Like Dr Who but more pretentious

Rating: 4/10 (13 November 2007)

It looks quite good, but where the content should be there is just pretentious nonsense. It's all rather like an extended version of Dr Who but with less humour and with added swearing and violence.
I thought Natalie Portman was good, and her English accent was convincing. Hugo Weaving was badly handicapped by the mask, and he basically sounded as if he were narrating a children's story to be sold on CD.
There were some Americanisms that jarred in the British setting, such as 'protest something' for 'protest AGAINST something' and the pronunciation 'levver' for 'lever' (which is pronounced like 'leaver' in British English).
It would be suitable for children and young teenagers if it weren't for some of the content and language. For adults it is a bit too childish in my opinion -- so it ends up as suitable for nobody.