utter tripe

Rating: 1/10 (6 August 2004)

Don't get me wrong, I love a good action movie with lots of cool weapons, stunts and unexpected twists, but... ....this was another of these movies that should never have been made. It seems like I was watching a 2 hour trailer for an ego-shooter. All the authors of the original monster-literature (Frankenstein, Dracula, Dr. Jeckyl & Mr. Hyde, Werewolf, ... ) must be turning in their graves. The movie butchered them all for some cheap visual effects (and when I say cheap, I mean CHEAP). The computer graphics were thoroughly unconvincing - partially even worse than in 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'. Plot and Character-development were next to non-existent. When the heroine dies there was not one tear in the house - nobody cared. The character was just developed that badly. The end fight was totally anti-climatic. The plot as illogical and contradictory as it can get (and I am not including monsters and vampire-hunters into 'illogical'). The stunts? Totally unbelievable (yeah... right, we fight in high heeled boots, jump all over the place and land after a 50 foot drop on our feet..uh huh). Jackman does his wolverine-shtick. Nothing new there. The comedic-sidekick didn't have one line that wasn't totally lame. Who wrote this stuff?
Oh yeah, speaking of comedic sidekick. The movie was so full of cliches that it hurt. Right down to the hero and his pal riding off into the sunset. I would have almost blown chunks at that point. The 'story' seemed ripped from a book called 'how to write a movie plot in 5 minutes'. Boooooring.
What is there left to say? Normally when I don't like a movie I at least tell people to go watch it on DVD and make up their own mind. But if you do it with this flick, then all I have to say is: It's your money - you can decide how you waste it.
Rating 1/10 (i.e. I want my money back!)