Better than I thought and I'm not a monster movie person.

Rating: 8/10 (21 April 2004)

I just saw this at the New York premiere. Stephen said we were the first audience to see the final version and I have to say, it is pretty good. I'm not a monster movie person, generally, but the story and effects were good enough to overcome that. Unlike the Matrix, the effects didn't look like a Playstation game or overdone. There are elements of an Indiana Jones battles Dracula vibe, but not plotwise. There weren't many slow parts as the action seemed to role right along with the story without seeming forced. There is a bit of James Bond technogagetry involved and similarly delivered through a comical character, whose lines throughout the story add a little balance to the monster genre.