Bluray actually helps this one cos there's some nice location filming.
Again good direction and action, good characters and good performances, high production values (the cgi werewolf is very good.) The monk-y kung fu stuff is reminiscent of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon or Kill Bill or AbFab or something. (So what?)
But the script is tedious. Somehow werewolves are both activated by moonlight and repelled by belief in holly but destroyed by shining concentrated moonlight through a telescope and a whacking great diamond (the world famous Ko-i-noor which Queen Victoria conveniently just happens to have about her person for some reason...)
There's an underused hint of a back story but it isn't used in the plot.
The rest of the story is escape/fight/escape/fight/escape some more... That's pretty much it.
There's mention of Torchwood and almost a call-back to bad wolf (but not quite...)
ABM Rating 2.95/4.00
LJM Rating 2.50/5.00
SPJ Rating 7.80/10
No. 100 (out of 169)
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