Remarkably Excellent.

Rating: 10/10 (11 February 2004)

Forget the fact that it doesn't adhere to the Vampire and Werewolf legends. Who cares, really.. They could have evolved from then on. And for whoever said that it was disgusting that Vamps and Lycans could run only as fast as normal humans, must be insane not to have seen the scene where Lucian ran as fast as the car, then jumped atop it.
This is an excellent movie, and if those complainers out there just forgot that it had anything to do with traditional Vamps and werewolves, then they'd seriously enjoy this. Now, I was not a horror fan, in fact, I have always been quite intimidated by the blood, gore, and that kind of stuff in horror movies.. Well, this one is definitely a horror, but I wasn't the least bit scared through-out the entire, bloody thing. Being a mere recently-turned-13-12-year-old, the video store owner was a bit apprehensive of renting me an R-rated movie, so I don't know about younger audiences and such.
Great acting. It blew me away how well Kate Beckinsale, Michael Sheen, and all of them, in fact acted.. The only actor I lament being used, is Speedman. It's either him who's annoying, or his character. I think they could have cast Michael better, 'cause I see absolutely no way that anyone like Selene could ever fall in love with him.. And the romance is quite non-existant, I find.. All it is really, is Selene sort of kissing him, mainly to cuff him to that chair.
And I absolutely love the setting, the long coats, and the double-pistol shoot-out with Selene... Totally awesome. There is little about it that really resembles The Matrix, I find, another great movie. Maybe the leather, and the action-sequence style, but other than that, I can't wait for the sequel, and the 3rd to come out!
10/10 No regrets.