Disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (27 May 2009)

For a movie promoted as "Romeo and Juliet with vampires" there is precious little romance to relieve the scenes of slaughter. This movie is well-made, with a great cast, but it's clearly intended for the 14-24 male demographic, with almost nothing to appeal to other audience members. I wanted to like this movie - I'm a fan of Kate Beckinsale and I always like a movie where the women kick ass, but this was too gory and too relentless for me. They threw in some plot toward the end, but by then, I was too bored to care - how many different ways can you show a sharp implement entering a body? I know that's endlessly entertaining for some, but I expected more from this. Just shortening the movie would have helped - 2 full hours of vampires chasing werewolves, and vice versa, is at least 30 minutes more than necessary. Vampires are hot again - by not appealing to a wider audience, these filmmakers missed an opportunity.