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| Underworld [2003] | ![Underworld [2003]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519CVFC4NCL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Len Wiseman
Actor: Kate Beckinsale|michael Sheen|shane Brolly
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Category: DVD
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Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: DVD
Running Time: 121 minutes
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Discs: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
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Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
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Release Date: February 16, 2004
Theatrical Release Date: September 19, 2003
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Amazon.co.uk Review
IUnderworld/I is a hybrid thriller that rewrites the rulebook on werewolves and vampires--imagine IBlade/I meets IThe Crow/I and IThe Matrix/I. 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 IGodzilla/I, IMen in Black/I and IIndependence Day/I. 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. --IJeff Shannon/I
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 guilty pleasure June 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
really entertaining monster mash which is more the passable entertainmentbr /theres lots of action a decent amount of gore and kate beckinsale in skin tight leather whats not to love?
 BLADE meets THE MATRIX March 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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:br /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, and vampires and werewolves are now at one another's throats (ha ha) over a millenia of real and imagined slights. Kate Beckinsale plays a melodramatically-named 'Death Dealer', a vampire devoted to fighting lycans, who falls in love with a lycan candidate. Unbeknownst to all but a few tricky lycans, that candidate is a descendent of the 'human' strain of the original sire of all three races, and has the potential to become a hybrid vampire/lycan. Much mayhem and throat biting commences.br /br /Now, it's pretty obvious from the get-go that logic needs to get chucked out the window. Similarly, there's about as many sparks flying between Beckinsale and her love interest as there is between the mayonnaise and bologna in a bad deli sandwich. However the film does a surprisingly, almost effort-savingly good job of representing the various packs of night critters involved. The lycans impressively shape shift into massive, combat-oriented werewolves whenever angered (quite similar to another underappreciated recent film, 'Dog Soldiers'), and while the vampires don't do a lot of typically vampiric things like mind control or turning into packs of rats, they at least manage the 'gaunt and world-weary' thing well. You also get a sense of the hide-bound nature of their world, which is based on the endless rule of centuries-old elders and ancients, with newer vampires stuck in an immortality bereft of change or advancement. There are some great action sequences, a lot of fine back stabbing, and generally a great deal of enthusiasm on all sides when the fur starts flying. It really is almost enough to make up for the paper-thin plot and makes for a decent movie..open your head, remove your brian and replace it with popcorn....and just enjoy the ride.br /br /br /br /
 Loved it! February 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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, just think of it as its illegitamet child! br /br /As far as I can see everything in this film is a nice surprise because almost everything is better than you think it is going to be. Purists may not give this a 5 star but I just loved everything about it and would watch it again again, its gothic, bloody, fast-paced and hopefully will one day go down as a cult classic - what more do you want from a vampire flick!? Plus Kate Beckinsale in tight leathers shootin up werewolves doesn't hurt much either!
 Utter, utter drivel October 23, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
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. br /br /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 guns with a *finite* number of bullets...); and then some utterly po-faced pseudo-scientific plot which is as vacuous as it is incomprehensible.br /br /Oh - and caring, sharing vampires with sm fashion fetishes, laptops, and sports cars... huh? These guys are supposed to be SCARY, not yuppies.br /br /Plus: acting, dire. Continuity, awful. Music - erm, gothic grunge... ALL THE TIME. All in all just sooo, sooo boring.
An Entertaing Dark Gothic Thriller October 5, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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. br /br /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 through dark wet streets. We get all of our back-story of how the vampire/werewolf war got started in the first place via flashbacks. And there's a forbidden romance budding between Selene and Michael. br /br /The movie looks sufficiently offbeat to be interesting, although the muted colors and lack of anything resembling bright light becomes does get a little old. Be nice to see what the vampires did when the sun was up. Kate Beckinsale does look dangerous and sexy in a skintight leather suit, but there is not much acting for her to do in this film. Scott Speedman doesn't need to do anything more than exude a primal wildness, which he succeeds at. And everyone else has to appear sinister. br /br /Even though, I found Underworld be an entertaining view. The big battle at the end is fun, although the final scene seems to be an introduction for a sequel. So get your popcorn, and watch the movie. You will not be sorry...though it is no one I will be watching multiple times.br /
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