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Forsaken, The

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35
4.7 User Score:

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Based on 12 critic reviews
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Based on 10 votes
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Horror

Written by: J.S. Cardone

Directed by: J.S. Cardone

Release Date:
Theatrical: April 27, 2001
DVD: September 25, 2001

Running Time: 89 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: R for strong violence/gore, language and sexuality

Starring Kerr Smith, Brendan Fehr, A.J. Buckley, Izabella Miko, and Johnathon Schaech

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)

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

80

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.

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60

LA Weekly F. X. Feeney

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

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50

The New York Times Stephen Holden

Had it exhibited a modicum of restraint, The Forsaken could have been twice as scary.

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50

Variety 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.

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50

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

This flashy fright flick doesn't break any new ground, but puts an attractive gloss on genre conventions.

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38

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Writer-director J.S. Cardone's low-budget mishmash offers precious little in the way of thrills and chills, much less coherent storytelling.

30

Austin Chronicle 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.

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30

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.

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25

New York Daily News 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.

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20

Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector

Its ponderous explanations about why there are vampires in Arizona in the new millennium (blah, blah, blah).

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20

Mr. Showbiz Kristy Martin

The Forsaken discourages one from caring in the least how its breed of vein-tappers came to be, or even what will happen if they take over the world.

16

Entertainment Weekly Bruce Fretts

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

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 4.7 (out of 10) based on 10 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Richard gave it a 3:
Hugely uncreative rip-off of "John Carpenter's Vampires" gets two points for a strangely sick and erotic opening. Other than that, pass.

Valerie Galindo gave it a 10:
I LOVE this movie! I even bought it and I've seen it a million times!

Marc D. gave it a 2:
So much for the Film.com review (above). I should have know that when I rolled into the theater with my two buddies on opening night and we more than doubled the audience size that this was going to be bad. Brendan Fehr ("Roswell") was solid, but the movie wasn't the least bit suspenseful, scary, or even funny. Kerr Smith needs to scurry back to "Dawson's Creek" while he still has a semblance of a career.

Brazil G. gave it a 1:
Congratulations, you have officially beaten "She-Devil" and "Cabin Boy" as the worst movie of all time. Stick around for the first minute, watch the gratuitous naked boobie scene, and sneak into another movie!

Mikey gave it a 2:
If there hadn't been any nudity in this piece of garbage, the evening would have been a total loss. Brendan Fehr was good, but he couldn't save this disaster.

Elle W. gave it a 2:
A copy of "John Carpenter's Vampires" for the high-school boy set. For the classic vampires out in the desert story, see Kathryn Bigelow's "Near Dark," or even "From Dusk Till Dawn."

Paul R. gave it a 10:
Good movie and great acting by Kerr Smith.

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