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Summary: God-awful!
Review: I was wary of this movie when I first saw the previews. It was touted as a Romeo and Juliet with vampires and werewolves. GROAN! Okay, bad enough, really but I still had an open mind, even though I knew of NO ONE who gave it a good review. Well, tut to them, I would see it anyway though it was against my better judgement. Really, I had to work up the courage to watch this one. Blatantly, it was a waste of courage. I should have listened to my inner monolgoue and gone with my gut. This movie STINKS. There was no dialogue. You could easily go ten minutes without a single word being spoken which was fine considering the caliber of the actors, but when they *did* finally speak, it was completely predictable. I had delivered the line on the couch 30 seconds before it was spoken on screen. That is not a good sign, my friends. The costumes were nice but very overdone; yes, even clothing can become cliche and worn out. Can you say Matrix? I knew you could. Same for the special effects, the feel, the darkness of the movie, the character types, the cinematography... heck, *everything*. Oh yeah, but cleverly the writers added the extra depth and dimension of... Vampires and Werewolves! ...Waitaminnut. Thay had those in Matrix, too! So never mind, nothing original in here at all, not one iota. Except maybe for that STUPIDEST of stupid invention lovingly monickered 'sunshine bullets'. The heck?? The poster/money shot wasn't even cool. The female vampire drowned... DROWNED! Vamps don't even BREATHE, for crying out loud! They reflect, too. I could have handled reflections, actually, but the drowning part? NO. Guess they have souls and are not undead in this movie which, I thought, was the very definition of a vampire. Silly me. And for heaven's sake, don't look for anything but wooden performances from the lead actors. The vampie lead chick was uninspiring. The lead werewolf -Romeo, I guess- was unlikable, static, and did not nurture any kind of response from me other than boredom. Ho hum. There are a couple of points that were not so bad. One, the old vampire dude. He was kinda cool. Two, the silver injection for werewolves. Not bad. The only thing that keeps this from getting one star is the fact the editing wasn't bad. The rest, however, is old and tired and stinky... And friends, those two points of interest are not enough to change what this movie really is: two kernals of golden corn stuck in a big steamy pile of crap. Not pretty, but true.
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Summary: "I am a Death Dealer"
Review: Okay lets be honest here i have a couple of things to say about this fantastic film, The Way the werewolves look in this movie are probably one of the best werewolf effects ever, EVEN MUCH MUCH BETTER THEN AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, Thats one of the good things that underworld uses. Another thing is The Group called "The Death Dealers" Okay lets face it Vampires do not really have blue eyes. There a couple of things that disapointed me in Underworld, One thing that really got me upset (And this is why i gave it 4 stars). Okay I really dont want to spoil this for everyone but i just have to and i apologize for doing this. For Example that part in the movie were selen's boyfriend gets bitten by a werewolf then he loses his mortality then towards the end Selen bites him and Then he turns into a mixture of a werewolf and vampire put together. That part of the movie really hurt the movie right there, I mean it was so stupid! Look at the way he looked he WAS BLUE I MEAN COME ON WHY WOULD THEY EVEN THINK ABOUT DOING THAT, THAT WAS A VERY foolish IDEA. What is he a fricking smurf or something. Even if they hadnt made him blue it would still be stupid. Werewolves do not match with vampires and the curses do not mix. That was the part that made me really upset when i saw that part i felt like i didnt want to watch the rest of the movie but since i saw it so far and it was towards the end somehow i managed to watch it. I am definitely getting the Unrated Version Of Underworld Because there are more interesting special features and the good thing about it is that there is extended footage that wasnt shown in theatres and some other goodies that are on the dvd.
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Summary: A new twist to an old idea
Review: Vampires vs Werewolves, one of the oldest novel ideas. As apposed to going the old route with cliched and tired hand-to-hand fighting scenes (Matrix Reloaded anyone?), they illustrate that the Vampires and Lycians have evolved to realize that they live in the 21st century and revealing themselves to the majority is a bad thing. Still holding true to the oldest forms of Vampires, they still require blood and are basically immortal. Truly an enjoying watch for a myth buff. On a final note, this movie is NOT a horror film like Vampire flicks of yesteryear, this is a more story driven, action film, similar to the recently released Van Helsing.
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Summary: Wow... Just wow.
Review: Imagine a movie with tired ideas, ridden with cliches from the insiddious goth ledgends of vampires and the like. Now add on some terrible acting, and some of the worst special effects I've ever seen. I mean, the werewolf's transforming would have looked better if it was stop motion for gods sake. So, you have imagined it? Good, now don't see it. I might have set your expectaions too highly with this review, for as bad as I have made it sound, it is actually far worse. Not House of the Dead bad, mind you, but pretty terrible all the same.
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Summary: So close, and then the guns.
Review: I could have loved this movie. It looked great, had interesting characters and used a decent rehash of the old vampire vs werewolf story. But why oh why have all these exotic beings with supernatural abilities, and then bring it all back down to a hokey shoot-out by introducing the idea of both sides having guns that can kill the other. One of the great things about vampire or werewolf movies is that they are so hard to kill, allowing for great hand-to-hand type action scenes. To beat the biggest bad, you should have to be Really Good. But allow either side to be taken out by a bullet from afar, and what do you have? It might as well be gangster flick or WW2 yarn.
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Summary: Brings NOTHING to the table.
Review: This production really had a lot going for it. Capable actors, nice-looking production design & costumes, and an interesting concept. Then they made the grave mistake of making the movie that they made. The end result is an uneven, oh-so-serious poseur of an action/horror film that brings in every already-worn-to-death cliche in the book, and then waters it down in order to make it less interesting. Being the most forgiving kind of horror movie fan, I can enjoy a flawed genre picture if it gives the impression of love for its subject or respect for its audience. UNDERWORLD gave me the impression of a movie made on a cash register, throwing every market-tested rerun at me for two hours in its safe ploy to rake in piles of cash. Movies like this display nothing but contempt for their audience (or at best, apathy) and perpetuate the common Hollywood conceit that movie-going audiences aren't intelligent, and are money-spewing fodder for loud, explosive, flashy light shows. Fine, if you and yours are comfortable with being fed non-creative swill by condescending schmucks in suits that think you're brainless cattle, then continue to support tripe movies like this, and then go watch the E! channel celebrity news and tell all your friends how poignant and insightful and discussion-worthy it all is.Supporting giant-budget mediocrities like UNDERWORLD--and touting them as anything resembling refreshing or creative--is a sure way to guarantee the future of films will bring us instant preview-test-audience classics like TOP GUN 2, PRETTY WOMAN 5, and MORE FASTER AND MOST FURIOUSEST. I'm not saying that every movie has to be perfect to be enjoyed, but have a little respect for your audience, filmmakers. And audiences, try having a little respect for yourself and not gobble up every loud light show the studios tell you you should like. If that's all you require, just go buy a bunch of bottle rockets and spend some time outdoors...it's less expensive to you, and your money won't line the pockets of those who see you as mindless cattle with wallets. Go give your money to the filmmakers who're at least ATTEMPTING originality...they're the ones who deserve it and probably have some respect for you as an audience member.
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Summary: Close but no cigar! This movie bites...ina bad way!
Review: The concept was great and the initial visuals, although not new still set a nice tone. The vampires jump off a tower and land as if they just stood up off of a couch. Sharp teeth everywhere, glowing eyes, and guns a blazing...all else is downhill! The vampires show NO SUPERNATURAL ABILITIES other than the jumping and only the head lead vampire (not Kate Beckinsales character) show any strength or ability to do anything but shoot guns! It tries so hard to be The Matrix meets the occult but ends up being the bondage vampires with no powers against the really big hairy werewolves! At least those guys fought fair and had cool transformations! As was previusly mentioned ian another review the vampires even have reflections! I wouldn't be surprised if they even walked outside by day! Stay away from this one!
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Summary: Bad writing and plot holes abound
Review: What do you get when you throw vampires and werewolves into a goth-designed city, have some sudden unexplained love story, and then throw in some horrible plot holes and bad science? Well, a mediocre movie for one thing. I have some serious gripes with this movie, obviously, but first lets get to the story. Vampires and werewolves have been fighting a war for as long as anyone can remember, in modern times, it basically translates to gang like battles over turf. These battles feature a lot of matrix-like (more like matrix-copied) action sequences, and a whole lot of guns, guns equipped with magic sunlight bullets. The main character is what's known as a death dealer, not sure what puts her above the rest of her clan, since they all seem quite capable of dealing death, but hey, the title is gothy and sounds cool, so we'll keep it. (see where I'm going?) Okay, sounds kinda neat, kind of a supernatural Romeo and Juliet. Except no, see, I actually cared a little bit about Romeo and Juliet, and I understood and sypathized with their character flaws. But these characters, especially our heroine, should be above these things, but of course, you have to have the angsty I love you but shouldn't love you and now I'll betray my family story for unclear reasons. Anyway, you get the idea. You know what the scariest thing about this movie is? That there are plans to make it into a trilogy.
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Summary: Anyone who gives less than 4 stars doesnt know cinema
Review: This movie is absolutlly great from the opening scene to the end, full of action and sci-fi/horror.Whats so great? To start the gunplay is good but the sound puts it over the top every time a bullet would go off you would here that thump in your speakers alot like a real gunshot other movies (most) have been unable to produce a good bass effect with gunfire this one does it great.Back to the movie O.K. its vampires vs. werewolfs sound cheesy,well thats becouse the two have not been on screen succesfully in a very long time,its pulled off here awsome,with a really great story,great special effects,and characters you actually care for thats rare in this genre of films anymore!With its wopping DD5.1 and good picture quality DVD you cant go wrong I recommend this to many.Also May 25 04 there is a unrated version being released with 12 min.add. footage you may want to rent now and buy the unrated copy May 25 there is a link to it here on amazon.Great film
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Summary: Vampires and Werewolves come together?
Review: Underworld is pretty dark and weird. I enjoyed watching it though. It had one main thing going for it and that was the storyline of what would happen if a vampire and werewolf mixed together? A supermonster would be created. Half vampire and half werewolf sounds half crazy but very interesting. That is exactly the problem I had with the film. Let me explain as best I can. You see, this movie builds up this ever-impending fight between the vampires, in particular the ancient vampires, and the werewolves. The werewolves are tired of being slaves to the vampires, so they have come together and organized to make a super race of werewolves that can annihilate the vampires. Well, you can't wait to see it happen and then you do but you want more and you get the end of the movie. On top of getting to see the vampire/werewolf hybrid, you get a little disappointed when you see him fight; he's not so mighty is all I'll say. I want a sequel to this movie. Now I'm not a sequel nut but this movie definitely could use a sequel. I want to know more about the supermonster that was created in the movie. I'd love to see all the powers that such a creature would have in it's arsenal. Underworld 2 needs to make it's presence felt but this time with a vengeance.
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