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Flipside Movie Emporium: Underworld Movie Review Things fare better when the film focuses on the larger vampire/werewolf war, a notion that, while derivative and full of holes, at least generates some excitement. The film's unnamed metropolis is consistently engaging, and Wiseman does an adequate job of conveying his protagonists' purgatorial nature: they're immortal and yet they waste all their potential in meaningless conflict. Underworld also has plenty of camp moments -- some more intentional than others -- combined with a few flashes of wit (Selene's shooting range features revolving busts of Shakespeare as targets) which prevent us from growing too restless. www.flipsidemovies.com /underworld.html   (707 words)

Slant Magazine - Film Review: Underworld Underworld is horror action in the Matrix age, a bullet riddled flourish of body-glove leather and acrobatic contortions. Yet what the film lacks is the substance of its progenitor, the concreteness of a certain visual grammar and narrative originality The Matrix used to transform itself into a work of surprising science-fictional elegance. Underworld quite eagerly swallows the bait by ingesting and regurgitating the look of the Matrix films, hooked by the promise of their eye-popping spectacle, only to be ultimately failed by its inability to rise above the limited canvas of its own art direction. www.slantmagazine.com /film/film_review.asp?ID=816   (466 words)

"Underworld" - Salon "Underworld" is a dark, dank morass of a horror/fantasy epic, all faux-Wachowski action scenes and dim blue light and thumping industrial music and dripping pseudo-Gothic interiors and Kate Beckinsale cramming her cute English schoolgirl figure into a pleather cat suit. From the first moments of the film, when Beckinsale rushes through a bewildering voiceover narration and then plunges into an extended subway gun battle where we can't tell who is who or what in hell is going on, the filmmakers are unafraid to set us a steep learning curve. To some extent, "Underworld" is supposed to be the story of how Selene falls in love with Michael, who is completely off limits because he's: 1) a regular old lowly human and 2) possibly not human but actually a Lycan, which is worse. dir.salon.com /story/ent/movies/review/2003/09/19/underworld/index.html   (1071 words)

Underworld (2003) Director Len Wiseman's dark and supremely styish vampires vs. werewolves epic is set in a perpetually grey, dank and rainy gothic metropolis, and tracks Death Dealer Selene (Kate Beckinsale), a vampire warrior in the midst of a centuries-old battle to rid the world of her kind's furry, toothy nemeses. The film is also made up largely of chase sequences and fight scenes, which is fun for a while but eventually gets a little tiresome (The Matrix: Reloaded, anyone?). Overall, though, Underworld has enough to satiate any fan of the genre (or genres), and should still hold the interest of viewers who don't know a stake from a silver bullet. www.moviepie.com /filmfests/underworld.htm   (464 words)

Review: Underworld (2003) The film begins with a footchase and gunfight scene between werewolves and vampires. It continues on to the vampire lair and we are introduced to the horrible (but pretty) actress extraordinaire: Kate Beckinsale, who has dropped her romantic comedy smile in favor of short, stringy hair and catwomanish leather. I wondered whether this film was representative of her true actress talent, then I remember how drab she was in Laurel Canyon and I think that might have been her high point. aaronfilms.tripod.com /aaronfilms/films/underworld.htm   (330 words)

Underworld (2003 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Underworld is a 2003 horror/action movie (see 2003 in film) about the secret history of vampire and werewolves, where the latter are referred to as "Lycan" as an abbreviated form of lycanthrope. In the Underworld mythos, Vampires and Lycans are not mystical creatures, but rather the product of a virus. The follow-up story, Underworld: Evolution, was released January 20, 2006. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Underworld_(2003_film)   (4196 words)

UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION The film, as with its 2003 prequel, largely concerns a world where vampires and werewolves do not peacefully co-exist and that a centuries-old war has been brewing between them, without an end in sight. Again, in case you forgot the first film, Selene engages in a bitter and all-to-personal vampire war on the werewolves who killed her family in the 1600’s (yup – vampires in this film are immortal, as in other similar stories). UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION is the very epitome of disposable entertainment – it’s loud, crude, violent, and pretends to be something of substance when all it rally cares about is simple-minded action sequences that beat you over the head senselessly with malodorous redundancy. www.craigerscinemacorner.com /Reviews/underworld_evolution.htm   (1965 words)

Filmtracks: Underworld (Paul Haslinger) Underworld: (Paul Haslinger) You sometimes find cases in which a film is universally loved by audiences and universally bashed by critics, and Underworld is such an example. The film is the directing debut of Len Wiseman, the respected art director of Stargate and Independence Day, and the one thing that everybody agrees on here is that Underworld has no shortage of beautiful sets. For fans of the film and its inherent genre, the score for Underworld may not be as appealing as the song album, which featured either all-new songs written for the film, or remixes of previously written songs. www.filmtracks.com /titles/underworld.html   (1045 words)

Underworld Scored with a deafening thrum, for all the technical prowess of Underworld, much of the dialogue is swallowed whole by its soundtrack, and a few scenes--featuring Kraven, in particular--appear to have been looped in a tin bucket. Underworld is a fantastic visual film with a completely hollow emotional and intellectual core. Underworld is too in love with its own niftiness to bother much with infusing itself with life and purpose, all this hollowness despite a late suggestion that the werewolves are some sort of slave class involved in rebellion (and Kirk Douglas does seem the prototypical werewolf, come to think of it: "No, I'm Spartacus!"). www.filmfreakcentral.net /screenreviews/underworld.htm   (636 words)

Underworld (2003) While I didn’t like Underworld and wouldn’t want to see a sequel that resembles it, the underlying concept behind the flick remains cool enough that I’d be interested in additional explorations. Underworld appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 2.35:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions. Underworld presented such a flat palette that it virtually came across as a fl and white film. www.dvdmg.com /underworld.shtml   (1980 words)

The Film Asylum - Underworld film review Underworld reimagines Vampires as a secretive clan of modern, aristocratic sophisticates whose mortal enemies are the Lycans (werewolves), a shrewd gang of street thugs who prowl the city's underbelly. Possibly the one reason that this film hasn't gone straight to the shelves of Blockbusters is the inclusion of the upper class British crumpet that featured in the historically heavy weight 'Pearl Harbor' and the poisonous combination of comedy and romance, 'Serendipity'. The fact that the whole movie is shot without a single ray of sunlight and a relentless monsoon downpour, you soon get the feeling of hopelessness which is kind of what the fight between vampires and werewolves is all about. www.thefilmasylum.com /reviews/underworld/underworld.htm   (1226 words)

The Film Asylum Review - Underworld: Evolution (Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman) Underworld: Evolution, sequel to 2003's Underworld, is basically just more of the same on a slightly grander scale. The main reason I'm not a big fan of either Underworld films is because I just can't get over how horribly fake and pathetic looking the computer effects are for a lot of the big money shot scenes, especially the ones involving the werewolves/lycans. Once again the film has a highly talented cast, and once again the bad dialogue and silly plot don't mix well with the overly serious acting. www.thefilmasylum.com /reviews/underworld2/underworld2.htm   (718 words)

BBC - Films - review - Underworld Slick and overserious, Underworld is a sci-fi actioner with a sells-itself pitch: Vampires Vs Werewolves. Director Len Wiseman has a background in the art department and although dress sense and sets are styled/stolen from other successful sci-fi series (Blade and The Matrix, most blatantly), he slides from scene to scene with an arresting comic book style. See what films are opening in the UK next year. www.bbc.co.uk /films/2003/09/11/underworld_2003_review.shtml   (404 words)

DVD Review - Underworld   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) With that in mind I was extremely hesitant about "Underworld," a film that once again walks the thin line of transplanting these night-dwelling creatures into a modern world scenario. Apropos music, while the majority of the film features a great score that helps set the mood for this film, occasionally the filmmakers revert to the same bad habit other contemporary genre filmmakers have fallen into by bombarding the audience with trashy heavy metal at the most inopportune moments. The track elaborates on many aspects of the film and the story in general and is a great addition to the release. www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/underworld.shtml   (1242 words)

USCCB - (Film and Broadcasting) - Underworld: Evolution "Underworld: Evolution" (Screen Gems) is as appealing as a sun deck at a vampire convention. A sequel to the 2003 "Underworld," this loud and nonsensical horror action film continues to chronicle the escalating war between vampire and werewolf clans, the latter called Lycans here. The film contains nonstop graphic stylized carnage and bloody gore including impalings, flaming bodies and dismemberment, strong sexual situations, including a threesome, partial nudity, scattered rough and crude language, as well as profanity. www.usccb.org /movies/u/underworldevolution.shtml   (369 words)

Underworld (2003) As Underworld begins, Lycen hunter Selene (Kate Beckinsale), notices that the werewolves seem to be stalking some random human. Underworld has vampires and Lycen both armed to the fangs, as it were, and it kills the mystique. Underworld is less interesting than those who made it a reality, and the means by which they all interacted. www.filmmonthly.com /Video/Articles/Underworld/Underworld.html   (1332 words)

MTV.com - Movies - Features and Interviews At the end of the original film, Beckinsale's Selene and love interest Scott Speedman's half-Lycan/half-Dealer Michael saved the day only to unleash a greater threat as the blood of both armies poured into the grave of Marcus, a sleeping vampire whom fans expect to awaken as a hybrid. Although most of "Evolution" is set in the present day, the film will flash back to two important moments in the timeline: one, a medieval sequence, explains the relationship between the main baddies; the other reenacts the first-bite story that Selene recounted in the first film. "Underworld: Evolution," sure to be the most lovingly made movie ever to involve immortal bloodsuckers and the merciless beasts that oppose them, is due in theaters late this year. www.mtv.com /shared/movies/features/u/underworld_2_set_visit_050323   (1293 words)

EI > Reviews > Underworld (2003) Come to think of it, everyone involved with this film is going to spend a long time cleaning the blotches it has left on their careers. "Underworld" is quite possibly the worst, most derivative, and completely pointless genre film made since "Fear Dot Com," and even that little mishap had a couple of moments. At the top of the film, Selene and the Death Dealers track some Lycans into the subway, a shootout ensues, and a couple of vampires die, and a couple of Lycans die. www.einsiders.com /reviews/archives/underworld.php   (617 words)

Kate Beckinsale - News, Pictures, MP3, Videos and Gossip Soon after, Beckinsale was cast in the 2001 film, ''Pearl Harbor'', which was one of the highest grossing films of its year. In the years following, she appeared in a series of American films that were high-profile, but were given a somewhat poor critical reception, including ''Serendipity'' (2001), ''Underworld'' (2003) and ''Van Helsing'' (2004). In January 2006, Beckinsale reprised her role as a vampire in the movie ''Underworld: Evolution'', a sequel to her 2003 film, ''Underworld'', again directed by her husband, Len Wiseman. www.celebsoup.com /Kate_Beckinsale.html   (427 words)

Hollywood Gothique: Underworld (2003) Review Most of the early part of the film is devoted to various skirmishes and lots of back-and-forth running around, as Selene rescues Michael, takes him back to the vampires' lair, from which he escapes, only to return, trying to find out what's happened to him because he's been bitten by a werewolf. The romance between Selene and Michael never ignites because the film never provides any reason for it, except for the simple obligation Selene feels because Michael saved her after she was wounded by a werewolf. The film is skimpy in its exposition about the relative powers of werewolves and vampires and how vulnerable they are to each other; the most we get is some explanation about the different bullets each tribe uses on the other. www.hollywoodgothique.com /underworld2003.html   (1036 words)

Eye Weekly - UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION - 01.19.06 The sequel to 2003’s Underworld moneymaker, Underworld: Evolution centres on an age-old feud between vampires and werewolves. The contrived storyline is really just an afterthought, explained clumsily through Star Wars-style opening credits and a fateful meeting halfway through the film in which historian Tanis (Steven Mackintosh) fills in the story’s countless gaps Scooby Doo-style with a few lines of uninspired dialogue. Underworld: Evolution is about one thing: guts and gory. www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_01.19.06/film/underworld_evolution.html   (209 words)

Underworld (2003): Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Shane Brolly - PopMatters Film Review Shrouded in gloomy shadows and seemingly sculpted by flashing blue lights in Underworld, she plays Selene, a super-styling vampire with a centuries-old vendetta against the lycans, also known as werewolves. At film's opening, she spends a few long minutes solemnly narrating portions of this backstory while she looms atop a gothic style building, soaked by sheets of grey rain, her Neo-ish fl trenchcoat flapping in the stormy wind. She and a fellow vampire are scouting for lycans amid a crowd of anonymous, umbrella-carrying humans on a bleak street (shot in Budapest). www.popmatters.com /film/reviews/u/underworld.shtml   (1027 words)

Underworld: Evolution - ComingSoon.net Movie Reviews This film is the sequel to the 2003 film "Underworld". The final climactic battle between the werewolves, vampires, and hybrids is filled with spectacular stunts, effects, and gunplay that end the film in a satisfying blast of gunfire and blood. Since "Underworld" and "Underworld: Evolution" are so similar, they also have the same pitfalls. comingsoon.net /news/reviewsnews.php?id=12786   (819 words)

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