Why watch this film?

Rating: 9/10 (12 February 2004)

Too many people have made inconclusive parallels between this movie and films like blade and the matrix. Yes, it has fighting and shiny PVC, vampires and action a plenty - it also has an interesting storyline and some emotive acting. Films such as Equilibrium also seem to suffer with too many comparisons being raised and in doing so viewers miss the point of the movie itself. Watch this movie with an open mind and I am very sure that the tension, action, excitement and the rather attractive Kate Beckinsale leaping around in her skin tight PVC will change your mind and allow you to enjoy one of the more underrated movies of 2003.