The Breed [DVD] [2001] | ![The Breed [DVD] [2001]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51A5Q2T39SL._SL160_.jpg) | Director: Michael Oblowitz
Actors: Adrian Paul, Bokeem Woodbine, Ling Bai, Péter Halász, James Booth
Studio: Uca
Category: DVD
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 33132
Format: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), German (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 87 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5050582122398
ASIN: B0000E3HIR
Theatrical Release Date: July 19, 2001
Release Date: October 13, 2003
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 A wonderful integration of vampires, nazis and germ-warfare April 1, 2003
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This film noire is a tale of vampires. I know what you#8217;re thinking- #8220;original#8221;. Well you could be forgiven for having this view, after-all; this is truly a genre that has been done to #8220;death#8221; (excuse the undead pun). To make this film work it would truly need to be innovative and new; which it is in a big way. Rather than the classic idea of the undead rising for a taste of human flesh, it adds another angle previously unseen in other vampire movies- a scientific one. This revolutionary movie idea portrays the vampires as an evolutionary step-up from humans; that have evolved with super-human attributes. But fans of the classic vampire film need not worry, as this film still has its vampires craving blood, being immune to diseases (most of them anyway), and being resistant to hurt- unless it is fatal or caused by silver bullets.br br NSA agent Steven Grant (Bokeem Woodbine) is reluctantly assigned a new partner after his partner is murdered on a case. He later learns that his partner was murdered by a vampire and as if this isn#8217;t enough, he later learns that his new partner Aaron Grey (Adrian Paul) is a vampire. He is now part of a world he never knew existed; a world where there are creatures so strong that they could kill a man like a helpless kitten, and unfortunately these creatures have reason to; they have a taste for human blood. As he struggles to come to terms with this he is partnered with this cop, who continues his education in the matter; explaining how vampires are misunderstood- being no longer a threat to man, having developed a synthetic substitute for blood. They continue their search for a "renegade" vampire that is attempting to sabotage an as-yet secret co-existence agreement between the humans and the vampires. With heavy political pressure upon the two differing "cops" they must get results and stop the mysterious renegade before irreparable damage is done to human / vampire relations before they begin. It is a race against time, as any wrong move could destroy any chance of integration and lead to a war between the two races#8230;
 The Breed - a personal view. March 19, 2004
J. Glen (Scotland)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
If you want a traditional vampire film, ie lots of gore, heaving bosoms (male and female) then this is not a film for you. If however you want to see an intelligent story well told, that includes a vampiric element then you will enjoy it. This film is multi layered and there is a strong message in it about the problems of demonising a group or race and using them as scapegoats. This is not subtly done and is I suspect, deliberate, the militaristic, even fascist nature of the state in the film is unsettling. The director talks of paying homage to Brazil (the film, not the country) but there is also a strong element of 1984 in it,the state in this story is most definitely watching over everybody. That said the acting is very, very good, Adrian Paul comes across as a cop who happens to be a vampire, but a vampire who has never really come to terms with what he is, why it happened to him and the loss of his family to the Nazis. Bokeem Woodbine is excellent as the cop having to overcome his own prejudices and learn from his mistakes. The action scenes are particularly well done and the look of the film is impressive if a little overdone. The only real problem I have with it is that whilst I enjoyed the story, I felt detached from it at the same time. I wanted to care more about the characters than I actually did, perhaps if there is ever a follow up we could be told more about the protagonists and why they are the way they are.
AN ORIGINAL BUT BLAND VAMPIRE FILM October 27, 2007
stuart (MIDDLESBROUGH, ENGLAND)
br /On the search for missing persons, Steven Grant, (Bokeem Woodbine) stumbles upon a rogue killer, and police officer Aaron Grey, (Adrian Paul) is assigned to help the case. Aaron reveals that he is a vampire, and that there is an alliance between the twp species and are anxious to solve the killings. As they delve into the mystery of the killings, they find a massive conspiracy from Vladimir West, (Zen Gresner) a militant extremist who disapproves of the alliance and strikes out against the two. Using help from fellow vampire Lucy Westenra, (Ling Bai) who wishes to help the cause, they discover a plot to use a deadly virus stolen from the humans and race to stop them from using it.
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br /The Good News: There really isn't a whole lot in here that's all that good, but what's here isn't that bad. The best part of the film is the central premise, which has the vampires and humanity in an effort to co-exist together for the first time, and the way it's done is quite clever. It's not the first time it's been done, but the methods and reasoning are pretty well thought-out, and give it a different twist than most other vampire films. Rather than just being about exterminating the entire society, it's about finding a rogue in the family, and that's not a bad way to go about things. There is a pretty decent action sequence near the end, with a SWAT team launching into a full-fledged shootout at a ship's dockyard. It's nicely handled, as there's tons of guns and stunts involved with all the usual action sequence heroics. There's even a small martial arts sequence involved that's not that bad, and with it taking the time to get everything done and over with rather than just ending abruptly, it's not that bad. The gore is manageable, with a couple of really nice neck-bites, a forehead caved in, a gun barrel impaled in the stomach and out the other side, and lots of bullet-wounds. There's far worse ones than this out there.
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br /The Bad News: There isn't a lot wrong with this one, but they are big ones. Very few films can get away with changing the vampire myth's, and this is no exception. From the start, it's mentioned that the traditional methods of dealing with vampires will not work, and that leaves very little suspense as to how to stop them. To throw away the most recognizable assets as this one does and then not to replace them with anything credible is a major disservice to vampire fans. One of the films biggest problems are it's action sequences, which are poorly staged and uninteresting to watch. It can't be stressed enough how badly the wire-works are in the movie, as they consist mainly of a bunch of vampires flying around on wires and shooting guns in each hand, which was done to much greater effect in a great many other types of film of the sort, and don't really have much of a place in the film, being there mainly to appeal to the crowd who finds it appealing rather than being an artistic choice. That appears most clearly in the dockyard sequence, where the fighting is all done in this manner and it gets very aggravating, even more so when it uses another incredibly common and very unwanted technique, which is the dreaded slow-motion shooting. This only pads out the running time by having a scene take twice as long as normal to finish, and it's not that original when used in the action scenes. All it does is wear the movie out longer, and it's done that way here. The fact that there's only one action scene in the whole movie also means that there's an incredibly amount of talking and investigating going on, and it's not the most thrilling one either. It's all full of clichéd scenes that really have no purpose, and it makes the film a real challenge to get through. All in all, it's not all that great of a vampire film.
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br /The Final Verdict: While by no means one of the best vampire films around, there's enough here to like and loathe about it. The more discriminating vampire fans can find some enjoyment in it if they can over look the fact that it plays around with the mythology, while non fans will be better severed with something else, there's really not a lot for them to enjoy with it.
 A shocking homage to the classic horror genre March 22, 2004
6 out of 13 found this review helpful
The Breed stars Adrian Paul, who is mainly known as Duncan MacLeod from the television series of Highlander and also featured in the TVM Highlander endgame. This should indicate the calibre of movie that the Breed is. It tries to update the vampire genre by introducing what they feel is a slick and modern theme to it. However this is poorly done and its references to both the classic Nosfertau with a character they name Dr Orlock and a reference to what may be Dracula pay little tribute. If I had to place this in a vein of movies, I would suggest if you like the movies of Mortal Kombat and the film by Jet Li and Mel Gibson 'Invincible' this has a similar cinematic feel to it. Watch it if you like an eclectic mix of your cinema, if you value your time though it may be one to skip. There are far better vampire movies. Not meaning to be cruel, but them the breaks.
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