With Steve and Darren on two different sides of the battle, were all set for the final showdown.
The film is, even by adaptations-of-books-aimed-at-young-adults standards, ridiculous!
Its let down by shoddy special effects, a plodding script and some dire acting.
As a film obviously aimed at a younger audience, it lacks the fantastic sense of awe ofHarry Potter.
As a vampire film, it lacks the sense of teenage faux maturity ofTwilight.
It suffers from an almost Disney-esque impression of teenagers, weirdness and horror.
If theres one good thing about the movie, its the picture quality.
Its often over 32Mbps and looks generally clean and vividly colourful.
The DTS 5.1 audio is equally impressive, with action sequences utilising the full surround sound.
If you liked the earlyHarry Potterfilms, youll probably find this passes a couple of hours.
If you watch this expecting aTwilight-like experience, youll be disappointed.
Younger children might like it, older teenagers will probably find it too sugary sweet.
Extras
Its coming to something where the extras actually made better viewing than the film itself.
Cirque Du Freak, however, manages it!
Theres more background for Steven and Evra gets more opportunities for sarcasm.
Theyre presented in standard definition.
Guide to Becoming a Vampire is a 20 minute making of in three parts and presented in high definition.
Also covered are the filming and location work and the casting and makeup/prosthetic process.
Considering the audience for this film, its actually quite an interesting, in-depth featurette.
U-Control offers picture-in-picture commentary from cast and crew and behind-the-scenes footage.
As with all the other extras, its worth watching, offering lots of detail.
Particularly worth watching is the footage of the spider chase.
Theres also a feature called Ticker, which causes a news ticker to appear on screen.
Rating:
2 out of 5
