The prequel no one asked for and no one needed. The backstory was sufficiently explained in the first movie and this is really just a shameless grab for cash.Lucian (Michael Sheen) is the first lycan born with the ability to change back into a human. This is enough of a marvel that Viktor (Bill Nighy) spares his life and makes something of a pet of him. While also forcing Lucian to bite other humans and turn them into creatures just like him so Viktor can have a slave army. Lucian plans to escape but he doesn't want to leave until he can convince his lover, Sonja (Rhona Mitra), Viktor's daughter, to leave with him. Meanwhile, Viktor is under a lot of pressure as a leader. The other vampires are concerned about the rogue lycans attacking and there are whispers that Viktor can't even keep his own daughter under his thumb. So when the inevitable truth about Sonja and Lucian comes out, he overreacts just a bit.
Honestly, if this movie hadn't given Bill Nighy more to do, it wouldn't even be worth writing about. I love that man, though. He gives 100% even when a movie doesn't deserve his name in the credits. Also, Rhona Mitra is way too good to be wasting her time here as Kate Beckinsale's understudy. She absolutely should have her own franchise as an ass-kicking heroine.
Just one more of these damn things to go.
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