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Rating: Null/10 (23 October 2003)

One day has passed since I watched this film. And I can't help wanting to go back and watch it again. But doing so wouldn't give me what I'm looking for. In the movie Reign of Fire, we're given a great movie but with not enough info. I felt the same way watching this. Vampires and Werewolves at war. Great plot, great story, great acting except for Shane Brolly, but I'll get into that later*. The movie starts off pretty well with a one sided story and action within the first 15 min. So far so good. We then go into a drama between the Vampire community. Things aren't looking too well within the ranks and there is a love quarrel going on that's about annoying as hell. The leader Kraven is in love with Selene and she want's nothing to do with him. I'll leave it at that.
Although Selene did seek him out, the two main characters Selene and Corvin are ultimately thrown together and have to try to survive against incredible odds.
Corvin is being hunted by the werewolves for a specific reason and is eventually bitten by one. From then on out he's on the run with only Selene to help and explain things to him.
I just want to get this out of the way, Kate Beckinsale is hot. Ok? A complete change from Pearl Harbor. I thought she looked plain in Pearl Harbor, fantastic in this.
Back to the story. Let's see...
What I expected: Vampire powers for one. No mind rolling, no flying, no mind reading, not even between other vampires, nothing like I expected. Sure they can land on their feet and are pretty strong but none of my favorites were shown in this. The werewolves got to show off more powers than the vampires and all they could do was change shapes. There were more gun fights than actual fights showing off the force of both of these unnatural creatures. If any of you have read as much on vampires as I have you would know that vamps are extremely fast, as well as werewolves. If they were going to show these two fighting they would have to slow the film speed down in order for us to watch it. The way the film showed it they were fighting like a normal human would if he was just really strong. The end battle showed the speed of what I expected from everyone. The fact that the vamps were always running from the werewolves when one got too close was just sad. From what I've read a vampire would be equal in strength in hand to hand combat with a werewolf and would also be able to use his mind power to overcome his adversary.

If you get scared easily and have trouble holding your own in a scary situation, I'd advise you not to watch this.
I just wanted more out of this movie and was just a little bit disappointed at the end.
All in all, I gave it 3 1/2 out of 5.
Also, you know that snippet of sound from the Matrix where the green font is scrolling down the screen and it sounds like violins out of tune? Well they stole it and put it in this...
*Shane Brolly cannot act mad or enraged or anything to this extent. He just sucks at it.
Robbie Gee: I'm glad to see him in another good movie. I first saw him in Snatch and thought he was a good actor. Hope to see more of him like Jason Statham.