great concept- see the trailer instead

Rating: 10/10 (20 September 2003)

Not bad for a female Blade movie. plot is not as light as it appears and has some interesting premises (eg. the fighting cousins concept, slaves vs masters). Lotsa guns, action sequences well done but few in number (hence the trailer is the best part about it) and the movie has an overachieving low budget feel (a la Equilibrium) rather than the cinematic opulance of Matrix for example. Beckinsale combines fragility with a lethal attitute, not a bad action heroine start. The love interest guy was very dull, didn't portray an MD type convincingly, and Kraven was a whining muskrat of a vampire, so much so that I was laughing at all his line deliveries by the end. The vampires were very effete creatures and it was a wonder how they could ever lord it over their lower class brethren, especially with the day disadvantage (the only classical vampire weakness brought up in the movie). Overall, the movie is pretty cool and as flashy as the fake silvery 'silver nitrate' the vampires used...don't know if it's cool enough to be pre-wired for a sequel though.