Not since Harry Potter first cast a spell over cinema audiences has a franchise based on a series of best-selling novels been as completely critic-proof as The Twilight Saga. The good-looking cast could probably stare silently into the camera for two hours and fans of Stephenie Meyer's teen romances would still flock to multiplexes in their millions. Thankfully, Chris Weitz's eagerly anticipated rendering of the second instalment of the four-book saga is thoroughly entertaining and more polished than its predecessor.
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