...a hybrid horror and action film that succeeds as neither.
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Underworld (2003)
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Reviews Counted:153
Fresh:46
Rotten:107
Average Rating:4.7/10
Consensus: Though stylish to look at, Underworld is tedious and derivative.
Theatrical Release:Sep 19, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $51,483,949
Synopsis: In UNDERWORLD, a dark and Gothic monster action movie, vampires and lycans--an ancient form of werewolf--are at war. While the vampires inhabit a gigantic castle that houses their ancestor's tombs,... [More]
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Bill Nighy, Michael Sheen
Director: Len Wiseman
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Reviews for Underworld
It's ultimately entertaining, exciting, and stylish with great direction and enough of both worlds that will satisfy any horror and or action fan.
04/29/09
...a relentlessly unpleasant fantasy epic...
11/21/08
Tony Pierce-Roberts' cinematography perfectly captures the gothic comic-book feel.
10/18/08
[Underworld] could use more plot and deepened characters and less vapid expository dialogue, flashbacks and ballets of bullets.
08/07/08
This mostly mediocre movie is a painless enough time-waster, thanks to slick production values and some impressive stunt work, but it never lives up to the potential of its premise.
07/07/08
The script unfurls a lot of backstory we don't care about illuminating plot mysteries we also don't care about.
07/25/07
The film even has the nerve to set itself up for a sequel. Of course, the ending is so sloppy, that this may have just been an oversight.
07/14/07
In the end, it's more a role-playing game scenario than a plot -- although there someone would have worked out rules that make sense.
12/30/06
These vampires have no teeth -- hell, they don't even fly.
06/24/06
[Beckinsale's] detached, no-nonsense demeanor helps give this chilly adventure an S&M-inspired eroticism.
05/04/05
Endless sequences of posing and posturing by Beckinsale and fellow fangsters.
10/15/04
'Filme bastante cumplidor con el que se pueden desperdiciar dos horas de vida sin remordimiento de conciencia.'
07/20/04
Although the mythology explaining the war between vampires and werewolves is interesting, the average viewer will likely focus on the film's substantial flaws.
06/03/04
Wisemen started out with a great idea and couldn't summon the vision to make it happen.
05/21/04
The settings and tony atmosphere of Underworld are more than a screen fantasy: they're a conceit, and they're offered to us humorlessly.
03/19/04
Unfortunately, Beckinsale, a wonderful actress who looks game in her painted-on leather garb, is too soft and demure to convince as the vengeful vixen.
03/16/04
Ao que parece, projetos medíocres são tão difíceis de se matar quanto vampiros e lobisomens.
03/10/04
Long on style and short on substance.
02/18/04
Dracula never looked as good as Selene (Kate Beckinsale), whose impeccably tousled hair and black-leather bodysuit do wonders for her overbite.
02/09/04
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