Even if a movie is dramatic with an edgy idea and shot on one handheld
camera, it may not be classified as Indie. This is especially true when
the score and action sequences are reminiscent of every B-Movie made
this millennium.
In this state of limbo, one can find "Night Junkies", a movie that is the vampiric attempt to address the concept of addiction.
Now Ruby is a reluctant vampire, but since this is merely an addiction,
she sets out to conquer it. Vincent is reluctant of going cold turkey,
and when the strip club owner and a wannabe Jack the Ripper are on her
tail, having those undead powers may come in handy. It may be more
important for Vincent and Ruby to accept what they are at least until no
one wants to take vengeance upon them.
There are a lot of great concept introduced in Night Junkies and
even the occasionally well written scene, but otherwise the film makes
one want to take up an opiate to sit through it. By no means is this a
great vampire movie, and since it cannot be that, the addiction
storyline fails. Wretched editing and transitional effects that seem to
be poor knock offs of those from Highlander: The Series makes it a total mess of a picture. It is honestly a rare thing for me to admit, but Night Junkies is a movie that fails on every level.
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