Advantages: Action, looks good, interest plot with twists, extra features Disadvantages: Lose two commentaries (compared to normal), perhaps too much gore (if possible)?
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Directed by Len Wiseman, Underworld is not your average vampire film. Meet an advanced form of werewolf, the lycans, who prowl below the city and their enemies, the vampires, living in highly sophisticated secrecy. Both of these races are interlocked in a century old battle for supremacy, which could only result in the eradication of the losing race. One thing seems to be uncertain to Selene, a vampire warrior - who exactly started the war? ... ...Award' for his role in Underworld as Michael Corvin from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA. The film also received 3 additional nominations for the saturn award, for Best Actress (Kate Beckinsale), Best Horror Film and Best Make Up. The film received two nominations from the Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA, for the golden reel award, in the categories of Best Sound Editing in Foreign Features and Best Sound Editing in ...
rhidassa 31.07.2006
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Underworld (Special Extended Edition) (DVD)
Advantages: Lots of action, good graphics Disadvantages: Bit slow in places, not enough hand to hand fights
...very good Vampire film!
Underworld is a great film, I loved it. Obviously people who aren't lovers of vampire films are thinking i'm giving a biased review and they won't be able to tell anything from this. Well think again!!! I believe this movie has more than just vampire killing. It's more of an action film than a horror. I wouldn't really class this as a horror!
There is so much gun firing that you would think you were watching a war time film!!! ... ...killing vampires with wooden stakes and using crosses only. This movie uses state of the art weapons, specially designed ammo... Something you would want to use if vampires really did exist.
Right think i will say a little about the movie now.
The movie is about Vampire's and Werewolfs. Old movies stated that werewolfs were vampires gardians and therefor friendly towards each other. In this movie the Vampires and Werewolfs have been fighting each ...
mbeart 08.09.2005
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Underworld (Special Extended Edition) (DVD)
Advantages: whether you like vampires or werewolfs you will like this movie Disadvantages: It takes a while to get into the movie plot
This is a film i own and like this film as its different from your traditional of either films but fits nicely together. I think the story was put together quite cleverley because of incorporating the link between werewolf and vampire and the history behind them. This films shows a worlds gritty underbelly of the battles that go on to see which is superior werewolf or vampire as it is known years and years ago vampires ruled and werewolfs were their ... ...in love with a vampire daughter of the reigning vampire at that time as there are three of them. Well it was forbidden for either to be a couple so the head vampire had his daughter killed in a dungeon being exposed to sunlight. As this was happening her partner the werewolf turned from human into wolf but could not save her so vowed to kill all vampires for his loss. With a little help from a mutual vampire working both sides they tried to find ...
brenda131 22.10.2006 (26.10.2006)
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