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Perfect Creature imagines a world where vampires and humans peacefully co-exist.
The result of a genetic mutation initiated by an ancient virus, the vampires are known as The Brothers. Superior in mind and body to their human counterparts, they are the custodians of genetic science and protect humanity from disease. In return for a dedication to preserving human life, The brothers ask humanity to share only one thing: their blood.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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First off, despite the vampires and blood-letting, this is not a horror movie. This is a Science Fiction film set in a parallel world where, 300 years ago, vampires were created by an early form of genetic engineering. They are born, infrequently, from human women and are all male. Rather than act as predators, they have set themselves up as protectors of humanity and have organised themselves into the highly respected Brotherhood where they function as a cross between priest and scientist, receiving voluntary donations of blood. Technologically this world is very different from ours with a technological level that echoes, sort of, the 1950s but crossed with Victorian steampunk -steam-engined cars for example. A genuinely different world is convincingly created despite a low budget and is worth seeing for this alone.
The villain is a vampire whose illegal, but unofficially sanctioned by his superiors, experiments have changed him and he's become a predator of humans. However, his real motives are far darker than mere bloodlust. It's unfortunate that he resembles Bob Geldof on a really bad day. Dougray Scott effectively plays the taciturn vampire hero who has to track the villain down. Saffron Burrows is even better as the efficient but emotionally-damaged police detective nominally in charge of the operation, which is also a coverup, and who becomes Scott's unrequited love interest. Unfortunately that also makes her a prime target for the villain. And that is just the setup.
This is an intelligent and skillfully made film which deserves to be better known than it is. It doesn't, however, work quite as well as it should, possibly because of its unrelenting grimness, not helped by being mostly set in a slum within an industrially polluted city. However, if you want to see a Science Fiction movie which attempts something different, I strongly urge you to give this a try as you may find it surprisingly rewarding.
The villain is a vampire whose illegal, but unofficially sanctioned by his superiors, experiments have changed him and he's become a predator of humans. However, his real motives are far darker than mere bloodlust. It's unfortunate that he resembles Bob Geldof on a really bad day. Dougray Scott effectively plays the taciturn vampire hero who has to track the villain down. Saffron Burrows is even better as the efficient but emotionally-damaged police detective nominally in charge of the operation, which is also a coverup, and who becomes Scott's unrequited love interest. Unfortunately that also makes her a prime target for the villain. And that is just the setup.
This is an intelligent and skillfully made film which deserves to be better known than it is. It doesn't, however, work quite as well as it should, possibly because of its unrelenting grimness, not helped by being mostly set in a slum within an industrially polluted city. However, if you want to see a Science Fiction movie which attempts something different, I strongly urge you to give this a try as you may find it surprisingly rewarding.
26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This classic vampire genre film was filmed in the South Island of New Zealand and features the victorian architecture of Dunedin and Oamaru. An interesting twist is that the vampires are the good guys. Recommended for fans of the genre and anyone interested in seeing a different side to New Zealand (if somewhat digitally altered) than the Lord of the Rings style landscape.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Very much in the style of Tim Burton, foreboding and oppressive relative to the mood of the new Sweeney Todd..as it features alley ways etc. Thank heavens for the rogue vampire, otherwise this would be too sedate and ramble...the scenes are good, but not enough of him. The acting is fine throughout..but paced somewhat lazily as it dwells on the pact of being good with the authorities. Bad is rather good when it comes to vampires, and more action scenes would have made this quite super..instead one can only say this is fairly good...in that it looks nice and we have vampires, even though the majority are in sombre mood throughout, leaving the rogue vampire to prove what vampires are all about, and he does not fail in that.
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