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Summary: Ok movie
Review: Special effects with no real plot! The Matrix with vampires and werewolves.
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Summary: Interesting Ideas, poor execution
Review: The whole concept of Licantropes vs. Vampires is very interesting. So is part of its mythology: the way old vampires are recycled, etc. The big problem with this atmospheric movie is in the guns and how the action scenes are shot.
Why supernatural beings need guns?
The thing is when they start shooting each other they are no different from your average Schwarzenegger movie: bad aiming, lots of shots, bigger guns, lots of mayhem. Everything made more confusing by the look-alike types of the characters (except the wonderful Beckingsale).
At the end there are big holes in the plot (SPOILERS *** why wasn't Amelia strong enough to fight the werewolves to mention one).
It felt good in the theater but later, looking back, it felt like the average summer actioner. With the only plus of a couple of good ideas.
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Summary: It entertains a little bit!
Review: The maincharackters is absolutley bad acting...
the silver car did not fit to this movie...lol
the story of love and 2 arguing famalies are like romeo and julia...its cool story..but the endfight is just ...blua..
as the boy gets to the mixture of WW-WP ... they just painted him green...thats so stupid..i expected a big killing monster wich fights against Victor but they just painted this guy with green color..lol what the..fu..
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Summary: Looking forward to it
Review: I love the original movie and I'm looking forward to this extended version. I think it is shallow for some to rate it lower than it deserves on the basis that it had a style that was close to other movies or whatever the reason may be. It is a cool movie with a unique style of its own and it rocks. I hope they make a sequal.
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Summary: DO NOT BUY BOOTLEGS
Review: "BESTDEALDVD" SELLER SELLS BOOTLEGS DO NOT BUY FROM HIM HIS NAME IS MARK JOLLY.
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Summary: Excellent Action
Review: This film will literaly blow you away! The special effects are great, and in response to another reviewer who said they were bad, they are awsome. The wherewolf transformations look the way they do for a reason. They are not the usual long drawn out transformation full of lengthy scenes of hair growing on someonew arms; these are new, more evolved werewolves that can change at will. The action is non-stop; the movie keeps on rolling and doesnt slow down. If you view this with a home theatre system you will be reaping some serious rewards. And by the way, the acting is very well done. The casting was perfect. The main chick (selene) is hot, and the cast that plays the Liken (wherewolves) look like they really are dogs hiding under human skin. Awsome movie!! Well done!!!
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Summary: Once Bitten, Twice Shot
Review: I can't help but think that the mixed reception this film has gotten has more to do with its pretensions than its reality. It is a very competent, if stagecrafty, vampire film. It features lots of atmosphere and dramatic, gothic filmogaphy. It takes place in a setting that is half Prague and half London - underground scenes, castle scenes and even a chase or two. Stunts and costumes are excellent - the film uses costumes and stunts rather than CGI for it's effects - for a result that is, as someone else remarked, half Dracula and half Matrix.The premise isn't completely original, but is well worked out, making vampires and lycans (werewolves) a kind of medical accident arising in the depth of the plague years developing a complex hierarchical society with vampires at the to and the werewolves at the bottom. This somehow impacted, and lycans and vampires are at war, with the werewolves at a disadvantage. In the midst of a hunt Selene (Kate Beckensale) finds that a nest of werewolves is determined to capture a human - Michael Corvin (Scott Speedman). Her investigation puts her at odds with her coven's leader, Kraven (Shane Brolly), and the ensuing events reveal something so menacing that vampire and lycan are threatened. In essence this is a pure action film not a horror film. There are gestures at romance and the politics of the night but the primary movement is set scene - chase scene - fight scene. While the acting is generally competent - Beckensale is quite good, and Michael Sheen and Bill Nighy are excellent as lycan and vampire elders - it isn't spectacular. Certainly not good enough to make what director Ken Wiseman thought might be 'the greatest vampire story ever told.' Seen purely as what it is, 'Underworld' is an enjoyable, fast-paced film that presents in interesting vision of life in the darkness. Held against an arbitrary standard of greatness or a belief that it is the deconstruction of the vampire mythos, it falls short. The Dracula remake is still the pinnacle of this genre, and may be for some time to come. One the other hand I could watch films like this one after another without a single qualm. The extras, feature films on the making of , etc., and several commentaries are excellent, and throw some interesting light on the film and its characters. If you like foreboding technogothic thrillers this is made for you.
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Summary: Underdeveloped.
Review: There are so many things wrong with UNDERWORLD it's hard to summon the energy to get pedantic whilst reviewing it. There are some worthwhile concepts present, but all are never developed in a good fashion.
KATE BECKENSALE is horrible. A badly written character played with a badly miscast actress makes for a hard time watching with any conviction. She just looks uncomfortable.
The werewolf effects are atrocious. With a plot surrounding a vampire/werewolf war, you end up rooting for the wolves; that is until you witness their transformation. Bad FX.
The action scenes are stillborn. The build up is as suspenseful as slumber and the delivery is rehash. Without some fleeting half-creativity the entire film is an all out rip-off of the ultra-far superior BLADE (1&2), and borrows some inspiration from THE MATRIXes.
The direction is slipshod. Obviously lensed by a first timer working with an amateur script. I can't believe they are already filming not one but TWO sequels. Totally unnessesary.
Check out the flick DOG SOLDIERS instead. That film has the action, horror, and werewolves, that works with the sense to not take itself seriously.
Given the subject matter, UNDERWORLD should have been a lot better of a movie. I love vampire and werewolf films, and there really aren't that many good ones. UNDERWORLD has both aforementioned creatures, and still ranks at the botttom of both catagories. So I'll have to say that it's definitely bad.
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Summary: Follows the Blade Genre
Review: I was recommended this movie by a co-worker. Although the film has an interesting storyline (Generations' old Vampires versus Werewolves conflict) and great action sequences it does not live up to my standards of a good vampire-genre film. The acting was not all that great and the film lacked a superstar that could've elevated this film to the level that Blade series had acheived. But its not a total loss as everyone tries their best in the film. I wont ruin the ending but it leaves the door open for a sequel.
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Summary: Enter the Underworld
Review: This film was beatifully made, and not, as many think, a story of Romeo and Juliet of vampires and werewolves. In fact, it is nothing like that. Kate Beckinsale's acting is amazing and her clothes, I must say, simply gorgeous. Scott Speedman plays his part well, the only debatable part of his character being that he turns into a strange erm... green were-vampire. The special effects are excellent. The storyline is good, though there are parts of the movie which are questionable, judge for yourself. I think that you have to watch the movie yourself and see what you think, but it is a story of immortals that rises to the top alongside Queen Of The Damned.
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