An average movie

Since, ‘Cronos’, Guillermo del Toro’s directing debut, was a critical success, he got his ticket for Hollywood and made there his sophomore directing effort. Unfortunately, the whole thing turned out to be a disaster and, eventually del Toro disowned the film after constant clashes with his producer, Bob Weinstein. To be honest, I don't think it was that bad at all. I mean, it is indeed a pretty weak vehicle and you could see that Del Toro was inspirationally crippled but, still, there was something pretty neat about the whole concept and, for a B feature, I thought it was rather watchable. The fact that I always had a weak spot for Mira Sorvino (who was still in the A list back in those days) must have helped as well. Eventually, it took 5 more years for del Toro to have his breakthrough in the US with ‘Blade II’. Personally, I think that ‘Blade II’ is actually quite overrated and I slightly preferred this flick but I guess I’m in the minority. To conclude, even though the whole thing had some potential, it remains a rather disappointing feature and it is not really worth a look, except maybe if you are a die-hard fan of Guillermo del Toro’s work.

5/10