Pointless!

Rating: 3/10 (26 February 2006)

There was only one thing in this movie that saved it from being an almighty disaster - the special effects. They really are quite impressive. The plot doesn't seem to have any direction though and it's all over the place....a lot of parts in the movie should have been consigned to the "deleted scenes" section. It started out as a very serious and dark supernatural horror flick then turned into some big yawn horror-comedy. Even more tragic is the fact that it's one long anti-tobacco advert! The acting was pretty good - can't blame the actors for how lackluster the movie turned out - that ought to be reserved entirely for the scriptwriter and the director/producer. Reeves and Weisz are brilliant together. The romantic undertone to the pairing didn't match the mood of the film at all. In all, i've seen worse but this was one that could have had cult appeal if it had been done right.