The Wisdom of Crocodiles

The Wisdom of Crocodiles (also released as Immortality) is a 1998 British romantic thriller film directed by Po-Chih Leong and starring Jude Law.

Steven Grlscz, a charming, intelligent and reclusive vampire, selects single women as targets for his feedings.

The pain of doing so is akin to passing kidney stones, and thus Steven seeks a perfect lover in order to prevent this.

After Steve watches police officers remove the body of one of his former lovers from a tree, he happens upon another woman, Maria Vaughan, in the Waterloo Station of the London Underground.

Maria's corpse is found after being netted by an illegal fishing boat, prompting Steven to call the police.

Two detectives come to question him and his relationship to the victim, and while he appears innocent enough, lead Inspector Healey is immediately suspicious of Steven.

While visiting a nearby factory, Steven notices another potential target: an engineer named Anne Levels.

Steven is able to grab her arm in time, but she uses a metal chopstick (doubling as a hair stick and Anne's "lucky charm") to stab his hand.

She departs, shaken, as the mortally wounded Steven retreats to his apartment study, reminiscing as he finally dies, with the sketches of all the women he had targeted over the centuries surrounding him.

[6] Richard Corliss of Time liked the film, claiming "... this cool, handsome thriller proceeds with an elliptical elegance".