Stake Land

STAKE LAND (2010) - Sept. 19, 2010
A really well made film about a grizzled vampire hunter in a post-apocalyptic America who takes a young man under his wing and attempts to travel to "New Eden," a place which is supposedly vampire free.  This is a post-apocalyptic film refreshingly devoid of the typically desaturated colours and visual style that has essentially become the standard in this genre; the cinematography here is actually quite striking.  There are also some really tense moments here and some great action, all of which works as well as it does because the film does such a great job of developing the characters and getting us to care about them.  ***1/2