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Summary: Absolutely Woeful Movie, they couldn't give me this DVD!!!!
Review: I'm sorry this is one of THE worst movies I have ever had the displeasure of spending $9 to see. Not even Kate Beckinsale in figure hugging attire could save it. The acting is wooden at best, the script is childlike and the dialogue unconvincing and bland.
Bad bad bad bad...BAD
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Summary: Reasonable Vampre/Werewolf Flick, but Lacks Originality
Review: "Underworld" has two great things in it; beautiful images and elegant Kate Beckinsale. Period. Except for them, you get nothing particularly special about it -- the actions are not new, the acting is not good, and most of all the story is very slow-moving and uninvolving. "Underworld" is, some say, the Romeo and Juliet story in vimpire/werewolf version. This account is quite misleading. It is about Ms Beckinsale's Selene, deadly assassin with guns among the vampire clan. They are fighting the bloody war so long with the now-outnumbered werewolves (Lycans, they are called), so no one remembers the original cause of the war. So, Selene is told to kill, and she kills. So far so good. And the opening subway gun-shooting scenes are reasonably done. And Scott Speedman's doctor named Michael enters as the possible target of the Lycans. Selene only seems aware of the fact that Michael has some secret he doesn't know, but the leader of the Lycans (Michael Sheen) is desperately after. Now the plot is going to thicken. But it doesn't. Soon we get confused because of the very clumsy storytelling, i.e. talk, talk, talk, which includes many monologues, intricate relations of characters, and some ritualsa and traditions about the dynasty of old, sleeping vampires. Some are intrigued by these webs of facts, but I must say ... Isn't this supposed to be Romeo and Juliet? The director Len Wiseman unaccountably doesn't show any interest in the relations between Beckinsale and Speedman. This misguided choice kills any potential power they might have been given; instead, we start to lose interest in them. How should we care these uninteresting characters? If you have seen "Blade" "Blade 2" or the first "Crow", don't expect the actions, which lack originality. Not that they are bad -- far from it. But the fact remains that we have seen more exciting and unique ones in them, and to make matters worse, for all the inclusion of creature designer Patrick Tatopoulos, the werewolves are not convincing. We got good production designs including the cobbled streets of Budapest; we got credible and often very sinister atomospher. Still we need more power, or elegance, or humor, or anything here, which might heighten the tension between the two clans. We need danger, and only in danger Beckinsale's death dealer starts to shine.
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Summary: bloody well done
Review: Underworld is awesome and it will make you guess whats going to happen next so if you havent seen the movie you should go rent it when it comes out it is a really bloody movie and this is not for the kids. When u first see it predict whos goin to win Vampires or werewolves.
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Summary: Expectedly Dark
Review: I watched this movie, expecting a Blade/Resident Evil/slightly Matrix plot and special effects, and that is precisely what I recieved. The movie is well done with entertaining special effects, and the plot is fairly creative. I did enjoy Kate Beckinsale's portrayl of a dark action hero. However, this picture seems to have nothing for a non- Blade/Resident Evil/slightly Matrix fan.
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Summary: Quite well executed film
Review: Underworld is an extremely under rated film. The vampire and lycan (werewolf) cultures are depicted quite accuratley, Kate Beckinsale is amazing! Its also very refreshing to hear Maynard's (lead singer from A Perfect Circle/Tool) voice in a film again (last time was in Escape From LA, to the tool tune "Sweat) Very good story, action, and a love story Great movie
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Summary: Everything I expected....Vampires never get old....
Review: People have been unkind to this film, thing is I agree with everything they say. It is all about look and style and fashion and precious little about story and plot/character development. Yes......and? Did these naysayers see the previews? I did. I saw a very cool,sleek and dangerous femme fatale in a skin tight shiny latex/leather outfit shooting cool guns, at one point through the floor in a circle so she could, I assume, fall through in slow motion. Cool. I went to see it and what did I see? The exact same thing everyone else saw. Blue filtered, gothic high fashion, high octane fun. Lots of Kate Beckansale, debatable the most underrated actress of her generation, at least in the colonies, doing her shoot em up ultra cool girl vampire thing. She is the picture of icy cool detached British rage, James Bond meets Vamperella, what's wrong with that? I don't think anyone is getting an academy award for this but so what? It was entertaining, stylish and fun. I for one am glad to see a well crafted bit of Saturday afternoon hokum played out so well...
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Summary: underworld
Review: i thought the action was great with the small bit of love in and the story line was amazing.
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Summary: Cool entertaining movie
Review: I agree with many of the people giving good comments about this movie. The movie feels a bit shallow but it is very entertaining. Yes, we've seen the action before but believe me the movie feels different, i guess because of the werewolf-vampire story. Go see it. By the way, Kate Beckinsale was charming and played beautifully (better than the Matrix's Trinity. And I've no doubt that Kate is a very talented actress).
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Summary: Derivative schlock thriller
Review: A skin tight leather clad Kate Beckinsale stars in this derivative mess which tells the story of a thousand year plus war between vampires and werewolves. Beckinsale is a vampire, or a "death-dealer", who hunts werewolves down. One night she discovers a group of them chasing a seemingly normal young man (Scott Speedman), followed by a plethora of derivative action scenes, campy over-acting, and one too many loose ends and plot holes. On the outside, Underworld is a stylish thriller that boasts a very attractive female lead, although Beckinsale's true acting talents aren't entirely put to use. Speedman is wasted as the hapless sap who just happens to be the right guy at the wrong time. The special effects (especially the werewolf transformations) are phenominal; these effects have come a long way since The Howling. Other than that though, Underworld is just a mess. The action scenes seem to be derivative hybrids of The Matrix, Blade, Resident Evil, The Crow, and a mess of other action/sci-fi/horror films. Plus, by the time the credits start rolling, we are left with one too many loose ends and questions, plus an ending epilogue that automatically opens the door for an inevitable sequel. All in all, Underworld had a load of promise, but in the end it is just another derivative thriller.
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Summary: Sigh...i've seen better
Review: well, this movie was ok, but you can't see anything because it's too dark and there is no lighting in it at all. i feel that movies.ign.com best implemented the problem with this film. it tries to include too many new concepts and ideas into one film about the supernatural or vampires(note: not a direct quote). maybe the reason other people that wrote reviews for this movie enjoyed it more than me was because they were capable of making sense of about 1/8 of it which is more than i could say for myself. you may think this is because of my intelligence or comprehension, some of that maybe true but most was in part of a way too complicated storyline. this movie could have been the second movie of a trilogy, seeing as how the producers and writers and everyone else invloved thought it wouldn't be necessary to explain why anything in the movie was happening.
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