I don't think the writers of this show have ever listened to human beings have a conversation. The dialogue is so stilted, so poorly written, littered with expletives to attempt to improve the realism but littered with the wrong ones. I don't think I've heard the word "bastard" as much in my life as I have in an episode of this show. It reads like robots attempting to imitate human banter. It's not natural.
Kate Beckinsale was likely cast in the lead role purely because of looks. Her performance is far from stellar. She delivers her poorly-written dialogue like she's reading it directly from a teleprompter, and she is either surprised or angry, nothing else. No emotional range at all.
The plot was predictable. (SPOILERS AHEAD) The baby having died was a cheap plot device to try to introduce some stakes into the relationship between the main character and her husband, even though it's fairly irrelevant to the main story. And of course, once Kate Beckinsale finds her husband, he turns out to be a bad guy. Shocking. And he explains everything to Beckinsale (and the audience) through torturously long flashback sequences. It's not particularly ambitious, it's not surprising, it's not creative.
At least it looks pretty. Beautiful picture, and the cinematography is solid, but not particularly creative. Overall, not worth your time. It's bland, uninteresting, unambitious, horribly predictable, littered with mindless, low-stakes action, full of characters lacking in dimensionality, horribly written, and poorly acted. 2/10
Kate Beckinsale was likely cast in the lead role purely because of looks. Her performance is far from stellar. She delivers her poorly-written dialogue like she's reading it directly from a teleprompter, and she is either surprised or angry, nothing else. No emotional range at all.
The plot was predictable. (SPOILERS AHEAD) The baby having died was a cheap plot device to try to introduce some stakes into the relationship between the main character and her husband, even though it's fairly irrelevant to the main story. And of course, once Kate Beckinsale finds her husband, he turns out to be a bad guy. Shocking. And he explains everything to Beckinsale (and the audience) through torturously long flashback sequences. It's not particularly ambitious, it's not surprising, it's not creative.
At least it looks pretty. Beautiful picture, and the cinematography is solid, but not particularly creative. Overall, not worth your time. It's bland, uninteresting, unambitious, horribly predictable, littered with mindless, low-stakes action, full of characters lacking in dimensionality, horribly written, and poorly acted. 2/10