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Summary: Fans of the genre will enjoy it, others probably won't.
Review: I swear, some people expect too much from action movies these days. This movie is set in the RPG world of White Wolf's Werewolf and Vampire. If you don't know what an RPG is, it's a role-playing game like Dungeons and Dragons. The whole plot, the setting, the characters and the way they interact with each other are lifted from the rule books. Is this a bad thing? No, not really. It's a good story, though a bit contrived. But there aren't many good vampire movies being made these days. Blade was okay, but after the vampire club scene at the beginning, the rest of the movie was anticlimactic. Bram Stoker's Dracula was a joke with Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves competing for the worst fake British accent oscar. Dusk 'till Dawn was fun, but not great. I think the last really good vampire movie was Dracula, the one from the late 70's with Frank Langella and Lawrence Olivier. That's not a lot of good vampire movies in the last 25 years. This movie was a solidly good one from an action movie standpoint. The weakest point was the love story between Kate Beckinsale's character and a newly created werewolf, one that was sort of the werewolf version of Neo in the Matrix or Paul Atreidies of Dune. There really wasn't much of a spark between them. I understand Kate's character being portrayed as cold and distant early on in the film, but she never really warmed up later to her so-called "love interest". I enjoyed the action and definitely enjoyed Kate Beckinsale running around in tight black Matrix-esqe fetish gear (sorry, I did). Her repeated entrance through the front door of the vampire's mansion became rather repetitive, and it's use to show off all the pretty goth vampires hanging around being terribly decadent got a bit boring. After reading the negative reviews I didn't expect much and was actually pleasantly suprised, but I'm a fan of the genre and never think an action movie is going to be something it's not.
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Summary: GREAT NEW LOOK FOR KATE
Review: I HAVE TO SAY I REALLY ENJOYED THIS MOVIE.I HAVE SEEN KATE BECKINSALE IN HER USUAL ROLES (PEARL HARBOR/SERINDIPITY) AND WAS A LTTLE SCEPTACLE HOWEVER, I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED.WHILE WATCHING THE MOVIE IT WAS HARD NOT TO COMPARE THIS TO THE MATRIX CROSSED WITH INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE BUT SOMEHOW THIS WORKS AND MAKES GREAT VIEWING..THROW IN SOME GREAT SPECIAL EFFECTS..THINK AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (NOT THE TRASHY REMAKE IN PARIS VERSION) AND THIS WILL GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF THE FEEL OF THE MOVIE.FOR THOSE THAT LOVE A BIT OF ACTION WITH A TOUCH OF ROMANCE
YOU WILL BE SURE TO RATE THIS MOVIE HIGH..I LIKED IT A LOT MORE THAN MATRIX REVOLUTION AND MATRIX RELOADED ,LETS SAY ON EQUAL STANDARD OF THE ORIGINAL MATRIX..CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IF THEY MESS UP THE SEQUAL TO THIS AND IM SURE THERE WILL BE ONE.ENJOY I DID
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Summary: A well done re-interpretation of the vampire/werewolf myth
Review: A must see if for comparative with other films in the vampire genre. Some similarities with the movie "Blade II" seem like a rip-off, however, depicting ancient vampires in postmodern times has taken the form of desicated/emaciated mummy-like beings. Overall well done.
For those who enjoy the role playing genre of horror games you will unmistakable note similarites between this movie and White Wolf studios games like Vampire: the Masquerade & Werewolf: the Apocalypse.
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Summary: "Our war has waged for centuries, unseen by human eyes."
Review: For several hundred years, vampires and lycans (werewolves) have fought a long war. Most of the vampires don't understand why they are at war, but believe that they have nearly wiped out the lycans, or have they? Thus begins the 2003 film "Underworld", which was under the direction of Len Wiseman in his directorial and authorial debut. He co-wrote the film's story with Kevin Grevioux and Danny McBride, who also both played the characters Raze (a fierce lycan) and Mason respectively and were two of the film's associate producers. The lead character in the film, a vampire soldier named Selene, is played by the actress Kate Beckinsale, who is remembered for playing the leading female character in the melodramatic 2001 film "Pearl Harbor". As a soldier, Selene is known as a Death Dealer. She and her fellow Death Dealers are armed with machine guns that fire silver bullets. The lycans are similarly armed, but use ultraviolet light-emitting bullets instead. Whereas most of the lycans appear to have fighting skills, most of the vampires seemingly spend their time lounging about. The film begins with a skirmish between Selene, who is accompanied by another Death Dealer, and two lycans who she discovers are following a human named Michael Corvin (Scott Speedman). Michael escapes, but Selene becomes engrossed with understanding why the lycans are so interested in him. With total disregard to leading vampire Kraven's (Shane Brolly) disapproval, Selene captures Michael, but the leading lycan, named Lucian (Michael Sheen), also catches up with him and bites him. Hence, Michael begins to transform into a lycan, but Selene's continued interest in him develops into something else. She also discovers a lot more about her own history, the history of vampires and lycans, Lucian's plans, and the leading vampire in which she places the greatest trust, Viktor (Bill Nighy). Though the plot of "Underworld" is thin, it is unique in its portrayal of the relationship between the two popular mythological creatures of vampires and werewolves. The on-screen fights, special effects and action are entertaining, and the dark and nearly achromatic cinematography used nearly throughout the film's 121 minutes maintains an infernal atmosphere. The off-screen action is also interesting as Michael Sheen is Kate Beckinsale's former boyfriend with whom she conceived a child several years ago, and she is now Len Wiseman's fiancée. Memorable on-screen scenes include the opening skirmish, Selene with Michael, skirmishes with Lucian, raising Viktor, and the last 30 minutes (or so) of the film. Notable special effects include the werewolf transformations, Michael's transformations and the extra-human abilities that the vampires and werewolves have. The most annoying character in the film is Kraven. Overall, I rate "Underworld" with 3.5 out of 5 stars, rounded to 4 stars. From the film's ending, it is easy to deduce that a sequel may be in the works.
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Summary: It was entertaining, but not great.
Review: A semi-stylish, only-okay action/monster movie with a muddled plot about werewolves-vs.-vampires and stuff. It's okay, though: the film moves fairly fast, and Kate Beckinsale looks great in all those tight leather/vinyl jumpsuits. It's no "Buffy The Vampire Slayer," but it was okay for a no-brainer rental. It was lame, though, that so much of the action was just people -- um, I mean, monsters -- standing around shooting a bunch of automatic rifles and pistols... We already see plenty of that in all the non-monster movies; didn't need it here so much.
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Summary: There is only one reason to watch this movie.
Review: _Underworld_ features a confrontation between rival clans of vampires and werewolves (called "Lycans" in the movie) in a dark cityscape (supposedly Budapest, apparently) supposedly over the evils of miscegenation between the races. Whatever. Anyway, this movie was pretty bad. The plot was nonexistent and the story didn't make sense. So why am I giving this movie 5 stars? Well there is only one reason to watch this movie. And that is for Kate Beckinsale - dressed all in black with a black leather trench coat, she's so snazzy! :) In fact, if you get sick of the rambling story, the nonexistent acting, and the lame dialogue, I recommend you just turn off the sound and watch Kate in peace - running around and looking cool. Bravo Kate!
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Summary: Yeah it sucked but....
Review: Well, the story was sad. I like vampire and werewolf stories but this one really sucked. What really bugged me was the fact that the vampires looked really pathetic compared to the werewolves. Werewolves made huge physical transformations and the vamps just hissed. ... But that aside, I did enjoy Kate, Scott Speedman irks me a little (can't get over his Felicity role), and the romeo juliet this just bit. It was well produced (visually nice) and for that, Kate, and the guy who played Lucien, I give it 3 stars.
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Summary: Kate Beckinsale......get it on
Review: after reading some of the other reviews which slamed this movie i took a gamble and decided to check it out for myself. maybe the fact that I was not expecting a great film created the situation that I really enjoyed this movie, end result money well spent.good film to add to my collection.As a final note if you enjoyed this movie you must see 28 days later, Dog soliders and finaly Brotherhood of the Wolf.
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Summary: Disappointing but visually stunning
Review: I really wanted to like this movie - I'm a vampire fan and werewolf buff - but it was so badly paced, and some of the acting was so horrendous that it just killed it for me. The dark mood and visual effects were artful, following in the footsteps of "The Matrix," and the concept had possibilities, but the slow parts of the film were not intriguing enough to hold my interest.
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Summary: Bordem included.......
Review: Kate Beckinsale is hot, Kate in leather pants is hotter, and Kate kicking butt is an arousal overload. All these ingredients come together in Underworld, by first time feature dirctor Len Wiseman, and they mix up to offer you boring and somewhat stuipd movie. And Kate still looks hot. This isn't Wisman's fault. His directing is good enough to give the movie it's artistic and style flare but it isn't good enough to save it. The movie is simply to weighed down by, dumb f/x, a lame story that's been done before and better, a sorry excuse for a love triangle, and some only OK action sequences. The action is what should have seld this movie. This movie shares a lot from Blade. Only where Blade one mixes a good solid story with cool people, Underworld fails. Where Blade 2 pumps up the action, leading up to the most intense fights in recent action movies, Underworld simply falls flat. Underworld does have its share of action but they simply don't do anything new, or anything that is heartpumping, nor anything that is simply cool. Leave this one buried.
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