you can't kill it, it's already dead

Rating: 6/10 (2 January 2005)

I'm an enormous fan of Hugh Jackman's so I watched this movie. I'm a bit distressed that, besides X-Men, Hugh can't get a blockbuster film deserving of his talent and charisma - which I witnessed first-hand watching him on stage in "Boy From Oz." I have to say up front I'm not a particular fan of the horror film genre and Hugh was my only reason to watch this. Having said that, I think this movie didn't know whether to be funny or serious so it didn't make it as either. It probably would have worked better had it been camped up a lot more.
The movie looks gorgeous and it certainly had some interesting things in it, but I was bored by it. Hugh kissed the leading lady once. Should have been a lot more of that - maybe I would have been more interested.