Search - Forsaken [Widescreen/Fullscreen] on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Graphic Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 2001 DVD Release: 09/25/2001 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Korean, Spanish, Thai SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 30 mins Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Members Wishing: 2 Genres: Horror, Road Movie See Also: Forsaken [Widescreen]

Genre writer/director J.S. Cardone crafts his own history of the vampire legend in this teen horror outing that takes place primarily in desert locations, à la Near Dark (1987) and Vampires (1998). Sean (Kerr Smith) is traveling across the desert to attend his sister's wedding when he picks up an unusual hitchhiker, Nick (Brendan Fehr). A vampire hunter, Nick soon has Sean embroiled in a battle between himself and a band of the undead creatures led by Kit (Johnathon Schaech). Caught in the middle of the supernatural shenanigans with Sean is Megan (Izabella Miko), who had been nearly turned into a vampire herself by Kit and his followers. Sean and Megan develop a romantic attachment, which encounters a further obstacle when Sean is infected with the vampire virus; only Kit's death can prevent Sean from permanently becoming one of the nosferatu. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Kerr Smith - Sean
Brendan Fehr - Nick
Izabella Miko - Megan
Phina Oruche - Cym
Simon Rex - Pen
Johnathon Schaech - Kit

Although it arguably lacks the bite of other vampire horror movies, director J.S. Cardone's The Forsaken is at least an intriguing mix of MTV-styled glamour and a cross-pollination of a road trip movie with the horror genre. In other words, think Badlands (1973) meets The Lost Boys (1987) with a little of John Carpenter's Vampires (1998) thrown in for good measure. Columbia TriStar Home Video's DVD release comes with a director's commentary track, three brief deleted scenes (which are fairly interesting), two lackluster promos billed as "documentaries" (one focusing on the Mercedes which is prominently featured in the movie, the other on co-star Brendan Fehr), and a host of trailers. The commentary track starts off relatively interesting with Cardone giving the listener an insight into the filming of what is considered a low-budget studio picture, though his track eventually grinds to a crawl about halfway through as he seems to lose interest. Cardone talks about some of the problems making a vampire picture when one does not want to pigeonhole the movie as one (you never see fangs in the movie), and he also elaborates on some of the movie's striking visual "flash-cutting" editing technique. The commentary track is good when Cardone offers up those kind of production anecdotes, but when he rests on simply talking about what is occurring onscreen, the track grows dull. =The Forsaken looks great -- colors are strong and balanced throughout -- and the disc's soundtracks are bold and filled with plenty of effective channel separations. The disc has been given a Dolby Digital 5.1 English track, a two-channel Surround English track, and a French language track. Multiple subtitle options are also offered. ~ Derek Hill, All Movie Guide