With sly humor and thrilling action, 'Eclipse' is best of 'Twilight' saga

By Amy Longsdorf

Special to The Mercury

"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" (2010, Summit, PG-13, $30), the latest chapter in the supernatural series, is the best of the lot thanks to director David Slade's ("30 Days of Night") determination to transfuse the angsty drama with sly humor and genuinely thrilling action scenes.

The triangle between the virginal Bella (Kristen Stewart) and her two superhuman suitors — vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson) and werewolf Jacob (Taylor Lautner) — heats up considerably. But that's not all that's going on in Forks. As Bella weighs marriage proposals and declarations of love from her fellas, a "newborn" vampire army is forming under the direction of the bloodthirsty Victoria (Bryce Dallas Howard).

Extras: music videos, commentaries, featurettes and deleted scenes.

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