Steven Seagal Gets Some Vampire Action in ‘Against the Dark’

Posted by Rob Hunter (rob@filmschoolrejects.com) on December 1, 2008

The odds are Steven Seagal doesn’t actually fall in love with a hot, brooding, highly-moussed vampire in his new movie, Against the Dark, but it would be fun to watch. Instead, ShockTillYouDrop reports the movie will most likely follow the exciting synopsis below.

Katana master Tao (Steven Seagal) leads a special ops squad of ex-military vigilantes on a massacre mission, their target: vampires. On the post-apocalyptic globe, sucked dry by bloodthirsty vampires, a few remaining survivors are trapped in an infected hospital. Tao is their only hope and he knows the only cure is execution. Now it’s time for the last stand against the flesh-eating vampires and there’s nothing left to lose but the last of humanity.”

They had me at “Katana master Tao.” Sounds like a mash-up of Blade and John Carpenter’s Vampires, and may actually be worth a drunken viewing even with Seagal attached. The movie is cinematographer Richard Crudo’s directorial debut. And since when do vampires eat flesh? Is Seagal pulling a Twilight and messing with the vampire mythology?

Seagal continues to be a busy man. In addition to Against the Dark, he has two other films in various stages of production, Ruslan and The Keeper. Seagal also recently announced his presence in a new reality TV series called “Steven Seagal: Lawman.” The show will follow his “adventures as a fully-commissioned deputy with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana.” Sweet. Against the Dark should be arriving on DVD sometime next year.

What’s the last Steven Seagal movie you actually watched? Would it surprise you that he’s made 33 movies since debuting in the awesome Above the Law?

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CoryBouffard

Thank God, finally we get a vampire movie that makes some real sense! A chubby, pony-tailed rube with intense military special forces training gets his old crew together (who for some reason are the only few remaining humans, probably due to their special forceness) to kill vampiric zombies! (Zompires?)

I wonder who will makeup the squad...hmm

Of course, there will be a demolitions expert. He'll have a short fuse (get it?) and probably wear an eye patch. Gary Busey.
Then there's the rookie, probably a minority. He'll have nothing to lose and work this into multiple horrid lines of dialogue throughout the movie. A rapper most likely.
Second in command will probably be the mysterious foreigner, some contract merc who joined the squad to add his international relations expertise. He'll at times appear to seem untrustworthy, but he'll prove his mettle by saving Chubster's life in a back-to-back nunchuk battle with the Zompires. Jean Reno.
And for sex appeal, we'll throw in Milla Jovovich or Michelle Rodriguez (they even have prior zombie experience!)

David G

Yeah Seagal !!!!! Break some blood-sucker necks!!!! Wait...whats he squinting for? Its dark at night.

CoryBouffard

Now at least I have a fall back in case being unemployed doesn't work out

Alericc

SImply erase the Chubster out of the movie and pick a better lead you might have a viable franchise. lol

Rob_Hunter

Cory, if I ran a movie studio I'd hire you on the spot. I wouldn't option your screenplay pitch of course, but you'd be the Executive VP in charge of making me laugh my ass off. Thank you.

Cole_Abaius

Exec.VP is Charge of Making Rob Laugh His Ass Off actually pays more. Congrats.

Steven Seagal Gets Some Vampire Action in ‘Against the Dark’

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