Four young men who belong to a supernatural legacy are forced to battle a fifth power long thought to have died out. Another great force they must contend with is the jealousy and suspicion that threatens to tear them apart.
The idiocy and sheer laziness of the whole concept ought to be the sort of thing director Renny Harlin (Deep Blue Sea) could make into glorious cinematic cheese...but he's hamstrung
– Luke Y. Thompson,
L.A. Weekly,
15 Sep 2006
rotten:
There is not a scary scene in the whole movie.
– Stephen Cole,
Globe and Mail,
15 Sep 2006
rotten:
[A] muddled and most unmagical offering.
– Justin Chang,
Variety,
30 Sep 2006
rotten:
There are worse things for a horror-thriller about supernatural high-schoolers to not be. Like not scary. Or not thrilling. Or not as entertaining as an episode of Charmed.
– Amelie Gillette,
AV Club,
30 Sep 2006
rotten:
Flying scenes, frat-boy face-offs and pyrotechnic punch-ups are punctuated by excruciating expository dialogue.