Bloodsuckers
Saturday, July 30
By Alynda Wheat
Entertainment Weekly
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BLOODSUCKERS (Sci Fi Channel, TV-14-DLSV) The year is 2210, and
the galaxy is overrun with Nosferatus. A vampire-sanitation crew
led by "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman's" Joe Lando and
Jake Gyllenhaal-lite Dominic Zamprogna hunts the titular "fangheads," while
a cult of sympathizers schemes against them. It's a movie about
the virtues of loyalty, recklessness, and tantric vampire sex.
And despite the use of "We're in their blind spot" as
a reason for why our heroes' spaceship goes undetected, dialogue
like "You can kiss my assertiveness," and brief appearances
by two DeLuise brothers, it's a slicker-than-usual Sci Fi original.
Credit Lando's conviction and Michael Ironside's cameo as a bloodsucker
with half a brain. We like a cheesy cast. We love it when the
Velveeta can actually act. -- Mandi Bierly
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