Another teen fantasy movie trying to take on the Twilight Mantle, The Mortal Instruments series focuses on Clary a teenage Girl who sees a murder in a nightclub that no one else can see, and discovers that she is a "Shadow hunter" a group of half Angels born to fight demons.
The problem with this movie, it that it is so full of Cliché, Vampires, Werewolves, a complicated love triangle, even a Star Wars "I am your father" moment, all add to the feeling that this is trying far to hard.
The theology and backstory is so complicated that the characters spend half the movie explaining what's going on, with more Basil Exposition than Austin Powers. The trouble with that is that the second movie is going to have to assume you have seen this for it to make any sense.
That said, I get the feeling the next movies will be a lot better, as this has now done a lot of the setup.
As a stand alone movie this doesn't really work, as the set-up for what will follow, time will tell. 4/10
The problem with this movie, it that it is so full of Cliché, Vampires, Werewolves, a complicated love triangle, even a Star Wars "I am your father" moment, all add to the feeling that this is trying far to hard.
The theology and backstory is so complicated that the characters spend half the movie explaining what's going on, with more Basil Exposition than Austin Powers. The trouble with that is that the second movie is going to have to assume you have seen this for it to make any sense.
That said, I get the feeling the next movies will be a lot better, as this has now done a lot of the setup.
As a stand alone movie this doesn't really work, as the set-up for what will follow, time will tell. 4/10
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