Flawed, but still loved it

Rating: 9/10 (10 May 2004)

Okay, this movie is no intelligent piece of cinema. It's mindless entertainment, pure and simple. The action sequences are okay, maybe a tad cliche. The CG is decent, again not groundbreaking but not hideously bad either. It is a movie that makes no pretense of taking itself seriously. At times, that goes so far some scenes even feel like a spoof. There are some cringe-worthy moments, like the ending; and the vampires are sometimes so stupid that makes me wonder how they could have survived for so long...

But for all its shortcomings, I thought the movie was great. It's just so funny. I laughed so much; I even applauded after one of Anna's lines near the end. Plus, David Wenham's character Carl is absolutely hilarious; his 'Q spoofs' moments are just so totally precious. For me, he stole the show.
I had a lot of fun watching the movie, and that's enough for me to call it 'good'. I won't mind watching it again; and I'd definitely buy the DVD when it comes out.