Synopsis
Rose, a rebellious half-vampire/half-human guardian-in-training and her best friend, Lissa -- a mortal, royal vampire Princess - have been on the run when they are captured and returned to St. Vladamirs Academy, the very place where they believe their lives may be in most jeopardy. Rose will sacrifice everything to protect Lissa from those who intend to exploit her from within the Academy walls and the Strigoi (immortal, evil vampires) who hunt her kind from outside its sanctuary.
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Cast
- Zoey DeutchRose Hathaway
- Lucy FryVasilisa "Lissa" Dragomir
- Danila KozlovskyDimitri Belikov
- Gabriel ByrneVictor Dashkov
- Dominic SherwoodChristian Ozera
- Olga KurylenkoHeadmistress Kirova
- Sarah HylandNatalie Dashkov
- Cameron MonaghanMason Ashford
- Sami GayleMia Rinalidi
- Ashley CharlesJesse Zeklos
Recommendations
- 60
New York Daily News
The supernatural fight scenes are cheesy and cheap, but this movie is less about epic brawls and more about a headmistress in fabulous dresses, secret meetings with brooding boys in the library, sexualized fang pokes and making wisenheimer comments during prophetic visions. - 50
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Tedious as all this vampire exposition is (and there’s a LOT), the jokey tone here is much appreciated, with everyone “a few corpuscles shy of an artery” and the action as predictable as “a porcupine in a hot tub.” - 50
Entertainment Weekly
If you're not at the bull's-eye center of the target audience, a movie like this one can suck the life out of you. - 50
The New York Times
What is surprising is that while the patchwork whole creaks terribly in places, the parts also show signs of life. - 40
The Dissolve
Fans of the books might enjoy seeing their world brought to life, but most everyone else will likely leave feeling as if they’ve just completed a seminar on vampire lore, and they’re likely to fail any pop quiz that follows. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
A film as soul-sucking as any of the fang-baring bores who populate it. - 30
Arizona Republic
The film is based on a popular series of young-adult books (big surprise), but one figures only die-hard fans will enjoy the result. The movie is slow-witted and moves at a glacial pace. - 25
Washington Post
The only thing that distinguishes this teen-magnet wannabe from its predecessors is how lazily it appears to have been slapped together.
