NOTE: Sequel to John Carpenter's Vampires (1998).Los Muertos picks up after the vampires went south into Mexico and Father Guiteau stashed the Bersiercross in a monastery. Vampire hunter Derek Bliss [Jon Bon Jovi] has been commissioned to seek and destroysome vampires in northern Mexico before they can move north to San Diegoand other places in the U.S. The only problem is that the unnamed clientwants to hire a team, not someone working solo. Getting together a team isa bit difficult for Derek because everyone on Chief Brody's recommendedlist keeps turning up dead. Father Guiteau, who was a member of theoriginal team lead by Jack Crow, died last month. All the priests at themonastery where he moved the Bersier cross were killed by vampires only aday or two after Derek came looking for Guiteau.Eventually, Derek manages to put together a team, unlikely as it is.It consists of Zoey [Natasha Wagner] (a woman he met in a diner who was bitten by a vampirebut who has been able to keep the turning in remission by taking someanti-HIV pills she got in Mexico City), Father Rodrigo[Cristian de la Fuente] (the only priestwho escaped the massacre at the monastery), Sancho [Diego Luna] (a 15-year old boy whoaccompanied Derek on a vampire hunt and who found that he had a penchantfor it), and Ray Collins [Darius McCrary] (a tall, muscular, black, ex-military, "tough asnails" guy recruited in Memphis by Brody). To help with the hunt, Rodrigooffers Derek the use of Guiteau's vampire-hunting bus, which is outfittedwith all the winches and gizmos that are needed to hunt vampires (or"suckers," as the team calls them).The attack on the monastery, Rodrigo explains, was led by the newfemale master Una [Arly Jover] in order to getback the Bersier cross. It looks like she intends to again perform theritual which the suckers believe will allow them to walk during the day.After meeting up with Collins in Nogales, they cross over into Mexico.Zoey, due to her blood connection with the vampires, has a vision of Unaperforming the ceremony, but it doesn't seem to have worked. The sun stillhurts her. Given a map of Mexico, Zoey is able to pinpoint where shethinks the bloodsuckers are hiding...someplace called Salina, near someold Toltec ruins. They stop for the night to sleep, but Collins is gettingclaustrophobic in the little bus and chooses to sleep outside. During thenight, he is, unknown to anyone, bitten by Una. The next day is spentdriving further into Mexico. They know that they are getting close whenthey stop for gas and cold drinks and find that everyone in the diner hasbeen slaughtered.The next morning, they near Salina. Rather than going directly to theruins, they stop in Salina where the residents are celebrating the Day ofthe Dead ("Los muertos" means "the dead"). When Zoey goes to take hermeds, she finds them missing and says that she must go immediately toMexico City. Actually, Una has them, and she's downed every last one. Thisgives Una the ability, albeit it temporary, to move about during daylight,and she uses that opportunity to find and kidnap Zoey. Rodrigo puts 2+2together and concludes that Una took Zoey's meds. But the only ones whohad access to them were the rest of the team, so Derek holds them all atgunpoint, trying to find the culprit. Turns out that it was Collins, whois shot by an old man they just met that morning in Salina. With his dyingbreath, Collins reveals that the client who hired them is none other thanUna.Although they now know that this entire vampire hunt is a set-up, theremaining team members plus the old man, filling in for Collins, go to theruins to rescue Zoey. Zoey has fallen into a deep shaft and needs to belifted out. Derek tosses her a rope, telling the old man to stay farenough behind him to watch his back while still keeping his eye on Rodrigoand Sancho, who are closer to the exit. While they are so separated, Unaattacks Derek. Just as she's about to bite his neck, Fr Rodrigo offers Unaa deal. Let his friends go, and he'll offer himself, as a priest, toperform the ceremony. In addition, he points out, he is also a hunter--twoof the necessary elements of the ritual. Una agrees.Rodrigo stays with Una while the others go to a clinic where Zoey istransfused with blood while her infected blood is removed in hopes thatthis will slow her turning. Then Derek gets a brainstorm. He asks thenurse to transfuse Zoey's tainted blood into him so that he can slow hisheartbeat and infiltrate the vampires without being noticed.As the sun sets, the team goes back to the ruins where the ritual istaking place. Una has slit Rodrigo's leg and drunk a cup of his blood whenRodrigo mentions that the ritual won't work because he was merely a hiredhand at the monastery, not a priest at all. Ha ha, fooled you! Derek,whose plan to lurk is working, shoots several suckers, saves Rodrigo frombeing burned alive, and fires an arrow through Una. Unfortunately, thewinch is on the fritz, and they can't pull her out into the sun.So, theyfix the winch and go back into the ruins. Sancho ropes Una, Una grabsDerek, Zoey pulls both Una and Derek out into the sun, Derek shoots offUna's head, and Una burns up. [I wonder whether they'll get paid now thatthey've killed their client?]Epilogue: Rodrigo stays in Salina, Sancho is sent home to his mother, and Derekand Zoey drive off together into the sunset, headed for Mexico City, asthey are both in need of those meds. [Original synopsis by bj_kuehl]