Dark Angels 2: Bloodline
Studio: New Sensations
Director: Nic Andrews
Cast: Sunny Lane, Barrett Blade, Dillon, Monica Mayhem, Evan Stone, Destiny Deville, Karina Kay, August, Kirsten Price, David Crawford, Tommy Gunn, Tyler Durden, Ron Jeremy, Chris Webber.
Dark Angels 2 disappoints in just the place I expected it wouldn't, but is a solid contender everywhere else.
This vampire hunter sequel attempts to get out of Sunny Lane's way, but keeps crashing into her like its climactic and much-ballyhooed SUV rollover scene. Barrett Blade, as musclebound ex-LA cop and bane of the undead Jack Cross, appears more ripped as the movie progresses, probably hitting the weights between scenes out of frustration that Lane delivers lines like the blood is slowly draining from her.
At one point Blade, who carries the movie, observes that Lane looks tired. I'm sure that was improvised.
Lane is beautiful and virginal, picture-perfect as the innocent vessel of the "pure" blood a team of vampires crave, but though she has ample opportunity to just act - even a little - she keeps blowing it. Only a skinned-knee sex scene atop a dusty Mustang allows Lane to redeem this performance.
With a budget big enough for helicopter shots and porn-specific and not-overindulgent cinematography, director Nic Andrews doesn't squander the talent of his female cast, especially supporting players like Monica Mayhem and Karina Kay, who each deliver spectacularly in the small amount of screen time they're given.
Saddled with lines like, "Our existence is what we are," Dillon as vampire boss Draken has a tough time in a performance that doesn't allow for much variety. Even sidekick Evan Stone doesn't get to shine (he does get to fuck Mayhem, so don't feel bad for him). Tyler Durden as Lane's loser boyfriend also gets to chew a little scenery as a louse.
Evan Stone and Monica Mayhem have vampire sex, but his cum is normal. This defies my knowledge of vampire lore that I spent so much time attaining during my CSUN Associates program.
From a hype:payoff standpoint, however, Dark Angels 2 delivers the best bang of the year. Though there are no exemplary sex scenes, each looks good. Though the effects are a little tacky, they are not spectacularly so. It doesn't forget it's a porn movie, but it does forget, and often, that top-billed female talent should be right for the role. Lane was miscast.
Comparisons to Catherine and Pirates are numerous (there are skeletons, for example), but I'll save those for later.
The ending leaves room for a sequel, but until then, remember that "the world you live in is a sugar-coated topping. The real world - the world underneath - is a world of chaos, darkness, and vampires."
posted by Gram the Man
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12/09/2005 
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