I wish this had taken off instead of Twilight. I also wish they had dropped all the teen melodrama and made it more adult.Vivian (Agnes Bruckner) comes from a long line of loup-garous and now lives with a pack in Bucharest, Romania after hunters killed her family when she was young. She is not thrilled the pack leader, Gabriel (Olivier Martinez), has earmarked her to be his newest mate but traditions run very strong in this part of the world. She meets traveling graphic novelist Aiden (Hugh Dancy) while he is studying local legends for his latest book. Of course, human-werewolf relationships are strictly frowned upon and Gabriel sends his son Rafe (Bryan Dick) to scare Aiden off. This does not go as planned.
Despite having the old "star-crossed lovers" schtick as a plot, this isn't a bad film. Dancy's American accent needed some work but you hardly notice it as the movie goes on. I think what I really like is the fact that Vivian is always her own person. Her world doesn't suddenly revolve around Aiden like she was waiting her entire life to meet him, and she never feels apologetic for going against the grain, even when her entire pack pressures her to accept Gabriel. You get the sense that even if she had never met Aiden, she would have figured out a way to get around becoming Gabriel's mate. It's a much stronger role model than "Please do all my thinking for me" Bella Swan.
No comments:
Post a Comment