la rivalidad entre hombres lobo y vampiros siempre ha sido algo muy comentado..
y en esta movie se aprecia como al final se logra mesclar estas razas...
It's a lot of mindless, creative, and original fun. Action at it's best with pretty much no substance. If you like these kinds of movies than this is definetely a movie for you. If you can't stand movies with no character development then this might not be for you but you'll probably still have fun because it really is a grade A action flick. Lot's of fun, good times...
Wow. Pretty good. I read the novel based on the movie first, so the characters didn't exactly look like I wanted them to. Oh well. The only really gruesome part is when Selene slices (not gonna say who) a person's head in half. This movie was very enjoyable, and I can't wait to watch the sequel!
a bit of a disapointment tbh! it seamed as if it was working up to something that just ended up being an anti-clambax!
i like vampires and i liked how the dark and mysterious setting of the film, i thought it was acted well, and the action seens reminded me alot of blade and the matrix! i just thought it had a pish story line!!
I am currently reading the Underworld book and I really am enjoying the book so I can't wait to see the movie! I really would like to see Kate Beckinsale do more action so I think that this just might be the right movie.
not as good as i hoped it will be. i really liked the fact that they changed the history of vampires and their storyline. and i love it that they could rest their elder vampires and bring them back to life with their blood and transfer their memories as well.. o and the fact that michael sheen was in it. woot!
LOVE it love it love it, it's a fucking great asd movie, i seriously mean it, its a great one to watch, i have it and i watch it over and over again, ive never gotten sick of it and never will.
I found this film to be very good. I don't like or watch real horror films. So the likes of TV shows like Buffy and films like Blade are as far as I go into that world. So if Buffy and Blade are your horror limit also, then this is a film for you. That said I've never bothered to watch the second film, is it any good?
Basic story: Caught in the middle of a "war" between the vampires and Lycans (lycanthropes aka werewolves) Kate Beckinsale looks wonderful as Selene, a vampire with a fractured history, a very dangerous family suddenly caught up with a big secret (which continues into the second film) and a whole lot of sexy shiny leather and a lot of guns. Seen it, loved it, despite its daft proposition, a lot of visual references are there to be seen (think Trinity for one...) but a story line that could've been a little stronger but still an original take on an otherwise tried formula up to then.
Finally a good film which combines the vampire/werewolf mythology so effortlessly. Its not perfect by any means, surely those who despise fantasy topics won't give it a second thought, but for those of us who love this genre its well worth the watch. The effects are pretty amazing, just the whole direction and lighting very well done. Kate Beckinsale is fantastic as our hero, nice to see her in a more gritty role.
wow i have not seen this movie in ages but i thought that this movie was pretty kewl..the special effects throguhout were really mind=blowing/amazing 2 see throughout this movie..i think that kate beckinsale is beautiful n sexxi nd she was really good as the lead role in this vampire/horror movie...i think that wentworth miller (from tv's hit show prison break ) is a good actor n he proves it in this smart thriller/horror movie..the gun fughts n fistfights were really good throughout as well.n the special effects were amazing as well
Selene: "Lycans are allergic to silver. We have to get the bullets out quickly, or they end up dying on us during questioning. Michael: What happens to them afterward? Selene: We put the bullets back in."
If The Matrix married An American Werewolf in London, had a baby and hired Buffy the Vampire Slayer to be its nanny, that baby would grow up to be Underworld. Underworld is the kind of film everyone loves to hate. It's derivative, it's unoriginal, it's flawed... however - and I've been saying this for years - what people seem to forget is that some films can be all that and still be entertaining, thrilling, sexy and cool as hell. A film has to be judged according to its purposes and goals. All Underworld ever promised was 120 minutes of non-stop entertainment, action, vampires, werewolves and an insanely hot heroine. Are you seriously telling me it didn't pay off?
When first encountering Underworld, anyone with working eyes can see that the film is entirely derivative of many films. Rainy, gothic locales? The Crow. Vampire and assorted beast hunting? Blade. Characters doing some slo-mo flipping around with guns in each hand? The Matrix. A shot where a character is cut by a sharp object, but doesn't realize it until half their face slides off on to the ground? Equilibrium and Resident Evil. Underworld is pretty shameless in treading well worn genre ground. But here's the catch: it does so without ever looking back. This horror/action flick is blessedly determined to not give in to its clichéd leanings, providing a rather entertaining and compelling two hours of monster mayhem. It isn't revolutionary material. I don't think it even wants to be. It takes common genre elements and works them into a new, interesting mythology. I can handle formula if it's handled with style and enthusiasm, and Underworld does exactly that.
You might not realise it, but for centuries a vicious war has been waging, unseen, between vampires and werewolves. Ever since the werewolves (aka lycans, short for lycanthropes) lost their leader Lucian (Michael Sheen), however, vampire death dealers like Selene (Kate Beckinsale) have been merely mopping up the remaining lycans, and will soon have none left to kill. Yet when Selene chances upon an unusually large and organised band of lycans who seem, for reasons unknown, to be pursuing a human named Michael Corvin (Scott Speedman), she intervenes on the human's behalf (in breach of the vampires' covenant). Discovering Lucian to be still very much alive, Selene senses a new threat against the vampire coven, and so reawakens the powerful vampire elder Viktor (Bill Nighy) for help and advice. Which is where things really start getting complicated...
By opening with Selene in black, brooding gargoyle-like atop a gothic tower, before leaping down to the grey streets below, Underworld adopts an image common since the late '80s (in films like Batman and The Crow') to place its main character in a long line of moody, tormented, morally ambiguous heroes. The film then, in what is still its opening five minutes, has its leather-clad heroine engage in an athletic gunfight in a subway station - a clear, more-than-obvious reference to The Matrix, promising both a story set in a world alternative to ordinary human experience and also lots of cool fights. From there on, we get a deceptively simple tale of vampiric violence that soon becomes ever more labyrinthine with all its dynastic struggles, family feuds and political intrigue.
Written by Danny McBride, Underworld has an unusual amount of story to wade through. Directing freshman Len Wiseman does a fine job balancing the epic nature of the saga with the more traditional action set-pieces. He bathes the film in darkness, which creates a familiar mood of gloom and desire to cover up the CGI, which pay tribute to An American Werewolf in London and look pretty flashy, being intermixed with decent practical effects - which has become, essentially, a dying art form. The press materials purported a Romeo and Juliet level of emotional depth to the piece, but that's not translated to the screen. Wiseman bumbles the romantic relationship between Selene and Michael, leaving that section of the story wanting. He makes up for the lack of emotional connection by keeping his film moving along swiftly and building a nice tower of a narrative for which to work with future sequels, the likelihood of which is rather crudely set up in the film's finale.
Kate Beckinsale, looking like some sort of British, sexier Trinity incarnation, in her leather outfit, plays Selene with toughness and conviction. She provides a strong lead character, intensely severe and easy to accept as the death dealer, always maintaining her rational senses while blasting away Lycans at a moment's notice, never cracking a smile. Bill Nighy, as Viktor, steals the show once he goes into action, especially when he destroys werewolves with his bare hands. Scott Speedman is the only one in the film who has no idea what's going on, and his presence triggers explanations that come forward, revealing why the vampires and lycans are fighting to begin with. Michael Sheen is intense as Lucian, getting to be the tragic hero when all is said and done and Shane Brolly is a bit annoying as Kraven, who's basically a dick-head with too much power. Finally, there's a couple of cameos by Sophia Myles and Wentworth "Scofield" Miller, which are always fun to watch.
The story, though predictable at points, unfolds rather interestingly. The plot twists throughout the entire film make sure you remain remotely interested, keeping you guessing on which side you should really be rooting for. Are the Vampires really the good guys for hunting down the Lycans? It's never clear, nor answered, which makes the film more engaging. However, the middle does drag quite a bit in between the action, which, as I said earlier, doesn't break any new ground visually on its mentors, but remains intermittently exciting. The story has a few gaping holes (Michael saves Selene's life, but how do you save the life of someone who's immortal?), but in typical Hollywood fashion, if you can look past a few inconsistencies, the film as a whole will be OK.
In Underworld, the vampire and werewolf legends have been painstakingly reinvented in order to link them - and the striking absence of humans means that the film's conflict, far from being expressed in the simplistic terms of good and evil (as is traditional in vampire stories), instead becomes a more subtle divide along lines of clan, class and race. Wiseman and his co-writers have come up with an intelligent, nuanced epic of war where, as in real war, issues of right and wrong are shrouded in ancient history, and are never easy to decide. This is not, perhaps, the sort of thing that one would expect from a film full of impressive werewolf transformations and fighters with long fangs, but it makes Underworld a surprisingly dense, involving film, and goes some way towards compensating for the fairly wooden characters.
Maybe Wiseman was attempting to incorporate two of his favourite films into one, and in doing so he succeeds partially. Underworld is clearly a flawed film, but it has a terrific atmosphere, exciting action and a story that, while not entirely original, delivers something different. Underworld's greatest gift to the genre? No humour. Played out without an ounce of clowning, it succeeds at giving the story the respect it deserves, and not undercutting the drama by trying to cozy up into the lap of the audience. Dark, energetic and galvanizing.
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