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Summary: eye candy for the vampire fan
Review: I know the title might be a bit redundant, most vampire movies inolve a little bit of eye candy. Even both of the Vampires movies had attractive characters even if only a few. But the makers of this film make it their primary focus.The acting is for the most part cheesy or bad, the actors are good looking, the plot has truck sized holes, and the it all has a slick and stylized look. But I am not saying that it is bad, it is a fun action flick. It is all based off an age old war between the werewolves and the vampires. Years ago the werewolves were slaves to the vampires, but by their legends they broke free and a war started. Now they are both out for the extinction of their enemy. The Lycans(werewolves), are losing the war, the werewolves are getting desperate because they know they are losing and face being wiped out by their former masters. so they are looking for a solution in the form of an individual, the decendent of some special individual. Kate Beckinsale is a vampire assasin(death dealer), who is caught up in the political machinations of her family. The movie has some good if improbable action sequences. I often wondered how many bullets her gun was capable of holding. The costumes and the sets were spectacular. The characters were pretty and looked the roles that they were assigned. The bad was primarily the acting. A few of the actors were flat out terrible. Beckinsale looks right for the role, but that is where it ends. She seems unenthusiastic in her delivery, making her character wooden. The plot might make sense to hardcore sci fi fans or gamers, but a lot is left either poorly explained or not explained at all. I remember there being a lot of debate over it on the message boards. Three stars for the production quality but lopsided final project. To my understanding there is a sequel planned, hopefully they will work on the acting and writing. Either way, I'll be there for the spectacle alone.
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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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