Rating: Summary: Not Bad, but not great Review: This movie had so much potential but I feel that it never came through. I love the idea and the atmosphere it provides is excellent. I can't honestly put my finger on it but this movie is missing something. It's hard to find a really good horror/sci-fi movie these days. I thought this one might be it but the story and the action just don't cut it. Would I watch it again? Of course I would! I just hope that the extended edition has something more to offer.
Rating: Summary: Pass. Review: I was a bit disappointed with the original release: major plot holes, choppy action sequences, lousy soundtrack, total waste of the picture-perfect setting of Budapest, cramped character development and a hokey ending. Still considering the budget they had to work with, it was impressive enough as a first film.So I picked up the extended cut. Blah. It didn't fix any of the problems. There is nothing on the disc (for the film) that isn't included in the novelization (which was, sad to say, poorly written). If you've read it, you don't need to see the extended cut. If you haven't read it...the book is cheaper. This disc makes for a better rental than a personal purchase.
Rating: Summary: Incredible Review: Underworld is already one of the best Vampire movies without being extended or tampered with. But the extended version makes it better nonetheless. This DVD is also packed with Extra Featured that go way deeper into the making of the movie than the one disc DVD. If you love and cherish Blade, Blade 2, Dracula, Dracula 2000, and Van Helsing you are sure to love Underworld.
Rating: Summary: Vamps n Weres Review: Finally. It's about time we get a movie that really tell us something about the Vampires and Werewolves. I just could not understand why Werewolves had to do all the beck and call for those vampires thoughout the movies/books ages. Was it because Vampires needed the "eyes" in the daylight, the know where's and the how to's. I'm sorry, but I always thought that Werewolves were much stronger than Vampires (OH NO, I might have said something bad there)They had the change and opportunity to kill their 'masters' but no, those werewolves (sigh) they listened and did all the wrong doings for those vampires, but what! 'Underworld' is not that kind of movie at all. So, what the movie is trying to say (I'm being sarcastic here) is that with the blood of a Wolf and a Vamp you can get something stronger thus ending the fued and gaining the respect between the two? I can buy that... So Kate Beckinsale interested in action/horror movies are you? Well good for you, (saw you in Van Hesling,) very good acting. Your character? Very believable worked for me here in this movie and their in that movie. Yes, and we must leave room for romance, and this movie has that.
Rating: Summary: Improvement over the original Review: I really loved the original so when I heard there was an extended version I just had to get it. While some of the additions are insignificant, others are very significant. Over all, it adds to the exposition and creates a smoother flowing narrative and a clearer picture of this world. Some dumb movie executive probably ordered the cuts just because it was too long for those who have a short attention span. If not for the DVD format we might not have seen this as it was intended. I would probably give it 4 and a half stars if it were an option. But, I just cannot quite give it 5 because of Bill Nighy and Shane Brolly's C- performances. As for the second disc I never watch that stuff. I'm sure I'm not the only one though.
Rating: Summary: It's not Serandipity, but it kicks @ss! Review: Very cool Vampire story! Kate Beckinsale owns whatever movie she is in! I loved the high tech hardware used in this movie! If Angel and Buffy had this kind of Fire Power Sunnydale and LA would be safer places to live!
Rating: Summary: Why another version? Review: First off, Underworld is a four star movie. That's what the rating's for. But this "uncut" extended version? Why bother? I barely noticed any difference. There were three scenes or so that I noticed were different, but they didn't really ad much of anything. Honestly I can't see how they cut this down to the regular version and felt both deserved to be released. It amounts to pretty much the same thing as those two versions of Highlander 4 - ie, a little different, but in the end the same thing. It was longer, I noticed that. But there were no major additions like the long versions of, say, The Abyss, T2, Waterworld, Lawnmower Man, Joy Ride, Aliens, etc. Now those were some serious extended cuts that added major subplots or entirely different story lines. The regular version is simply a finely trimmed down version of this one. Dissapointing. But the package is way cool. So are the two books that come with it. But really, if they wanted to mess with this, it should have been a single package with the first movie. And the Fangs vs Fiction "documentary" is just silly and missleading. It's just an elaborate promo for the movie. For one thing, the word "lycan" was introduced by... Underworld! Yet they try and pass it off like real terminology. Secondly, many of the werewolf history details are wrong, like junk about full moons and silver bullets (both of which are 20th century concepts). Like most DVDs, the seperate featuretes repeat lots of stuff and could have easily been edited into one longer feature. And it's only got one of the two trailers for the movie. If you don't own Underworld, I guess get this one. But in the end it doesn't really matter. I hope they have a really good explaination on the commentary track.
Rating: Summary: Underworld Extended Cut- Acceptable Review: Anything that makes a movie more exciting, and more detailed, is allright with me. Deleted scenes are one thing but to intigrate them into the movie is pretty much ok. I actually thought the scenes were gonna be stupid bloopers. They weren't. Without giving up too much, here are some details. Michael tells Selene about his life in the interegation building. Kraven and Erika get intimate and conspicuous. There's a whole new story about why the Lycans want Michaels blood. It's not everything but in the end, it all boils down to what you see. I recommend trying to find this at a rental place before buying it off Amazon.
Rating: Summary: AWESOME! Review: This movie is awesome! I am definately going to see the sequel in theaters. Kate Beckinsale was great. So was Scott Speedman. This is like another Van Helsing movie. Only with not that extended in action content. The only flaw in my opinion is that the werewolves weren't that real looking.
Rating: Summary: this puts down werewolves and vampires Review: I thought this movie was going to be awesome. My god was i wrong. First of all, this movie made the vampires suck. They couldnt even use any of their super-human abilities like running really, really fast. They couldnt jump, they dam-sho couldnt fight. This movie made the vampires just a couple a english pricks that sat around and drank wine all day. Second, the werewolves. What happened!? I know that werewolves are strong and everything but dam! I mean a human that was just turned werewolf fighting an ancient vampire and kicking his anus all over the place is just too much. So what if he was both vampire and werewolf. The vampires in this movie aint worth shiat so he didnt get much power from them. And whats up with vampires and werewolves using weapons. I can understand swords and stuff but not guns. I have to say though that the only thing good about this movie was the story line. And there was so many suck-points about this movie that the story line sucked. They shouldnt have made it were the werewolves can change on their own. I just hope that no one else buys this movie. Dont waste your time with this WORTHLESS movie. And Ill admit I did buy the movie. I watched it once, and then I fed it to a sledge-hammer.
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