither did the liberal abuse of hair goo. All these elements contributed a certain air of detachment between the audience and his character, which seriously brought down the film. His character was one of those principle characters which needed to enjoy a connection with the audience in order for this film to work.

However, Ling Bai's performance was very compelling, provocative and professional here. You may remember her as Miss East from Wild, Wild West.

Other than that, this was a rather entertaining venture into the future of the vampyric race, in spite of the vastly missed potential. There are certain rules one must follow when in production of a vampire film. Some argue that these rules were created by Universal Studios when they filmed the old 30's, 40's and 50's black and white horrors. Others say these rules come from the legends themselves. Whichever the case, this movie does not seem to be aware of the "vampire rules."

The effects were less than they could have been, but were otherwise passable. The flash-backs, however, were just annoying, and the visuals lacked in creativity.

The musical score was strong and contributed a nice suspense to the production, and moved between action and suspense quite well, even if it was overly techno at times.

There are some good elements, but they seem totally unconnected and even accidental. There is little flow and less continuity. Yet the good elements are enough to keep you watching to the end, which is satisfying. Unfortunately, it's also satisfying that it IS the end.

It rates a 4.2/10 from...

the Fiend :.

Better Than I Expected

[garland-schaefers · 7 July 2002]

Made in 24 days for around 3 million dollars, this could have been another cheesy B-Movie Vampire flick. But its not. Set in a totalitarian future that the director admits is inspired by Terry Gilliam's Brazil, this is a moody piece where vampires are characters, not just monsters. Summary: if you go into it expecting Spielberg and big-budget effects, you will be disappointed. If you go into it expecting Corman and shoddy acting, you will be very pleasantly surprised.

Okay, so it was pretty dreadful—but still, I sort of enjoyed it!

[jfwhelan · 3/10 · 7 October 2007]

Like the curate's egg' this film was good in parts, but they weren't very big parts.

I have always enjoyed the twist associated with 'good vampires' and I guess I am still waiting for a film to properly use it.

This film was too outré and grotesque (in the original meaning of the word) for it to have worked as anything other than an over-the-top dance-macabre of a film; a sort of Grand Guinol of the film world. Unfortunately it never really achieved this distinction and instead we are left with a mishmash of themes and failed attempts at being something that it never quite achieved.

The script and the acting were pretty deplorable and the direction was anything but tight, though still one can sort of envisage what was intended; and those stolen fleeting glimpses serve to supply enough motive to keep watching. In the end this continued attention is utterly frustrating, since the ending manages to further let one down and, indeed, the rest of the film.

I don't say 'Don't watch this film!' I would, however, warn you to keep you expectation low, and not to be too surprised if it fails to live up to them.

Pathetic (Spoilers!!!!!!)

[tilnekplayhouse · 1/10 · 11 December 2002]

I thought that Adrian Paul could improve his chances at the movies since he did a superb job of acting in the Highlander Series, unfortunately I was wrong. I do mean wrong. This movie is the worst thing I've seen since I watched Barney. I couldn't find a single thing to like about it. The plot could've been written better by a child of six years. The entire movie screamed for help. The amount of real dialogue could've been crammed into the first five minutes, anything else said was either cursing of strange things questions on the part of Paul's character. The only good scene in the entire film is the shot of the woman and her daughter laying dead in the snow, for a moment you get a glimpse of an actual movie. Of course it's the scene where everyone is quiet and no one is moving, and Adrian Paul's doing voice overs. I couldn't even stomach thirty minutes of the film with out feeling as if I could cry. It's a shame anyone was allowed to make such a movie. Please do not watch this. Of course I am mostly complaining about Adrian's shift to bad acting, we want more Highlander, but no more movies like Breed.

Like watching a well-photographed train wreck

[DSearch1 · 2/10 · 28 August 2006]

With a reasonable budget ($4mm, according to IMDb), atmospheric location shooting in Rumania, and an intriguing premise, The Breed should have been a gem of a vampire flick. Instead, it's a contest between screenwriters Gage and Fletcher's comic book dialogue and Bokeem Woodbine's unfathomably inept lead performance to see who can drive a stake through the heart of this mess first.

On the positive side, Adrian Paul convinces as an impressively physical vampire detective. Unfortunately, Ling Bai has zero chemistry with Woodbine, although that's probably not her fault, as nobody seems to. Disappointingly, her beauty gets buried under enough mascara to embarrass Alice Cooper.

Director Michael Oblowitz demonstrates a flair for tense shoot-outs. But each time he cranks up the suspense, it takes only a few words from the relentlessly unconvincing Woodbine to obliterate the mood and return the viewer to Square One. This becomes such a routine occurrence, one is torn between frustration and laughter.

The screenwriters' insistence on sophomoric "in" references only serves to make matters worse. A doctor named Fleming talks of James Bond and Blofeld, and other characters are named (no kidding) Lucy Westernra, Cross, Orlock, Gray, Seward, and Bathory. If that isn't enough, f-bombs drop everywhere.

Needless to say, writers are answerable to directors, directors report to producers, and actors sometimes insist on improvising. So it's hard to know who's to blame for the end result. But ultimately, as another reviewer correctly observed, The Breed can only be enjoyed for what it had the potential to be.

Nice vampire in life variation

[sknt · 7/10 · 7 October 2009]

Based on the automobiles I would just call it an alternate earth ratherthen put it far in future and i would call it a dark sci-fi fantasy romantic thriller rather then horror perse. A world where vampires had come out of the closet so to speak is rather believable in that if vampires existed as they do in that setting, the problem would be more of the public at large believingb then disbelief. The chill of the movie comes from the reasons why some vampires don't want public view vs those wanting integration with society. The sub plot of the principal vampire animosity against discrimination of beief is very good along with the the human main character. The closer to life possibilities of the vampires of the story make them more believable as a branch of humanity then anything else. What has been found in recent years about various physical conditions makes the possibility of vampires and others existing. The darker alternate setting was more like 1984 then anything else but it would be better to call it as it appeared, an event of the late 50s based on the autos.

Calling it a B movie fits, but I viewed it for the storyline not the acting or action sequences but rather for being entertained. If one wants good acting or scenes there are other movies. If one likes a story to entertain and just chill a little this one fits nicely. View it for the story line not the scenes,or the acting but the story and one may enjoy it. It has now rerun on one channel 3 times and I keep finding little story gems.

Vampires = Jews?

[robbiebonham · 3/10 · 14 July 2005]

Did anyone else get the vibe, at the start of the movie, that the vampires were a commentary on the Jewish people? Or am I looking too much into a B- movie...? The first glimpse we get of the vampire community is a WW2 style vampire safe house, complete with said period's costumes, and the NSA's costumes are very Nazi-like. And there's the whole 'we fear them because they're a different 'ethnicity'' thing. This may have been a theme started in the movie, but of course, was forgotten as the film underwent several style-changes (by which I mean, it went off on a tangent to rip off some other movies) But yeah, as mentioned above, there were lots of scenes that paid homage to (see...ripped off) Brazil, Blade, The Matrix, Tarantino,..even Highlander. A mucky piece of work, with too many genre stereotypes, and what was with Woodbine's gruff, 'bad boy' voice?

Did Kim Newman write this one as a book?

[rhi_pest · 6/10 · 19 June 2005]

I found it to be very Kim Newman-esquire in its approach to vampirism. It was likable, despite the painfully wooden acting. The scenery and costumes were heart-stoppingly gorgeous, and the Dr. Strangelove/1984 atmosphere was incredibly cool. However I still have to wonder how the main girl vampire managed to run around with those whacking great collars on her...And exactly what the heating bill was on her Gothic Mansion (tm). And I did love the fact that they used Buda-Pesth as their setting...The club was also cool, and slightly more fetish-y than other vampire movies like Blade...The dynamic between vamp cop and meat cop was quite good, still the same people from opposite sides aiming for the same goal while not quite trusting each other thing, but it made for some passable character development. And did I mention the supersharp 40s-style suit that the vamp cop gets to wear? Like I said, the costumes were gorgeous and well put together. The dialogue was a scream, but I'm sure it wasn't meant to be. "Cut the Anne Rice act!" From the lips of a vampire girl who I'm sure I've seen in gaming books, in fact, most of the main vamp characters seem to be based in the Masquerade vamp-style, running from fetish cyberpunk to nosferatu. The random acts of vampire motion were misplaced too. Stopping during a chase and twitching madly may look cool, but most viewers are going to be wondering WTF is going on. And the actor vamp is just the funniest thing alive...Or not quite so, as the case may be. And the handgrenade made me laugh, but that may just be my sense of humour.

This movie was worse than "Blacula", if that's saying anything...

[Aussie Stud · 1/10 · 18 October 2002]

Of what could be one of the worst vampire movies ever made in cinematic history, "THE BREED" could probably take home the trophy for that honor.

"THE BREED" is such a blatant rip-off of films such as "BLADE" and "THE MATRIX". Just about EVERYTHING in this movie was stolen from something else. Of what thread-bare plot existed in this movie, I gathered that there was a small existence of good vampires who team up with humans to extinguish rebellious vampires. The good vampires live on a synthetic substitute to human blood while the rebellious ones go around murdering humans by drinking their blood.

Bokeem Woodbine (one of the worst actors to ever grace our television AND movie screens) is the human cop teamed up with Adrian Paul (of HIGHLANDER fame), the good vampire, sent on a mission to track down an evil vampire who is kidnapping young women and killing them. The setting is in some sort of weird post-Nazi Poland (yet most of the people have American accents) where the fashions and vehicles resemble that of 1941, yet pop culture of today has been blended in to give it that 'unique' flavor (ie. references to 'James Bond', the existence of a hard-core nightclub, leather/dominatrix outfits, etc.) Can someone say "TITUS", you know, that forgettable and noisy artsy trash starring Anthony Hopkins and Jessica Lange?

Woodbine spends most of his time running around saying the 'F' word as many times as he can while Paul just looks bored, standing around with too much powder on his face and a glazed expression on his face, delivering every line with a dead-pan approach, it gets very tiresome after awhile. It is the old cliched scenario of pairing up two unlikely cops, one the brazen hero, the other, straight-laced and by-the-books. Except this time, unlike films such as "BEVERLY HILLS COP" and "LETHAL WEAPON", the formula does NOT work. They even drag in Bai Ling who looks absolutely ridiculous as an ancient Asian vampiress who spends most of her time on-screen donning ludicrous outfits (check out the leather head-piece), bad make-up, yellow eye contacts and an almost un-decipherable accent that would make even Stevie Wonder ask, "Could you say that again, please?"

If you thought those cliches weren't bad enough, check out the cardboard cut-out characters including the obvious villain, the obligatory Asian male with platinum blonde hair, the little boy whose life is saved by Woodbine in a climatic scene... I could go on, but I have other things to gripe about.

I could get past the bad acting and the non-existent script, but... okay, maybe I can't. The sets were awful, the usual run-down derelict building with lots of smoke and fog, minimal scenery involving a graveyard shot or 'people running through the forest while being chased by men with guns' visual. NOTHING ABOUT THIS MOVIE WAS ORIGINAL! I can't emphasize this enough!

The most embarrassing scenes was seeing Adrian Paul flying around through the air, 'MATRIX-style', wielding a tommy gun in slow motion as he fires at the bad guys, yet you can see the 'pull-strings' that suspend him through the air, it is too hilarious for words! When the director wants to make the action scenes 'dramatic', he thinks he can fool the audience by filming everything in slow-motion, while adding an 'echo' to nearly every word spoken in the dialogue - it just boggles my mind as to why amateurish garbage such as this still gets financed in today's economy.

I have no idea if this movie is based on a book, comic strip, legend or what, nor do I care. I just pray to God that there isn't a sequel, and if there is, then PLEASE do not release it 'straight-to-cable'. It should go straight into the trash can where this movie rightfully belongs.

My Grade - 'Z minus'

This is not Blade copy but a good vampire flick

[Rabensblut · 10/10 · 15 May 2006]

I love this film. Somebody wrote that this is a copy of Matrix and Blade - You fool, the idea of a special virus deadly only to vamps was used in here, not in Blade. On the contrary Blade Trinity took this idea later. Somebody wrote that they have Russianlike uniforms - hey can U imagine a vampire movie with starwars like costumes - me not.These uniforms fit in the place. I just want to open your eyes and tell the truth - the name of the club was Pravda - that means in my language the truth - and the truth is that this film was very original and interesting and I can tell U I seen lotsa Vamp flicks, this one rules. And if U like the films like Blade full of poor action and dialogues U will never understand this film. Here it is no - comeonyoudamnedbloodsuckeriwillkickyourass- here U have a good and original idea that is what makes this film 10/10

Something Does Not Work Well in This Movie...

[claudio_carvalho · 6/10 · 4 September 2004]

In a near future, the existence of a city of vampires is disclosed to the human race. However, some killings of humans jeopardize the integration of the races. Detective Steve Grant (Bokeem Wooddbine) and the vampire Detective Aaron Gray (Adrien Paul) join forces investigating the murders. This movie has many essential components to be a great film: a wonderful photography, something between Gothic and noir, recalling 'Dark City' and even 'Matrix'; an intriguing and original plot, discussing the problems of integration of two very different races, which can be extrapolated for the present intolerance in the world; great costumes, good special effects and some good actors and actresses. However, the screenplay is confused, with an unnecessary romance, and the direction is cold, and in the end, we have a movie without emotion or vibration, basic elements for this type of story. Anyway, it is watchable and is a reasonable entertainment. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil) : 'Cidade dos Vampiros' ('Vampires City')

worst acting I have seen in a long time

[BigGuy · 2/10 · 31 March 2002]

The plot to this movie was alright, the movie had potential but did not live up to it. One of the major problems (aside from the acting) was the terrible futurism concepts. Supposedly set in the future, everyone drives around in vintage cars, with vintage computers. I suppose it was suppose to look like a future in which Russia won the cold war. A terrible concept when it was new, absolutely dreadful in this rendition.

The other horror in this movie was the acting. Adrian Paul was totally deadpan (when his wasn't frothing at the mouth), everyone else was worse. Woodbine was absolutely terrible. So bad I almost turned off the movie 15 minutes in. I only left it on to see if something interesting would come of the movie, since I paid to rent it anyway. Yes there were a couple of little twists but nothing worth renting this movie for.

Not nearly as bad as expected

[keius · 5 September 2003]

After reading some of the comments here, i was expecting a horrible movie. However, after watching it, I was quite surprised. The Breed was alot better than i expected. I think people exagerated quite a bit when describing its faults. It isn't a gorefest or vampiric suckfest like some vampire movies. It was more like a moody detectives story set in an alternate/parallel reality type movie(I don't buy that future crap..not after watching the movie).

Anyway, I give it a 7/10. For vampire fans, definately worth watching. And hey...Ling Bai alone made this movie worth watching.

I just don't know what to say.

[Elijah_Chandler · 2/10 · 4 May 2005]

Wait a minute... yes I do.

The director of 'The Breed' has obviously seen Terry Gilliam's 'Brazil' a few too many times and asked himself the question, "If 'Brazil' had been an ill-conceived tale about vampires in the near future, what would it be like?" Well, I'll tell ya, it'd be like 91 minutes of a Swedish whore kicking you in the groin, only not as satisfying. The dialogue was laced with gratuitous curse words and trite one-liners, and whoever edited this piece of crap should be shot. I have no real idea of exactly how the whole thing ended because I'm not really sure what happened during the first part of the film. With so many subplots your head begins to hurt and so much bad acting your head wants to explode this movie should only be viewed with large quantities of beer and at least two other people you can MST3K with. The only thing that made me not stab myself in the eye with a dirty soup spoon was this line: Evil Doctor Guy: "That's it, you are not James Bond, and I am not Blofeld. No more explanations!" Dude From Jason's Lyric: "I'm getting paid scale!" The cinematography was shaky at best and the acting was putrid. Also, what was with all the pseudo-1984 posters and PA announcements? The costumes were from the 50's, the cars were from the 60's, the music was from the 90's and I wish I were dead. This movie sucks.

The Info Button Was Wrong

[Theo Robertson · 2/10 · 29 June 2003]

After pressing the info button on my remote control the onscreen caption read : " Moody visuals , subterranean S&M clubs and Nazis in a stylish and inventive thriller " . It`s not often the info button is accurate describing a film but it outdid itself in artistic license this time . " Moody visuals " means either people walking around in foggy sets in slo mo or vampires climbing up walls of foggy sets in slo mo , not to mention everything being filmed in a sickly yellow hue or sometimes a cold blue sepia in a homage to TRAFFIC though I somehow think this director didn`t deserve an Oscar nomination . You`ll also be disappointed to know that the S&M club is a fog shrouded dance floor where people stand around like dummies , no orgies here guys because it`s set in a commie country . Er can anyone name me a single communist country in Europe ? There are Nazis involved but you don`t really want to know about that , while worst of all the script tries to be clever by including injokes on characters names . Note to screenwriters : If you`re going to be sophisticated try and write a sophisticated script first

Some other things I learned from this movie

1 ) American cops are very welcome in communist countries

2 ) Ethnic minorities are very welcome in communist countries

3 ) Everyone in Eastern Europe speaks American english and have English sounding names

4 ) If you escape from a Nazi death camp and freeze to death your eyelids still flicker hours after death

5 ) Communist countries employ American SWAT teams

6 ) A vampire`s favourite film is THE MATRIX

not all bloodsuckers are bad.

[graham1956 · 1/10 · 9 August 2002]

I tried to like this film but found it so bad I had to watch it to the end. Quite clearly the budget for this movie wasn't a lot. Was it me or didn't I get the plot? To me, this film was suppose to be set in the USA,the NSA was used as the base of this film,ok in the future it might have been,but clearly it had to have been shot in Europe,God knows where!! The Berlin wall has come down,but Easten Europe springs to mind.As I said I tried to like it;but I am sorry it was awful. Graham Smith

Interesting ideas

[one77 · 6/10 · 20 July 2001]

Essentially, it is set in a somewhat totalitarian future, where the vampires have just revealed themselves to the humans who outnumber them and greatly fear them. Two cops, one human and one a vampire, must stop a killer who threatens to disrupt a peace process between the two "breeds".

I liked this movie, even though I got tired of the silly flying effects, the accents and the artsy looking direction. Paul does a wonderful job of making his eyes look old, and Woodbine swears too much, but the ideas here are fun. I never had much sympathy for vampires until this movie. However, and this may be a small spoiler, see if you can catch when the Asian vampire says something she shouldn't know and no one seems to blink. Also, the references to vampire lore are fun. I think more could have been done to flesh out the world they live in, and this would make a very interesting TV series if done properly. However, the sets, makeup and such were excellent. I recommend this to anyone who likes vampires, as it may give you some new ideas about them.

i wanted to like it

[secrective · 5/10 · 19 July 2001]

i swear i did, i like ling bai (wild wild west) and adrian paul (highlander). but there are better vampire movies out there, go check out blade (its awesome) and the upcoming blade 2. if youre looking for another wierd vamp b-movie, check out "Modern Vampires" , it was alright, or even john carpenters' "Vampires" or even that eddie murphy "vampire in brooklyn" movie ;p

anyways, in this movie, a cop and a vampire cop team together to investigate some bad vampire's doings. includes a couple subplots involving a vampire virus, and flashbacks into the holocaust.

the sfx is not much more than people with wires, nothing new. filmed in buhdapest it has quite a nice scenery tho.

a fairly decent movie for vampire fans

[vampiro2002 · 7/10 · 9 January 2002]

This movie is a bit slow to start out. But if you give it a chance it is a really good movie. The plot line is good, and there is a lot of action.

The Breed has a great cast with terrific acting. It is a must see for fans of the vampire genre.

Had Potential

[NIXFLIX-DOT-COM · 3/10 · 28 August 2003]

THE BREED could have been a good movie, or at least an average movie. The result, alas, is quite poor. Adrian Paul plays a vampire who, it seems, has been living under a rock because he seems unaware of all the contemporary slangs used by his human partner (who is also a cop). The duo are chasing a vampire serial killer, but there's a conspiracy they aren't prepared for going on in the background.

As a vampire movie, THE BREED borrows heavily from BLADE in look and vibe. The East European setting, with the old buildings and whatnot, provides the movie with its only plus -- it's very nice to look at, even if the fog machine gets a rather strong workout.

As for story, THE BREED attempts to be BRAZIL, and provides allegory to Nazi Germany. There's very little subtlety, and Nazi-inspired signs abound. The filmmakers are so blatant with pushing the whole allegory motif that it becomes rather irritating. Yes, we get it. GET ON WITH THE MOVIE.

3 out of 10

(go to www.nixflix.com for a more detailed review of this movie and reviews of other genre and Indie films)

Good doesn't equal expensive

[thatpalechick · 9/10 · 29 November 2005]

This was one of the greatest cheaply made vampire movies I've ever seen! And there are A LOT of cheaply made vampire movies. It was great to see Adrian Paul again, too. I miss Highlander... Bai-Ling gets to show a little skin, something she would NEVER do in real life. Yeah, right. Bokeem Whassisface plays a good cop, and one look at the special effects shows you were the rest of the budget went. Paul is a wonderfully believable vampire, and the way the vampires are portrayed in this movie is original and thought-provoking: new species of human trying to live peacefully in a world that fears them. Anyone else thinking X-men? Undoubtedly, this movie is a great bargain buy.

I liked it!

[hpt · 7/10 · 5 November 2002]

I like Vampire movies, but this wasn't like the others. It was an interesting take on the genre! I didn't like Woodbine's character and thought he was badly miscast. But Adrian Paul did a very good job portraying a vampire who was constantly struggling with his true nature, appearing somewhat stilted, but capable of grace and passion in the right circumstance. Paul has a talent with accents and his accent in this movie was very convincing. I found the premise of the movie unique...that the vampires were actually the group that were being persecuted. I also liked the "look" of the movie.

I didn't like the "wirework" but this is what you get when budgets are limited! Otherwise, I enjoyed the movie and thought it might have done well with a limited theatrical release.

What a crap movie

[zibster · 1/10 · 14 July 2003]

This movie blew. I thought it was gonna be like Blade but it was notin like it. The whole movie is just these 2 dudes going around and talking to other vampire breeds. Where the hell is the action, the blood?? Please dont see this movie if youre a fan of vampire movies. This one gets 1 vote from me coz its the least i could give it.