the story could have been better, but the special effects were good

Rating: Null/10 (30 August 2004)

(Spoilers Beware)
It's about this gun-toting, bad *ss vampire, Selene, who figures out the lycons are after a human, Michael. She wants to find out why. She finds Michael, but not before he gets bitten by the leader of the werewolves. Then by ways that didn't make much sense, she figures out the head vampire, Lucian, is in some kind of conspiracy with the lycons. So, she wakens the eldest vampire, Victor, to prevent a lychon arising. Along the way she falls for Michael but that part was badly written because nothing ever happens between them that would make you think they like each other. And it's forbidden for a vampire and lycon to be together, like Romeo and Juliet, and there is a subplot behind Victor having killed his daughter for loving a lychon and killing Selene's family. It starts turning into a soap opera. Along the way, there are several battles between vampires and lychons. The lychons look real. Then, they through in this part about Michael being a descendant of the cursed blood line. If bitten by a vampire and lycon, people die; but Michael's blood can handle both viruses. So, Selene ends up biting him and he turns into this ugly monster. Then there is the final duel between Victor and Selene/Michael.
This movie didn't have a good soundtrack and it blatantly rips off a lot of films like Matrix, Terminater 2 ( with the lycon jumping on top of the car) to name a couple. And the guy that played head vampire, Lucian, was a terrible actor. He overacted every line and sounded ridiculous. None of the actors were too good. Kate Beckinsale was bland on screen and now we know why Scot Speedman is just known for being on Felicity.
FINAL VERDICT: If you like movies with guns and good special effects, then I recommend it. But it isn't original.