PERFECT CREATURE is yet ANOTHER film about a future society where vampires co-exist with mankind in their own society. Yes, exactly the same type of themes that have been previously explored in the likes of BLADE, UNDERWORLD, ULTRAVIOLET, and about another zillion films I can think of. Because the setting is so familiar, PERFECT CREATURE really needed a strong storyline to make it stand out from the crowd, but you're not going to get one here.
Instead what we have is a predictable action-thriller about the search for a psychotic killer. The villain of the piece is an overacting goon who plans to destroy humankind once and for all by creating a new hybrid (you know, just like in BLADE II, etc.). A human and a vampire must team up to track him down, with the human played by Saffron Burrows (DEEP BLUE SEA) who remains pretty but oddly insubstantial as an actress.
As the vampiric antihero, Dougray Scott is a lot better, coming across as really imposing and sinister by underplaying it for all his worth - he's got some of the Japanese 'stone face' going on here. Sadly, the action sequences are all very routine, and the only thing this has going for it is the visual style, which brings a unique version of New Zealand to life in a clever way. At the end of the day, though, PERFECT CREATURE is just too predictable to work.
Instead what we have is a predictable action-thriller about the search for a psychotic killer. The villain of the piece is an overacting goon who plans to destroy humankind once and for all by creating a new hybrid (you know, just like in BLADE II, etc.). A human and a vampire must team up to track him down, with the human played by Saffron Burrows (DEEP BLUE SEA) who remains pretty but oddly insubstantial as an actress.
As the vampiric antihero, Dougray Scott is a lot better, coming across as really imposing and sinister by underplaying it for all his worth - he's got some of the Japanese 'stone face' going on here. Sadly, the action sequences are all very routine, and the only thing this has going for it is the visual style, which brings a unique version of New Zealand to life in a clever way. At the end of the day, though, PERFECT CREATURE is just too predictable to work.