Help! I need someone! Help! I need someone who will stop making these awful sexy-so-cool-vampire-movies about blood lust and deadly evil stuff that's just not there!

Rating: 5/10 (23 January 2006)

So, if my summary is so angry sounding, why do I give this movie a 5? Simple, because even though I am (obviously) no fan of neo-vampire lore (that means vampire lore that constitutes freaky cult-followers who actually want to be vampires and think that sucking the blood of others and having teeth like knives are cool)this movie kept me watching. Despite the plot that sounds incredibly stupid when you say it out loud to someone-"Oh yeah, it's a movie about vampire and werewolves locked in empire species survival and war"-it is presented with an incredible flair and elegance that is rare in neo-vampire lore.
Beckinsdale is perfect as Selene, and if she had not been so good with the part, the movie would have gone from being another blood-filled vampire action flick to just down right painful to watch. Thank goodness for her acting skills.
The hybrid werewolf-vampire, Speedman, was also a high for me in the film. A nice change from common dark-too-overly-made-sexy lore to a way cool, out of the blue weird creature that just kicks you in the gut and forces you to go, "Damn, that's cool..." On the scale of all around movie quality: 5 On the scale of all vampire-action-flick quality: 9