A vacationing kick boxer must rescue his girlfriend from a gang of vampires in Thailand. He finds himself in the middle of a three-way war between the gang, vampire hunters, and a group of vampires trying to rid of the world of their own kind.
Quick Review: Initially, this was set to be a third film in John Carpenter’s Vampires series, but the only similarity left is that all three contain vampires and vampire hunters. How you react to this movie will depend on your expectations. If you are looking for a frightening or gory horror movie, you will be disappointed. If, on the other hand, you want to spend an hour and a half on a mindless martial arts kick boxing movie, this might be the ticket. The action is exciting. It doesn’t offer anything new, but when was the last time a kick boxing movie did?
The cast is filled with beautiful or interesting-looking Asians (or Asian-Americans) with talent a step above what I expect in this kind of film. The weak link is the requisite white guy, Colin Egglesfield. A sub-par actor (as a model, he wasn’t cast for his Shakespearean experience), Egglesfield can be forgiven as he isn’t given much to work with. His character is a kick boxer and that’s all the depth he is given, and since Egglesfield pulls off the fight scenes, what more should I expect? I can’t think of any reason to seek out Vampires: The Turning as it has nothing to make it stand out from the mountain of other low budget martial arts flicks, but if it should pop on your TV, you might want to let it play out. If you’re in the mood for some mindless action, you could do worse.