Underworld (Unrated) [Blu-ray] | Kate Beckinsale, Erwin Leder

Underworld (Unrated) [Blu-ray] | Kate Beckinsale, Erwin Leder | Excellent film

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	Underworld (Unrated) [Blu-ray] Kate Beckinsale, Erwin Leder Screen Gems, 2007 average customer review:based on 584 reviews view larger image
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Should become a classic!

I've always been a sucker for vampire movies, and no matter whether the story is a deep, thought provoking one; or a good solid action packer like this is, I'll see it. When I first saw trailers for this film I knew I was going to be there on opening night!

This movie (in my opinion) will become a classic. Whether it becomes a mainstream classic or just a solid cult-classic remains to be seen. The story is very well written and as someone pointed out, it revolves around WHY there is a war between vampires and werewolves and less on the creatures themselves.

The acting is just about as superb as it can get. In my opinion not led by Beckinsale, but rather by Bill Nye who plays a very convincing Viktor. Slight over-acting in spots by Speedman, but overall he plays very well off of the rest of the cast.

The directing is just as superb. It is over the top with the effects but only in the spots where it is needed. Enhancing the story, excitement, and tension all inter-twining the characters and their respective stories as to how the war began and where it will go. The ending leaves the option for a sequel (which we now see is the case) and it keeps the viewer hooked for the next chapter!

Highly recommened and will be a classic over the course of time.

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Excellent film

Together with Underworld: Evolution, two great films. Action-packed, fast paced, great photograhpy and special effects; good plot too. A must see for action/vampire film lovers. This the first film to see. Then see Underworld: Evolution, to keep the story straight. Buy it!

A girl can't save no situation without a boy

Apart from the comic trip look and feel of this film, apart from the special effects both on the side of the vampires and on the side of the werewolves, apart from the impossible love affair between a vampire girl and a werewolf boy, at the beginning qt least, soon to become something else, this film is decadent in all possible ways and somewhere kind of paranoid. And yet there is something that floats over the whole thing, that survives the animal horror that animates these pictures and bleak places. Two species have been fighting for centuries and the salvation of both is in a new blood line that will cross the two different ones. Peace can only come from crossing the bloodlines of the two rivals, the two enemies, the two antagons. And that works, in the film of course, because in reality if it were that simple...! It has been noticed that when a civil war starts we never know when it will stop. It took some thirty years for the latest episode of the Irish civil war to come to maybe an end and that was only the last episode of a war that was started by the invasion and conquest of Ireland by the English three or four centuries ago. And I will not speak of the Bosnian or Kosovar conflicts, nor of the opposition between Sunnis and Shiites in Iraq and in the world. But that's the optimistic final scene of a film that targets teenagers when war comes to an end because the two bloodlines have been mixed in the veins of a new leader. Yet I found the film a little bit long and repetitive as for the fighting scenes.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine & University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne

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Supernatural Action in Gothic setting...oh yeah and guns!

A pleasant surprise with Underworld, which upon my initial opinions was that it was just some second rate film with third-rate ideas. On the contrary, Underworld spins a stoic and fascinating tale that weaves through the past and present as it mixes Werewolves and Vampires in a war throughout all time. Kate Beckinsale is one of the vamps, and at night her and her leather jacket, automatic pistol firing pals are combing the streets for Lycan using constant surveillance that is matched by the general stealth that they possess. The Lycan are an ancient Legion of Werewolves though, and although nearly extinct at one time, suddenly seem to be coming back in some sort of "end of time" phase where the endless litters will perhaps pay off with world domination once and for all.

Cinematic Appeal: This film does an excellent job with portraying the dark, evil tones that accompany such a landscape of macabre terror. Hey, I have nothing against Vamps and Werewolves, but they do need all the ancient statues and stone steps one can muster. Throw in some ancient symbols and don't rush anything in the film, and the viewer may enjoy a vast array of visual wonders. Sure, it is done often, but not very often does this reviewer find a film in which it is done well.

Script & Plot: Nothing bad here at all, the history of the vampires and werewolves that are shown as well as the mystery behind some of the key characters is laid out carefully. Sometimes a film like this can go overboard with dialogue or mere "Shock and Awe" tactics, but I found Underworld to possess a high quality in the story, the way it is executed, and the special effects and originality involving the vampires and werewolves.

Special Features: If you are expecting anything special from the Widescreen edition, don't bother. I would look elsewhere for a better package in that department as the widescreen edition only offers some Director commentary, which of course is pretty standard with most special features. Nothing on the Widescreen edition that has interviews with the writers or cast, and no section on the special effects and such.
If you are looking for a film with some supernatural slashing in a gothic setting, then Underworld may be for you. I found the film enjoyable from the aspect that it seemed more genuine than many films of this genre. Beckinsale is superb in her role as Selene, a woman who must eventually challenge her own loyalty before it is all over.

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After about twenty minutes, It begins to warm up and become enjoyable

The beginning can be pathetic. It's unclear how many movies I recognized while 'observing' and loosely watching. Matrix rings a bell. I mean that in a derogatory way. I'll stop there. I do belong, on occassion, to cultous fangorious, goth groups.....when the moon is full and friday collides mysteriously with the 13th...which was drunkily yesterday. Did I mention how I stayed up all night with friends and watched this film for the first time? We borrowed it from the library for free. Awesomeness, free. What lulled me from my drunken sleepiness, was the occassional moody fits of Victor, who seemed the savior of this film. I loved when he cracked that scientist' skull because......well he was mad. And he didn't want that guy to squeeze out another wise'allicky comment. I mean, I've never seen some dude just wind up and smack someone with one death blow and successfully kill a person like that. He's the man. So I liked it for that, and I liked that it was sorta short and way gothy. There you go.

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