Pretty Good

Best movie ever!

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

I liked this movie. I was extremely low budget, with ridiculous effects and poor film quality. And yet, I liked the way it looked. It made it feel even closer to being there. And that is a reason that people watch movies--to be transported.I thought the writing was actually somewhat clever, and I liked the dialog for the most part. There was a lot of slang, which I always enjoy. I didn't think there was ANYTHING wrong with the acting. Some people will probably find it a little wooden or amateurish, but again, I enjoyed it in spite of these perceived shortcomings. I guess for me, it still feels more real than many wide release, big budget movies, because the actors sound more like how people actually talk. My favorite performance was Lila Blake Palmer, who I wish I could see in some other movies.The story was about a vampire trying to get an amulet that would give him limitless powers. He forces his ex-partner, who did time because of him, to get it back from a group of vampire hunters. The one thing I didn't like was what happened to a lot of the characters at the end. I would have liked to see a different resolution. But I liked it enough to seek out other movies by the filmmakers--next I'll watch Zombiez, then Bloodz vs. Wolvez.

This movie hurts the viewer in a unique and special way. Sure, we got some laughs out of it, but honestly, I will never heal. I believe the fight scenes, which somehow make live action video look like stop motion animation, are the undisputed highlight. If you'll notice, on second viewing, right after he gets out of jail Jakeem doesn't even have to look up the number for the hookers - he must have memorized it before his eight (sometimes seven) years in the joint. The video quality is worthy of a Full Moon picture, and the lighting worthy of a karaoke bar.Why is the guy with the BB gun wearing a giant baby suit? Utter misfortune. Weap for us.

I cannot even fathom the words to use to describe the exact level of horrificness of this movie. The script could pass for something produced in a 3rd grade class for "special" kids and the plot is about as creative and interesting as the mound of feces my dog dropped off in the yard about an hour ago. Many of the special effects could have been done better in Microsoft Paint....by a blind idiot. I was in awe of such terrible spectacles, such as the guy who kept licking the blood of a plastic hand; the baseball interrogation scene; the lion-roar-esquire sounds the female vampires made; the blue muzzle flash from the guns; the girl in the wheelchair who seemed to just evaporate at the end leaving nothing behind but blood on the wall which was nothing more than water with red food coloring....seriously. But my personal favorite was the extremely awful "bomb" that consisted of a egg timer,a computer printer cable, and a bar of ivory soap.... what the hell? I can only hope that when I am on my death bed, that god gives me an additional 83 minutes of life to make up for the tragic display I had to witness. The creator should be ashamed of himself as he upset Mariah Carey for creating a worse film than Glitter, which in comparison could pass as Citizen Kane. Do yourself, an society a favor and go to your local video store and ask the man (or woman, for this politically correct world) for all the copies of Vampiyaz, then proceed to toss them into a raging inferno, and to never be viewed again by human eyes. But please remember to recycle the plastic melted goo left over, it should have never been used in such a train wreck of a movie. Christ, this movie made me mad, and it's making me mad right now knowing I took the time to write this review. This movie makes suicide seem like a day of fun. Have a nice day.

*SPOILER ALERT* *SPOILER ALERT*Gangsta vampires. Vampiyaz. Amulets. Gangstas cursing and shooting at each other. Incompetent film-making. That's what "Vampiyaz" is all about. It's a pretty cruddy B-movie that has two elements that stand out: Velociraptor Vampires and a Levitating Wheelchair.The vampires in this movie don't like to sneak up on people. Whenever they decide to attack, they howl like a Velociraptor from "Jurassic Park". Nothing says B-movie like a dino vamp attack. There was one scene at the end which gave me a huge laugh.*SPOILER ALERT*One of the heroines has a bomb strapped to her wheelchair. The main hero is trying to diffuse it. She's nagging him to death while he goes to work. Finally, she lets her secret out. She knows it was him who ran her over and subsequently put her in a wheelchair. The hero looks at her dumbfounded and the bomb goes off. This bomb scene was hilarious. A puff of smoke goes off and her wheelchair goes straight up and levitates. It is the cheapest, most cut-rate explosion scene I have ever seen but it gave me a laughing fit. I rewound that scene about three times. Thank God I found something good in "Vampiyaz".