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Underworld [2003]
starring: Kate Beckinsale|Michael Sheen|Shane Brolly
directed by: Len Wiseman

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5017239192203
Format: PAL
Label: Entertainment in Video
Manufacturer: Entertainment in Video
Number Of Discs: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Entertainment in Video
Region Code: 2
Release Date: February 16, 2004
Running Time: 121 minutes
Studio: Entertainment in Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 19, 2003
Sales Rank: 3432

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
Underworld is a hybrid thriller that rewrites the rulebook on werewolves and vampires--imagine Blade meets The Crow and The Matrix. It's a "cuisinart" movie (blend a lot of familiar ideas and hope something interesting happens) in which immortal vampire "death dealers" wage an ancient war against "Lycans" (werewolves), who've got centuries of revenge--and some rather ambitious genetic experiments--on their lycanthropic agenda. Given his preoccupation with gloomy architecture (mostly filmed in Budapest, Hungary), frenetic mayhem and Gothic costuming, it's no surprise that first-time director Len Wiseman gained experience in TV commercials and the art departments of Godzilla, Men in Black and Independence Day. His work is all surface, no substance, filled with derivative, grand-scale action as conflicted vampire Selene (Kate Beckinsale, who later became engaged to Wiseman) struggles to rescue an ill-fated human (Scott Speedman) from Lycan transformation. It's great looking all the way, and a guaranteed treat for horror buffs, who will eagerly dissect its many strengths and weaknesses. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- guilty pleasure
really entertaining monster mash which is more the passable entertainment
theres lots of action a decent amount of gore and kate beckinsale in skin tight leather whats not to love?

Rating:

- BLADE meets THE MATRIX
Underworld looked fairly light and cheesy in the previews, so I avoided a cinema trip and just rented the DVD. I was mistaken. It's actually an entertaining romp that is mostly eye candy but does have some interesting acting in it. The somewhat goofy premise is as follows:
Long ago, a human was born whose body was able to rapidly alter itself to resist environmental conditions. This allowed him to survive a plague that destroyed his village. His children inherited that trait. One was bitten by a bat and spawned a race of vampires, while another was bitten by a wolf and spawned a race of werewolves (a.k.a. lycans). A third did neither and hence the trait also survived in 'normal' humans. This divergence of races was long ago forgotten, ... Read More:

Rating:

- Loved it!
There is something to be said for films that make you think, this is not one of them but I think that's why its so good to watch. Don't get me wrong I think the storyline is good and it throws you in at the deep end, there's no boring build up it just gets straight into the action and leaves the explanations for later, this works well as it allows for briefs lulls in the action before getting stuck in again. I love films with a bit of cinematic flair and this film has that in abundance, usually though when a film focuses on effects it forgets to throw in a good storyline, acting, script etc but when a film gets it all right (eg. The Matrix) you end up with something special. Now I'm not putting Underworld in the same class as the Matrix, ... Read More:

Rating:

- Utter, utter drivel
I actually watched this movie twice to make sure I wasn't over-reacting the first time. Nope, I wasn't - this movie is absolutely, cringingly awful, and an utter and complete waste of time. If you're a fan of Vampire / Werewolf / Whatever roleplaying games, you might just be able to cringe your way through it, but otherwise, just say no.

Everything's awful about it, and also horribly derivative. It's as if the makers have ripped off all these other great movies (Matrix, Blade, Interview with the Vampire, etc, etc), and then *completely* missed the point. You have all the Matrix visuals, with none of the style and the humour; all the action of Blade with none of the attention to detail (come on - presumably even vampires use ... Read More:

Rating:

- An Entertaing Dark Gothic Thriller
Underworld starts out with a long action sequence. Things do slow down enough for us to learn that our hero is a vampire by the name of Selene, played by Kate Beckinsale, who has devoted her unlife to destroying lycanthropes. Selene stumbles upon a conspiracy between the vampire leader, Kraven, and the werewolf leader, Lucian, which involves a human named Michael, who is a host to a strain of some strain of plague that is never explained. Fearing that Kraven's actions may place the vampires in jeopardy, Selene does the unthinkable; she awakens the ancient vampire noble, Viktor so he can stop Kraven.

In the middle of the movie we move away from some of the action and we get our characters doing a lot of talking, plotting, and running ... Read More:

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