Based on the first in a series of novels by Stephanie Meyer, “Twilight” centres on misunderstood teenager Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart). When her mother remarries, Bella decides to leave her life in Phoenix behind and go and live with her police chief father (Billy Burke) in dreary Forks, Washington. On her first day at her new school, Bella meets the handsome and mysterious, Edward Cullen (Hogwart’s alumni Robert Pattinson). However, Edward is no ordinary boy. He and his pasty faced family are, in fact, vampires, albeit ‘vegetarian, ones (they don’t drink human blood). Needless to say, Bella and Edward fall in love. However, their fledgling affair is disrupted when a bloodthirsty trio of vampires also arrive in town, the maddest one, James (Cam Gigandet) taking a potentially lethal interest in Bella’s blood group. It falls to Edward to save his soul mate.
“Twilight” is an overwrought vampire fantasy, clearly intended for adolescent goth-obsessed girls. What is surprising is, that despite its melodramatic foibles, and there are many, it still manages to entertain. It certainly isn’t the worst way to spend nigh on two hours.
Release Date Dec 19th 2008
Certificate 12A
Genre Action/adventure, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke
Director Catherine Hardwicke
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