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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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Summary: Misunderstood and wonderful
Review: This was a great movie! I have seen it three times and would have seen it a fourth, but the DVD will be out soon, so I'll wait for that.
You have to understand....this is an ACTION film! This is not meant to be slow and artistic. Underworld should not be compaired to "Interview with the Vampire" or "Bram Stokers Dracula." Those were DRAMAS. One of my friends said to me "I wanted more 'Interview...' and this is totally unfair. The trailer told you what this film was about. It's about a war between vampires and Lycans (warewolves). It has guns, fighting and a love story subplot. It's Romeo & Juliet with fangs -- but it's great.
Every vampire film slightly re-defines what the vampire is. Underworld has nice visual ideas and it is easy to find yourself taken in by this world. The characters take themselves seriously and the short dramatic scenes that are there are fine. In fact, I would say that I cannot fault anyones acting except for "Kraven." He was one-dimensional, but so what?
I admit this is not the well-crafted masterpiece that "Interview" was, but this is an ACTION film. You don't go see "True Lies" and expect "Shakespeare in Love", do you? When you go see "The Mummy", are you expecting the acting calibre of "A Beautiful Mind?"
Underworld was a great story. It has guns and fighting and it's about a bitter war. These are creatures at war, fighting for their survival and they don't have time to say "I never drink....wine." and ps. Kate Beckinsale can bite me -anytime. ;-)
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Summary: Awesome Movie
Review: I would highly recommend buying this movie. Just imagine The Matrix with a horror twist. WIth a suprise ending, this movie keeps you away from bathroom breaks. Definately a must see!!!
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Summary: Very stylish action thriller
Review: I really liked the movie. Selene is a 'death dealer', a vampire trained to kill werewolves. Vampires and werewolves have been at bitter war for centuries, each determined to drive the other to extinction. Now, the werewolves may have an edge as they discovered a way to combine the genes of both species to create a half-vampire, half-werewolf breed with strengths of both and none of their weaknesses. It all hinges on a human doctor, to whom Selene feels forbidden attraction, especially since he'll soon turn into a werewolf himself. The storyline was very tight, gradually revealing how the war began and not everyone is as he/she seems. The action sequences were amazing. The movie seems to have focused on building to story, perhaps leaving the personal drama and romance to the sequel which is in works. I'm looking forward to it.
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Summary: GENIUS Sci-Fi/HORROR in a LONG time!
Review: I've been a fan of good Sci-Fi and Horror movies all my life. Started with "ALIEN" & "An American Werewolf in London" and seen mostly all that has come out. The 90's Teen "horror" movies, ie: Blairwitch, Scary Movie, I know what you did.. etc. were a TOTAL dissapointment... lame plots and bad, bad, acting!!
Then came Blade and Blade 2 (BOTH VERY GOOD)...and now this... INCREDIBLY good and will amaze you that the plot is actually very REMARKABLE...
I am also reading the book, which has a LOT of details that cannot be included in the movie due to lack of time (would make the movie too long!) But this series (there are 2 books,the 2nd one will be out March 2004) is THE BEST IN HORROR/ SCI-FI IN A LOOONG TIME..!!! WELL WORTH IT!!
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