Fun to watch India Eisley develop as an actress.

Rating: Null/10 (22 May 2012)

There is a TV show, "The Secret Life of the American Teenager" running for 4 years now and India Eisley plays the little sister of the main character Amy. I don't watch it anymore but from the first episode she was in I couldn't take my eyes off her any time she was in the scene. She has a natural acting style and a particular look that captures the camera and doesn't let it go. So it was nice to see her here, in something totally different, as the lab-created daughter of Selene. And she even uses a type of British accent.
As I watched the movie I found myself wondering if many fans actually watch it for the story, or for the characters and the action. There is lots of action, and much of it is the bloody, gory type. Kate Beckinsale of course is back as Selene. There is some sort of ongoing battle between the Vampires and the Lycans who change into these beasts that look to be the size of a large great ape. Selene has her hands full fighting them.
In this story Selene and Michael are wounded, jump in the water, and a type of explosive device is set off. Next thing we know she is encased in a frozen state in the lab of Stephen Rea as Dr. Jacob Lane of Antigen Corporation. When she breaks out she thinks a day has passed but it in fact was 12 years. She finds out during that time she has been given a daughter and much of the rest of the movie has her fighting to retrieve her daughter that has been captured and brought to a hidden location.
That daughter is India Eisley as Eve . She doesn't have a large part, but an important one, and her short time on-screen is very effective. I look for her to break out into bigger roles, as she is still a teenager.
I can take or leave this sort of movie, although Beckinsale is terrific as Selene. I did particularly enjoy one scene near the end when she is fighting the strongest and baddest of the Lycans, we see her reach into his abdomen then withdraw her hand. He says "You know I will heal right away." She responds, "I am counting on it", then we see she is holding the pin from a grenade which now is sealed inside him. As she ducks around a corner there is a big explosion and bits of flesh flying through the air.
Camp.