Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- cool
- erotic
- melancholic
- late night viewing
- gothic film marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film stylish and atmospherically elegant but emotionally distant and underpowered.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Steven's seduction of women is directly connected to his need to consume intimacy in order to live.
The vampire premise unfolds through Steven's contemporary city life, encounters with an inspector, and ordinary urban relationships.
Steven's relationship with Anne becomes a fatal contest in which only one partner can survive.
The film is repeatedly characterized as stylish, cool, elliptical, and emotionally uninvolving, while its dialogue adopts florid seduction.
Films like Immortality, and why
The Hunger
stylish urban vampire romance combining seduction, emotional detachment, and thriller unease
Only Lovers Left Alive
morally ambiguous vampire seducer, erotic danger, and melancholic gothic atmosphere
Let the Right One In
intimate supernatural romance shaped by predation, sacrifice, and doomed attachment
The Addiction
stylized erotic horror with beautiful, emotionally alien protagonists and fatal intimacy
Movie Details
- Director
- Leong Po-Chih
- Release Date
- 1998-11-27
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rating
- 5.7 / 10 (111)
Cast
- Jude Law
- Elina Löwensohn
- Timothy Spall
- Jack Davenport
- Hitler Wong
- Kerry Fox
- Ashley Artus
- Antony Cotton
- Neran Persaud
- Carlton Headley
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Immortality about?
- A sophisticated but doomed vampire seducer finds a woman who may finally match him, forcing romance and survival into the same deadly equation.
- What is Immortality like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Immortality as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Immortality violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Immortality as moderate.
- What did critics think of Immortality?
- Critics broadly found the film stylish and atmospherically elegant but emotionally distant and underpowered.
- Which films are like Immortality?
- Films with a similar feel include The Hunger, Only Lovers Left Alive, Let the Right One In, and The Addiction.
- How long is Immortality?
- Immortality runs 98 minutes.
- Where can I watch Immortality?
- In United States, Immortality is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
