a visual treat

Rating: 10/10 (1 June 2004)

this is a film for huge monster horror fans and stylish direction. len wiseman constantly uses clever angles and camera shifts, and this at times felt like a big music video. not that that's a bad thing. i was enjoying the whole film, not just because i'm a huge vampires and werewolves guy, but this one is very entertaining. i also dig the monochromatic, black and blue look in some scenes. it feels very Gothic. some locations are quite picture-perfect, like the fight scene between corwin and victor, where i the background has a lot of fine-looking elements (i never thought rubble could look beautiful!). i was most impressed with how the hallucinations that show how the lycan/vampire war started. the images were sweet and sharp! i think i won't get tired of watching this again and again.