When you have a combination of Oscar winning actors Benicio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins, both known for their portrayal of dark characters playing the leads in a film, half the work is done. As a father-son duo who shares cold vibes and a mysterious aloofness from each other, the actors successfully portray their estranged relationship. Anthony Hopkins brings in the much needed supernatural appeal to the film through his intense performance.
It's not the story but the execution that makes this film stand out. The Victorian England is shown beautifully, in fact in a much better way than what we saw in Guy Ritchie's Robert Downey Jr starrer Sherlock Holmes recently. The huge haunting castles, mystifying candles… fear of the unknown is build up superbly well. The blazing sound effects and background score adds to the eerie feeling.
Action scenes too are shot well which are good enough to evoke those much needed screams in blood and gore horror films.
The love story of Emily Blunt and Benicio Del Toro too is heart-warming and in fact much better than those dozen of romantic tales you see in the week's other release 'Valentine's Day'. The make-up of all the characters is done well too.
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