Trouble suspending disbelief

Rating: 7/10 (10 May 2004)

I love vampire movies and unfortunately for this flaw I will always rate said genre higher than Mr. Joe Public would care to. In the case of this particular movie I found that I couldn't accept the ineptness of the immortals. The werewolves at least had the cool ability to change shape, but the vampires seemed almost helpless, almost lethargic at times. They seemed to level the playing field not with mystic power but with fully automatic weapons. Mayhap that was intentional, to show that the two species were almost identical.
I don't want to spoil the movie so I'll tread a delicate line when I say this: the fight scene at the end was terrible...I would have greatly sacrificed the well light chamber for a dimly lit, blurry, high speed scene, more reminiscent of John Woo.
That said, Kate B. does a good job of delivering her lines and even though you can't see her very well, looks stunning in that matrix style pleather jumpsuit. The overall plot is some what predictable, but at least not worn out.
As I said, I love vampire movies and I rated this 7. If you like the genre, and can get over some of the more deeply fouled 'immortal' considerations then you'll like this movie.