Starring Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Shane Brolly, Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy, Sophia Myles
Vampire and Lycons (werewolves) have spent centuries battling it out. Now in a modern day European city, a strong willed vampire named Seline (Beckinsale) has found a plot of the Lycons to track down a human, Michael (Speedman). So she tails the human and in doing so causes lots of controversy within her Covenant.
Looking like a horror film but ultimately an action flick, Underworld has taken what it's seen throughout the past few years to throw into its mixer. And that's the problem. Any of the original or exciting ideas are shot out within the first thirty minutes, leaving no ammo for the duration of the film.
The action scenes are soft while the blood flow can be hard - a trick which should be the other way around.
Beckinsale is very sexy in tight black leather, so there's a fanboy relative to The Matrix's Trinity. But I don't remember any of the Matrix crew swishing around in long black leather as much as Kate does. Speedman's ugly hunk is not there much, so already there's still a direct aim to a young male demographic. You think Bill Nighy's British performance will swing things? Maybe - but only after he get away from a plaster of vampire makeup and into some dishy leather robes.
It's not all bad. The film is beautifully stylish. The unnamed European city the film is set gives a nice atmosphere. And there's a rocky soundtrack for anyone who will be playing whatever WarHammer equivalent there is to this.
2.5/5
If you like this you should try
Blade (1998) 3/5
The Matrix (1999) 4/5
Pitch Black (2000) 3/5
Queen of the Damned (2002) 4.5/5
Resident Evil (2002) 3.5/5
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