The vampire myth is given a stylish 1960s treatment, where a human cop partners with a vampire cop to stop a vamp bent on creating a war between the two "separate but equal" races.
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Title: Perfect Creature (2006)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Dougray Scott | ... | Silus | |
| Saffron Burrows | ... | Lilly | |
| Leo Gregory | ... | Edgar | |
| Scott Wills | ... | Jones | |
| Stuart Wilson | ... | Augustus | |
| Craig Hall | ... | Dominic | |
| Robbie Magasiva | ... | Frank | |
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Lauren A Jackson | ... | Stephanie Kelly (as Lauren Jackson) |
| Peter McCauley | ... | Professor Liepsky | |
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Glen Drake | ... | Console Operator #1 |
| Stephen Ure | ... | Freddy | |
| John Sumner | ... | Howard Anderson | |
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Roi Taimana | ... | Abernathy (as Roimata Taimana) |
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Aaron Murphy | ... | Slum Kid |
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Scott Morrison | ... | Console Operator #2 (as Scotty Morrison) |
Set during the 1960s in an alternate New Zealand known as Nuovo Zelandia, PERFECT CREATURE imagines a world where vampires and humans peacefully co-exist, with the bloodsuckers the next step in human evolution. This delicate balance looks to be destroyed when an influenza epidemic begins to sweep the human population and one vampire turns to preying on humans. The church sends out Silus to catch the renegade vampire, Edgar. Silus joins forces with a human police captain, and discovers that Edgar harbors dark secrets. Written by bondish
In the midst of deadly and rampant plagues, the vampire is born. During several centuries that follow, the vampire race becomes known as "The Brotherhood", keepers of the faith, holy icons of hope and inspiration during a time of pestilence despair. Unfortunately, one of the bros ( Leo Gregory) gets a taste of some bad blood and slowly graduates from serial killer to mass murderer. It's up to his "biological" brother (Dougray Scott) and a cop (Saffron Burrows) to rein him before he gives The Brotherhood a bad rap.
"Perfect Creature" has a lot going for it. The premise is intriguing enough, the characters are interesting, and it casts (pardon the pun) an interesting light on the vampire genre. Edgar, the psychotic Brother is quite sinister and contrasts nicely against his priestly peers. Burrows and Scott also adeptly assume the shoes of their roles as well.
The bummer is that the film lacks in plot development and suffers from some pretty significant story flaws. How do the Brothers sustain their need for blood? What exactly is their religion? Why don't those bitten by Edgar contract his virus? I guess, referencing the common question from the film "Outbreak", is it airborne?
For me, "perfect Creature" ascended nicely from nothingness, but its wings never fully developed and it took a nose dive back into its grave.