Good AND Bad -- Here's the skinny:

Rating: Null/10 (20 September 2003)

My film-going buddy and I saw this last night and we really liked it. Just like others said, it's a mix of The Crow, Blade, The Matrix, and The Howling. And, yes, some of the acting is embarrassingly bad. The lead antagonist played by Shane Brolly was awful -- half of the problem was that he insisted on using an American accent. Bill Nighy did the same thing. If both had stuck with their respective native accents (Irish and English) the film would have been much better. Beckinsdale pulled off her best performance thus far, and Scott Speedman actually pulled his own weight as the reluctant hero.
One thing I would add that I haven't seen mentioned is that this film plays like a moving graphic novel. If you are fan of the graphic novel format, you should really like this film. Also, if you think of it in that sense, then all of the other complaints about story, scenery, character development are moot because it does the job at least as well as the best graphic novel.
Here in NYC we payed $11.50 (including Fandango charge) to see this film and we agreed that we would pony up at least as much to see a sequel.

Dr. Dawg (B.A. in Film, Bard College, 1991)