A good movie

Since it was the last movie directed by Guillermo del Toro which I hadn't seen yet, I was of course really eager to check it out. Later on, I also discovered that it was, at the time, the most expensive movie ever made in Mexico which is quite surprising since it was del Toro's first directing feature. Well, to be honest, like most of the movies made by this director, even though I thought it was quite intriguing, it never really blew me away though. Still, as usual, with del Toro, the whole thing looked really neat, especially the diabolical device itself. The story was also quite intriguing, some very dark tale mixing some vampire and zombie ingredients all together. However, some elements did bother me. Indeed, the pacing was pretty sluggish and, in my opinion, the characters were rather poorly developped. On top of that, the constant mix of Spanish and English languages was rather distracting (I did buy a very cheap 2nd hand dvd so maybe the dubbing might have been messed up). I don't know, it remains a very interesting feature but like all the other movies directed by del Toro, I never managed to really get into it. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it is still a really solid directing debut and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Guillermo del Toro's work.

7/10