Review of Byzantium (2013) by Mac M — 07 Jun 2013

Unusual vampire movie, not so good as Thelma and Louise but taking that direction...

This review of Byzantium (2013) was written by Mac M on 07 Jun 2013.

Byzantium has generally received positive reviews.

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To say this is slow is an understatement, me and my significant other tried to watch and couldn't do it, fell asleep about 40 minutes in…

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Byzantium is a middle of the road movie for me, not as good as it could be but not a bad movie either…

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F you're looking for something a bit different, Byzantium may have something interesting for you but you'll have to dig through some muck to find it…

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