Loosely based on a book for young adults, this story follows a beautiful young disillusioned werewolf in Romania as she fights against her destiny in the pack and falls for a human.

Agnes Bruckner plays the main character, Vivian. Her Aunt is raising her after her family is murdered in the States. She works in a chocolate shop and tries to fit in as she fights the expectations of marriage to the pack leader, and the amorous pursuit of an American tourist.

If this movie had a different title I may have not been so disappointed by it. The words blood and chocolate evoke thoughts of sensuality and passion, two things this movie seriously lacked. Perhaps because of its beginnings as teen fare, it was never seen as an option but with a PG-13 rating I would have expected a little more sophistication. The characters do no more that kiss, while the scenes of the pack hunting their prey show only the catching of the prey and a quick shot of the aftermath. There is not enough horror, romance or sex to fulfill any adult’s preference.

To the unitiated there are multiple scenes of free running/Parkour that might captivate if you have not seen any of the documentaries on that subject or the beginning of the latest James Bond film. The cinematography by Brendan Galvin, who also did Behind Enemy Lines, is beautiful and made this movie bearable.

That being said this movie is not a total waste if you are twelve years old or love old Eastern European architecture. Mostly shot on location, the scenes are beautiful. And if you have a precocious child who wants to see a ‘grown-up’ movie this is probably the one to feed them as the cinematography and acting are well-done and the plot more sophisticated than your usual Disney fare but they won’t see any anatomy they shouldn’t or extended/frightening fight scenes.

The special features on the DVD provide false hope. With fifteen deleted scenes I briefly thought that perhaps the intended movie was hidden in there. Except for one character’s death, the deleted scenes were snippets of different takes of scenes already watched. The Director’s Commentary only showed how Olivier Martinez (the leader of the pack) phoned in his performance as he asked questions to Director Katja von Garnier that he should’ve known the answers to.