I don't understand the poor rating this movie has. There is so much crap being made that people seem to love, and when something really good and original comes along people don't care about it. This movie touches on the theme of vampires, but it's not your ordinary vampire movie. It's a vampire movie with a twist. It is set in what looks like a somewhat futuristic "Jack the ripper era London" type of environment. This is beautifully done. Movies that come to mind are Sherlock Holmes, Bram Stokers Dracula and Wolfman. If you like those movies, you should find this movie interesting. You don't have to be a vampire buff to like this movie since it's not really a vampire movie, as much as it is a Sherlock Holmes type of suspense thriller where the murderer just happens to be a vampire. This movie is high-end quality filmmaking. It looks far more expensive than what the budget would suggest. The casting and acting is superb. The cinematography, editing, directing, visual effects...everything is superbly done. The story in this movie is even interesting and could have opened up to a number of sequels if this movie wasn't so poorly received (for reasons I don't understand). Anyone who found Sherlock Holmes interesting are advised to give this movie a chance.

An independent New Zealand/British production, Perfect Creature was completed back in 2005. 20th century Fox promptly snapped up the worldwide distribution rights, and there was talk of the movie being released into cinemas. And then... nothing. Fox apparently didn't know how to market the film, and after sitting on the shelf for two years, it quietly crept out as a direct-to-DVD release.Perfect Creature is set in an alternative reality where (compared to our world) branches of science and engineering have experienced different rates of progress. Horse-drawn carriages are still in use, the few cars we see are steam-powered, and airships cross the sky. However, attempts at genetic manipulation began three hundred years and resulted in the creation of vampires - although that word is never uttered in the film. Instead they're referred to as The Brotherhood. Accepted by most of the population as the next stage in Man's evolution, The Brotherhood have dedicated themselves to protecting society, are in charge of the Church, and drink blood donated by willing volunteers. However, a renegade Brother has started committing murder - the first to do so since their kind first appeared - and Brother Silas (played by Dougray Scott) is assigned the task of tracking him down. Despite Silas's protests, The Brotherhood is covering up the fact that one of their kind has become a killer, in the belief that this knowledge will damage the bond of trust between Man and Brother. Eventually however the information gets out, and Silas (who is being groomed to lead The Brotherhood one day) forms an alliance with a human detective (Saffron Burrows) to catch the murderer.Perfect Creature is an intelligent and entertaining film, but Fox's wariness about how to promote it was probably due to the fact that it contains few surprises and not much actually happens per se. The alternative reality is well realised on what was (by Hollywood standards) a fairly low budget of $20 million. In addition to the different levels of technology, the fashions worn by the various characters reflect their social standing: the poor and working classes have clothing that's Dickensian/Victorian, the middle classes wear 1920s fashions, the plain-clothed and uniformed police have suits and uniforms that echo the Forties, while the riot police's armour and The Brotherhood's clothes are almost-modern. Burrows give a fine but unshowy performance as the world-weary detective, but Scott seems ill-at-ease and unsure how to portray the character of Silas, and settles for adopting a sorrowful expression throughout.

poorly executed.Perfect creature is a clear example of a reasonable that generates a sub par script (I'm thinking shortland street which is New Zealand's stock doctor soap which has been meandering across our airwaves thrilling pubescent girls with ever worsening for the last fifteen years) and not enough money to cover even that as a result the effects are TV quality at best, the acting is slow paced and wooden and the general tone is New Zealand morbid ie there is no emotion other than general peevishness and....Ahhh I grow weary.I've already given it more time than it deserves.

In a world not unlike ours in the 50's, the human race has been coexisting for three hundred years with a genetically enhanced breed of vampires called The Brotherhood that lead the church and researches. The fragile humans are under an influenza epidemic and shortage of the vaccine has been developed by The Brothers, and the police is struggling against the black market. In this environment, Captain Lilly (Saffron Burrows) is assigned to investigate the murder of a woman in an alley of the local slums, and she finds that the murderer is a Brother. Due to the political issue, the church sends Silus (Dougray Scott) to help her, and he discloses that his brother Edgar (Leo Gregory) was infected a couple of weeks ago and killed other women, but the Brotherhood has covered-up the murders to avoid the return of prejudice against their race. Silus and Lilly succeed to arrest the insane vampire, but when Edgar escapes from the compound, he begins to infect the human race."Perfect Creature" is a surprisingly good, underrated and absolutely original and stylish vampire movie. The acting is great, with an excellent development of the characters and situations; and the plot is dramatic, consistent and well resolved and gives an excellent hook for a sequel. The art direction blends different styles and ages of "our world" prevailing the 50's, and together with the dark and Gothic cinematography, produce a very pleasant and entertaining feature. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Criatura Perfeita" ("Perfect Creature")