Characters -- Vampire and Lycan alike -- pose, strut and try to look menacing, but they’re as scary as a congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
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09/19/03
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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
Somewhere out there, Dracula is turning over in his grave.
09/19/03
Sometimes talent and good looks just aren't enough -- [Beckinsale] lacks the movie star presence needed to give life to a supernatural hero in a B-genre film.
09/19/03
Top CriticThe action is fun, if a little derivative, but the rest of the film is completely ridiculous.
09/18/03
A low-rent cousin to classic films like Blade and The Matrix.
09/27/03
Nothing about Underworld is original
09/18/03
Kate Beckinsale is the hottest vampire I’ve ever seen.
11/02/03
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
It's slick and technically well made, but also derivative and slow.
09/18/03
Top CriticUnderworld captured my attention sporadically, but not consistently.
09/18/03
Top CriticIf the way a movie looks is everything to you, this film will pass the test. I, myself, prefer feeling involved.
09/22/03
OK. I really, really, REALLY want a long, leather-like black coat.
09/25/03
Alas, as is often the case with lower-end genre movies, the story cooked up by Wiseman and his friends, actor Kevin Grevioux and the film's screenwriter, Danny McBride, is decidedly less important than the look of the film and its influences.
09/18/03
Wisemen started out with a great idea and couldn't summon the vision to make it happen.
05/21/04
A well-conceived, powerful movie, over the top for all the right reasons.
09/19/03
The script unfurls a lot of backstory we don't care about illuminating plot mysteries we also don't care about.
07/25/07
Dramatically undernourished and occasionally ridiculous.
09/19/03
Top CriticAttention, Goth-club owners: Here's a movie you can throw up on your video screens for a guaranteed two hours of cheap atmospherics.
09/19/03
After awhile, it's difficult to tell the leather-clad, black-haired good guys from the leather-clad, black-haired bad guys, and when the drama slips into the silly side, things go from dark to dismal.
09/19/03
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