QUEEN
OF
THE
DAMNED
With
Stuart
Townsend,
Marguerite
Moreau,
Aaliyah,
Vincent
Perez,
Lena
Olin
Directed
by
Michael
Rymer
Neil
Jordan
made
the
best
of
Anne
Rice's
Interview
With
The
Vampire,
giving
blood
sucking
movie
fans
a
great
screen
debut
of
Lestat
(played
by
Tom
Cruise).
With
this
further
look
at
Lestat
and
his
earth
bound
antics,
it
can
be
seen
as
both
a
sequel
and
prequel.
This
time
round
Lestat
fronts
a
hard
rock
band
and
threatens
to
divulge
too
much
of
his
kind,
taunting
them
to
come
out
of
the
shadows
and
get
him.
His
main
plot
is
to
resurrect
the
Queen
of
the
Damned.
Ooh,
not
very
scary,
unfortunately.
The
prequel
bit
comes
in
where
a
woman
(who
is
part
of
a
secret
vampire
investigating
society)
reads
through
Lestat's
journal,
running
us
through
the
tale
of
how
the
mortal
man
became
an
immortal
vampire
several
centuries
ago.
Even
though
this
is
Aaliyah's
final
role
before
her
untimely
death,
she
does
very
little
to
convince
as
the
bad-ass
title
character
-
in
fact
often
provoking
a
giggle
at
the
artificially
"sexy-evil"
act.
The
attempt
to
make
this
a
dark
and
sexy
horror
thriller
failed.
A
lot
of
posing
and
prancing
sometimes
makes
it
look
as
though
a
fashion
house
composed
the
scenes
for
extras
and
bit
part
players.
Great
sets,
sure,
but
in
many
ways
the
soundtrack
far
outstrips
the
movie
when
it
comes
to
impact.
No
wonder
the
Jordan-Cruise
director-acting
team
failed
to
turn
up
for
this
gig.
2
/
C
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PB
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B
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C