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The universe is in grave danger when a deadly species of vampire called The Kluduthu kidnap a woman named Aurora in an attempt to turn her into one of them and send her on a mission using her mysterious abilities to assassinate a diplomat, effectively plunging the galaxy into chaos and war; something The Kluduthu relish. Is Aurora really the last of an extinct race of shape-shifting aliens known as the Blood Mask and can she stop The Kluduthu before the set off a galaxy-wide holocaust?
Millennium Crisis is a low budget amalgamation of Murnau’s Nosferatu, Stoker’s Dracula, The Fifth Element and Blade Runner with a little Star Wars thrown in for good measure. In other words, it’s nowhere near original and does nothing to improve upon the concepts it assimilated. The acting wasn’t horrible but none of it stood out; not even Ted Raimi’s presence or performance offered this film a boost. The action was boring, there wasn’t enough real story to be interesting and the editing was garbage. There were, however, some damn good looking women and a brief glimpse of nudity here but nowhere near the amount needed to warrant a second viewing for me.
Ultimately, Millennium Crisis fails to stand on its own two feet because so much of it was cribbed from better, more interesting, films. I suppose, considering the budget, the CG was tolerable but “just okay” CG on a poorly written, poorly edited film ends up coming across more like a cheap band-aid than a bonus.
I can’t honestly say I hated this or anything but I was far from impressed and more than likely won’t be watching this again. I mean, real talk here, if I wanted to watch Dracula or The Fifth Element…I’ll watch Dracula or The Fifth Element. Why bother watching a watered down, low budget knock-off when the real McCoys still deliver?
