It occurs to me that we crush insects beneath our feet, miracles of creation too, beetles, worms, cockroaches, ants, in their various ways.
- J.M. Coetzee

The play would have been better titled DEGENERATES. I was so completely dissapointed – I felt like I paid to watch MTV on stage. I can admit with pleasure that the lead vocals were fabulous and a few of the songs were pretty catchy – BUT the acting was terrible and the forced cursing, sexual inuendos, and the overall irresponsability and ignorance of the characters was deplorable. I spent a great deal of time wondering if it would ever end.

I recieved this as a Christmas gift a few years ago by friends who knew my slight minute itsy bitsy tiny obsession with vampires. I only recently had time to pick it up – and I could NOT put it down! It is really an amazing read with fascinating language, intellectual discussion, historical character, and intriguing fantasy – EXCELLENT!

Definitely the least best of the three. While the action was great – it seems to have been so at the cost of storyline and performance. The plot was extremely underdeveloped and porous (What was going on with the relationship between Bourne and Parsons?) and therefore negligent of character development as well. Bourne himself seemed disconnected from his environment – mechanical and absentminded – which ultimately worked against sympathies. It wasn’t the worst movie I have ever seen, but it certainly wasn’t the best.

I was really quite disappointed in this film. I had expected a little more plot development after two other successful films – but it was not the case. In addition to a flimsy plot, the acting was completely dull. This film seems NOT to have been made with any real artistry but merely with the intent of cashing in on the holiday season (ironically a criticized motif in the film). Don’t wrap this one up for the holidays!

Apparently there is an unrated (or R-rated) version of this film. It was cut down to PG-13 for the US release. Ergo, if I could get my hands on the German version, I would probably be able to revise my skinless review.

How is it that I go about doing that?

It may be called ‘Skinwalkers’ but there is certainly a less than desirable amount of skin in this movie. With sexy mythical werewolves of Indian legend, a potentially serious love triangle, and a lead like Jason Behr (Varek), the expectations for skin, sex, and salvation were pretty high. Unfortunately, this film doesn’t deliver. Instead, the film attempts to crop a fairly complex plot to a 110 minute time span. But 110 minutes is nearly two hours! Exactly. But instead of utilizing the time to capitalize on a more fully developed plot and character scenario, Director James Isaac seems to have preferred scenery and action shots. At the end of an hour and 50 minutes the audience is left with a flimsy story, underdeveloped characters, chemistry deprived relationships, a falling climax, and a loose reconciliation.

But as you’ll notice, I still gave the film three stars. Oh, what a beautiful man can do for you! I ♥ Jason Behr.

Clive Owen is HOT but this movie is NOT.

If at all possible, I highly recommend seeing this production while the character of Glinda is being played by Christina Decicco. She was phenomenal. Indeed, she made the production!

I am actually not quite sure what to make of this film. I had not really approached it with any real expectation but nonetheless found myself unsatisfied at the end. It seemed more like an 84 minute television pilot. I was tempted to pop the non-existent second disc into my dvd player, which, if nothing else, is a testament to the films appeal to interest (or at least that of Mr. Scott).

The plot seems (or seemed) promising – The result of a genetic mutation (found only in males), the Vampires or Brothers as it were, have woven themselves into the fabric of human society in the 300 years following their advent, making up a religious-like institution whose aim is simultaneously to “protect” humans and secure their own future. This peaceful, though fragile, relationship is symbiotic, an exchange of protection for blood, which comes to be threatened by the criminal behavior of a rogue Brother, Edgar (Leo Gregory), whose behavior is more closely associated with the violent Vampires of myth. It is the task of Brother Silas (Dougray Scott), also Edgar’s brother, to capture the rogue Vampire, a task which he is unable to complete successfully without having to include the police, particularly their Captain, Lily (Saffrond Burrows). Unfortunately however, the above proposed plot line was not as clearly demonstrated in the film. It seemed instead fairly choppy and irregularly dispersed, never really coming to fruition or developing any climactic events or resolving elements. I mean, what is the perfect creature? (Other than a Vampire that looks like Dougray Scott, of course.)

The cinematic elements however were creative and interesting, set amidst a blend of futuristic and modern elements in what is presumably a European city in an alternate universe. Even the action was rather satisfactory.

Regardless, the dialogue wasn’t particularly compelling. It also proved less useful in propelling the plot-line, given my confusion at the end. There also seemed a severe lack of character development (especially Edgar), and ultimately a failure to really consummate (yes, consummate) the chemistry between Scott and Burrows.

Apparently Edgar’s character was supposed to have been played by Jonathon Rhys-Meyers, who had to leave the production due to other film commitments, and which frankly, I think was a lost opportunity (Indeed, Rhys-Meyers would have brought the villain much needed sex appeal). The film ends however with some implied vague intent for a sequel (and presumably a better explanation), to which, if such a sequel involves the brooding but beautiful Mr. Scott, I will say, “Yes, Please”.