The Forsaken (film)
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| Directed by | J. S. Cardone |
| Produced by | Scott Einbinder Carol Kottenbrook |
| Written by | J. S. Cardone |
| Starring |
Kerr Smith Brendan Fehr Izabella Miko |
| Music by |
Tim Jones Johnny Lee Schell Kid Rock Nickelback |
| Cinematography | Steven Bernstein |
| Edited by | Norman Buckley |
| Distributed by |
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Screen Gems |
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Running time
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90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million |
| Box office | $8,704,851 |
The Forsaken is a 2001 American horror film written and directed by J. S. Cardone, and starring Kerr Smith, Brendan Fehr, Izabella Miko, and Jonathan Schaech. The film follows a young film editor on a cross-country trip who comes across a hitchhiker and a disoriented young woman in the Arizona desert who are connected to a cult of vampires.
Sean (Kerr Smith) is driving cross country to his sister's wedding when he picks up Nick (Brendan Fehr), a hitchhiker who happens to be a vampire hunter hunting a group of vampires led by Kit (Johnathon Schaech), one of the Forsaken; a group of French Knights of the First Crusade who made a pact with the fallen angel Abaddon to live forever. There were nine knights: eight were turned into vampires and became known as the Forsaken; the ninth was a sacrifice to Abaddon to seal the pact. Of the eight, four are dead, one is in Europe, one in Africa, and two in the United States (including the one Nick is tracking, Kit). Nick was bitten and "infected" by a vampire but, thanks to an antiviral drug cocktail, the vampire "virus" is kept at bay. Each of the Forsaken carry a unique strain of vampirism and killing the Forsaken kills the entire bloodline; killing all the vampires descended from it, and stopping anyone just bitten from turning, which is why Nick is hunting this particular Forsaken. He believes him to be the one that his bloodline is descended from and that if he kills him, he will be cured before he turns (as the drug cocktail eventually will lose effect). At first Sean is less than willing to indulge his new acquaintance, but then they find Megan (Izabella Miko), a girl Sean finds he is attracted to, bitten and left for dead by the vampires. Nick also proves he is telling the truth by killing a vampire, Teddy (Alexis Thorpe), by exposure to sunlight.
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