7/10
I enjoyed it pretty much
10 February 2006
Warning: Spoilers
I did enjoy the history they put in this one. I would have liked to delve deeper into the creation of William and Marcus and I love the historical costumes and time period better then modern day. I did dislike them killing off Craven I think he could have been of more use.

I adore Scott Speedman, but how many movies is he going to have to do before he quits being a fledgling. I had hoped he would have learned more of what he could do instead of getting his butt whipped and learning the hard way. But then again in move time it was like the 'next day' where the last film left off.

I do think they showed too much of Kate considering they had a wonderful cast of male actors. I missed Lucian he added a majestic realism to the Lycan. They made them comical and it was sad because wolves are very proud and loyal beast. I didn't see that camaraderie in this one. I would have thought Michael would have been their new Alpha and lead them were Lucian left off, considering the ones that lived in the last one did not try to kill him at the end. It's a shame they drop the ball on aspect.

Marcus was wasted as a man, they kept him a beast too long and shifting into the bat-beast to much; made me feel more like he was a demon then a vampire, even though he was a new hybrid. I would have made Marcus one of the the good guys to help Selene to aid in creating a peaceful new race and allowed Craven to live and have him in control of the old order and to release William thinking he could control him only to find out he was wrong. I think it would have worked out better because Marcus should have been allied with Michael and they'd work towards building peace between the races. After all Michael was a blood descendant of Marcus and William that is why he was able to become a hybrid.

I could understand Marcus hating his Father and wanting him to die for what happened to William, but it wasn't like Marcus had been sleep the entire time his brother was locked up. He created Viktor so why put up with him at all much less allowing him to rule even over him a true born. So to me that made him as weak as his father and he didn't have the right to be angry over what he had set in motion by giving Viktor power.

Well too bad creative options aren't open to fans before the screenplay is written. I would like to see another one, only because I love the concept of Lycans and Vampires. But less blood and gore cause after awhile it numbs you. The only time you need all that blood and gore is when you don't have faith in your own story and characters. It's a form of cinema distraction. As a fantasy writer when you join these to forms creatures it's their dark eloquence that make them unforgettable. Brutality is use only in there need to survive.

Why waste the bullets if what you trying to kill can't be killed that way? Can you say gun overkill.
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