The Legend of the Night series is a very impressive film, not because of the scenes, actions or stories, but because of the appearance of the protagonist, Kate Beckinsale, a great British beauty, in it: a tight leather jacket and vest, almost pale skin and sapphire eyes, with short black curls.
The combination of the nobility of the ancient nobility and the temperament of the modern experienced warrior is just right to create a unique vampire style belonging to this series, and the use of blue tones in photography sets off Selena's pale and cold beauty.
Of course, the backstory of "Legend of the Night" is also very interesting. Although vampires and werewolves are world enemies, they actually originate from the same ancestor: Alexander Corvinus.
Vampires are ruled by three elders in turn and have their own warriors: The Messenger of Death, the Functional Killer, and the werewolves hunted, and the battles between the two are not just a game of brute force, but use modern firearms, silver nitrate and ultraviolet bullets, and various odd weapons.
Kate Beckinsale's charm coupled with a special story setting attracted a lot of audience support, so "Tales of the Night" was released in 2003, and in 2006, a second "Tales of the Night 2: Evolution" was released, which was not enough, and in 2009, the prequel "Tales of the Night 3: Rise of the Wolf Clan" was released (although the heroine is not Kate Beckinsal, but Rhona Metra, but the two look alike), and in 2012, the fourth "Tales of the Night: Awakening" was launched.
In the first and second installments, Selena acquires a new ability from her ancestor Alexander Corvinus: Day Travel, strong enough to rival Marcus, and has successfully taken revenge, killing two vampire elders, Marcus and Victor.
Although Michael and Michael are hunted down, at least both of them are enough to live a normal life, and the story can actually be said to be over. In the fourth part, the writers seem to want to renovate the whole story, so a new enemy is introduced: humans.
However, compared to the first two films, the plot is obviously much simpler, Selena was captured by humans, slept for twelve years, woke up to find that she had a daughter, everything in the past was empty, and now she had to face the pursuit of the enemy.
After scott Spitman, who played the male protagonist Michael in the current two films, was no longer acting, the film became kate Beckinsale.
The result? It's also quite satisfying, the whole film is to watch Kate Beckinsal fly in the sky, not only is it common to fire with two guns, but also the explosion scenes are not less, and it takes up various knives to solve humans and werewolves.
Compared with the previous two films, Selena in this film is fierce and abnormal in battle, feeling like the anger of being detained for twelve years is all exploded at this moment, even so, the action design allows her to maintain a unique beauty, even if repaired by the enemy, the posture is still beautiful.
The overall rhythm fluency is nothing to say, from the beginning with less than five minutes of speed without dragging the content of the first three parts to briefly describe, and then there is no gap in the action scene until the end, but the length of the movie is short, plus the end is too fast, I feel that there is actually a scene to play behind.
Several scenes also feel blunt, such as the meeting between Selena and her daughter Evie, the turn of Detective Sebastian, and the shape of several supporting characters are also flat, such as the young vampire David and Dr. Lane, especially the villain is weak, that is, the shape and strength are greater, and there is no feature.
And in the end, it is found that the werewolves infiltrated the human government agencies and directed the humans to kill the vampires by force, or returned to the old bridge where the werewolves fought against the vampires.
The problem with the "Legend of the Night" series is that it has a good setting and cinematography, and the actor's personal charm is even better, but the screenwriter is always the one who drags down the results, and there is no way to give Selena the character and the whole film more soul, so it is difficult to go up the ladder.
Kate Beckinsale
Conclusion, this is the three "Legend of the Night" biography, the most brief plot, do not have too much expectations for the plot, but the action scene and fluency is the crown of the three, it can be said that it is purely dependent on special effects and action to win the film, when watching Kate Beckinsale's figure and leather coat, watch her neatly solve the enemy on the right.