bad gone lazy

Rating: Null/10 (20 September 2003)

Controversy and lawyer bait aside, this film pulls on every cliche in the books and fails to bring anything new to the genre. Beckinsales' character is hopeless as the poor little rich assasin. Even before the 'revelation' about her hatred for lycans (?) comes out, a seasoned cornball junky will see the scene coming and probably even guess the words - never mind the 'twist' at the end.
Wolf effects are good, vamps seem to be portrayed as gun totting goths with huge clothing budgets - nothing new or imaginative is added to one of the most intriguing horror characters in history. This is a real lame duck. If it wasn't for Kates paint on togs, I'd have walked. badbadbad. And the brainless voiceover - sweet mercy...