The plot of Cross is relatively simple. Many, many years ago, the gods gave magical items to mortals. Only the bloodlines that they were given to should be able to use them. The Cross of the Isles is an amulet that is one of these items. The Staff of Sekhmet is another one of those items, but it needs several bloodlines to be fully activated apparently.
When a girl named Samantha is in the middle of a violent shootout that begins with her being mugged by two normal criminals, Detective Nitti (Tom Sizemore) shows up and asks her what really happened. She says she was being mugged and four guys show up to rescue her, Riot (Tim Abell), Backfire (Jake Busey), War (Patrick Durham), and Shark (Jonathan Sachar). Then more show up and attack her rescuers. They are Erlik's (Michael Clarke Duncan) henchmen. Lots and lots of bullets fly all around and lots of blood is flying as well. Then a green glowing guy shows up to help the first guys trying to rescue her. He's pretty freaking awesome. The bullets just bounce off of him and he can push people away with a magic force. He is Callan (Brian Austin Green), also known as Cross, named after the amulet that gives him these amazing powers. There are quite a few other members on Callan's team. They all work together to try and stop evil. When Callan meets Sunshine (Susie Abromeit) in a bar, they immediately sense a connection. She's pretty bad assed herself, but that makes sense given that she runs a self-defense clinic, so Callan feels ok about bringing her along to help the team.
I mentioned before that the bad guys that showed up trying to kill Callan's team are Erlik's henchmen. Erlik is the crime boss of Los Angeles and has been hired by Gunnar (Vinnie Jones) to collect people that match certain bloodlines to activate the Staff in return for a million dollars and immortality. I mean, seriously, do you think you can trust someone offering you immortality? When Gunnar has all the bloodlines collected and activates the staff, things get really bad! The end of the movie reminds me of the original Blade, only not quite as much action.
The DVD also includes some special features, mostly deleted scenes. For the most part, I can see why they were deleted. They really wouldn't have added much to the movie. There is also an Alternate Ending, but its not one that really changes the end of the story, if that makes any sense.
Overall, Cross isn't a bad movie, but its not one that kept me entranced either. I actually had to start it over about 10 minutes into it, because I found that I just hadn't been paying attention. The visuals are nice though, so if you're interested, you might want to rent it.
