For all its slick, neo-noir style, Underworld brings very little that's new to a hoary genre, except for the cliches and conventions of other hoary genres.
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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
Features some of the year's most laughable dialogue.
09/19/03
Handsome though the film is ... the story is strangled by speeches about bloodlines, customs, alliances, feuds, battles and ceremonies.
09/19/03
Wiseman ... seems vastly more concerned with making a fashion statement than scaring the bejesus out of us.
09/19/03
Top CriticThe same dumb gun movie you've seen a million times.
09/19/03
The story quickly bogs down into a super bloody, super loud mess that even the elegant Beckinsale can't save.
09/19/03
A weirdly compelling blend of corny sentiment and bloodthirsty ballet.
09/19/03
What it all amounts to is a movie that is clearly too cool for TV, but one that offers too little beneath the surface to offer much more than an entertaining diversion.
09/19/03
The film works as an exhilarating celebration of the gothic style.
09/19/03
Could use script transfusion, or at least a few quarts of levity.
09/19/03
When vampires get out of the business of despoiling virgins and into the business of being bureaucrats and career politicians, do we still want to watch movies about them?
09/19/03
Attention, 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
Somewhere out there, Dracula is turning over in his grave.
09/19/03
It's laughably earnest. And worse, tedious.
09/19/03
Pure hooey, but it certainly has a sense of humor (at least it seems like humor).
09/19/03
Top CriticThe whole thing's more art-directed than directed, and the actors are clearly on their own.
09/19/03
Top CriticSometimes 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 movie is stylish and cruel, and mightily entertaining for certain covens out there.
09/19/03
Top CriticAppears to be nothing more than what it probably is: the middle section of a series of prequels and sequels.
09/19/03
In the realm of action films, the whole thing works pretty well.
09/19/03
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