Vampire Effect (Chin gei bin) (The Twins Effect)

Vampire Effect (2003)

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A powerful, age-old bloodsucker attempts to gather the blood essence that will enable him to walk in daylight -- and the only thing standing between his success and the forthcoming age of darkness is a trio of skilled vampire slayers in director Dante Lam's The Twins Effect. Top agent Reeve… More

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Mar 8, 2003 Wide
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Steve Biodrowski, Cinefantastique

    The martial arts action is frequently fun to watch...but these good bits and pieces are stitched together by means of a screenplay that is unusually incoherent, even by the diminished standards of dumb action movies.

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  • Lanning :


    Can't say much about the story here; doesn't make a whole lot of sense. But this is, well, charming. Yes, it's a charming vampire movie, and Jackie Chan adds just the right kind of humor to the whole project. He, too, is his usual charming self.

  • xGary X


    A pair of vampire hunters team up with vampire prince to thwart the plans of an evil Euro-vamp bent on unlocking the secret of vampire immortality in this hybrid of Asian style chop socky mayhem and western vampire mythology. The problem with a lot of vampire films is that they tend… More

  • Alexander W


    Cool occult vampire movie squezzed into a special effects extraordinaire

  • Dean M


    Japanese pop stars are all that stands between humanity and a powerful vampire. It's closer to <i>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</i> than a serious horror flick, though fast-paced enough to be enjoyable. Jackie Chan's picture on the box art is justified by a 10-minute… More

  • Sanjaya &


    Cool... One of the best asian movie ever made!!!

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