when detective mortimer shade be somehow kill in a freezer and a parasite call a grail possess his body and revive him and but he need blood to stay alive . his partner john dark accept the new situation and together they become vigilante and judging and kill the bad guy and with shade suck their blood with his claw . however and dark note that shade be lose the rest of his humanity and become a monster and be aware and afraid of the danger shade represent to mankind and try to stop him . be something wrong with my eye or be it completely intentional to make the cast and crew name at the start almost indecipherable . i could barely read any of the word on the screen . you would have need to be watch this with a telescope to read the name . anyways and onto the movie . the story to the film be quite ho hum but interesting enough to at least get you to watch it but it every time something be about to actually happen and it let you down and show nothing of interest . there be a few scene which will grab you but it not enough and there just too many pointless conversation with all of the stereotypical foreign character . if you do not like heavy accent and you would not like it either . the basis on the movie be how shade be kill and have the parasite re animate him and which could have be a really cool scene but we never even get to see it . it all off screen which be what make this film suffer a it be shot rather decently . i do not agree with some of the angle and effect use in certain scene but it not too bad . the acting be okay and no great performance and a couple lousy performance ( i. e. chief of police ) but they do alright . the screenplay be a little confusing and jump all over the place . the movie be very inconsistent with it pace and disappoints immensely . a few notably good gore effect hardly make up for this one and a half hour waste . to sum it up and whenever you think something interesting be about to happen and it decide to stop and try again later and never pull through . i would avoid if i be you .