Benny (Jorge Lendeborg Jr.) is a young wannabe musician who gets a job chauffeuring two hot women (Debby Ryan and Lucy Fry) around the city for the evening. The ladies want to hit five parties in one night, and it’s up to Benny to get them there on time. As it turns out, the gals are actually vampires who are aiming to take out the heads of the five vampire clans so they can run the city.
Night Teeth thinks it’s edgy and hip, but it’s really tired and boring. It takes more than just tinkering with the rules of vampirism to make a good vampire flick. The weakest parts of the film are devoted to the backstory with the various vampire clans which feel overexplained and yet at the same time not fully fleshed out.
The film starts off with potential as the set-up plays kind of like a vampire comedy version of Collateral. Whatever promise the flick had soon gets thrown out the window thanks to the lethargic pacing and weak vampire hunting action (which mostly plays out as an afterthought). The dialogue is often cringe-inducing and all the exposition about “breaking the truce with the humans” will leave you rolling your eyes.
It also hurts that the acting leaves something to be desired. Lendeborg Jr. kind of blends in with the scenery as he never finds a way to make his sheepish character endearing or memorable. The only two recognizable names in this are Sydney Sweeney and Megan Fox who play a pair of vampire queens. They look great in their sexy attire (Sweeney is practically spilling out of her evening gown), but they are unfortunately relegated to extended cameos as they only appear in one scene. While Fry and Ryan are okay as the two mischievous vamps, I can’t help but think how much more fun this would’ve been if Sweeney and Fox had played their roles instead.
Ultimately, Night Teeth lacks bite.
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