Review of Byzantium (2013) by Ian G — 11 Aug 2013

Neil Jordan returns nearly 20 years later to the scene of the crime, the Vampire film and turns it on its head yet again by seemingly taking threads of the benchposts in order to craft the tale, namely his own Interview w Vampire, the Twilight Saga and Let the Right One In.

Pretty much falls to modest success however, namely a bravado performance by Gemma Arterton as the motherly matriarch who was corrupted and turned in the early 1800's and almost relishes the power over herself that vampirsm provides, and Saorise Ronan brooding in the Brad Pitt role as the daughter and rather than rats, its the elderly near the end of their lives she uses to survive.

Over the course of the film, the european feel and production design illuminates the proceedings, but the wannabe lambs on the run and Vampire brotherhood clicking at the girls heels seems to lack a bit of a stake, as opposed to the opposing views on eternal lives by the ladies.

Interesting if a bit done.