A few things borrowed...good to see once, never again.

Rating: 6/10 (1 August 2004)

I swear, M.Night must have rented the Brotherhood of the Wolf while writing this film...because several things were concoctions of several aspects of Christophe Gans masterpiece...red cloaks, spikes on the back, claws, secrets...Hell, he could have casted Vincent Cassel as Noah, and he could have called the film "the brotherhood" and given Gans a credit for all the similarities. Now, that said, there is definitely a fair amount of good "original" ideas, and the movie does work, even if only for 15 minutes.

All in all, it's a stark social commentary, and thats all. Not up to the standards that M.Night has set for himself...this movie could have been a ton better if he'd have spent a bit more time on the script.

On the bright side, Hurt was great, Phoneix was good, and Howard definitely has some potential.