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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
Wiseman's look is so good that even were the rest of the film a wash, I'd still recommend it.
09/19/03
It is a sad day when vampires and werewolves need guns and bad fashion to be scary.
09/19/03
A vampire film for the new millennium -- bold, galvanizing and darkly stylish.
09/19/03
Top CriticIt's hard to recall a more sexless vampire flick.
09/19/03
Top CriticAfter 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
A noisy, tiresome affair that can't manage one moment of wit or real tension.
09/19/03
Despite the intriguing premise, the filmmakers have chosen to concentrate their attention on gory action rather than characterizations and coherent storytelling.
09/19/03
Rather than a clever horror hybrid, the movie spends most of its energy channeling The Matrix.
09/19/03
Dramatically undernourished and occasionally ridiculous.
09/19/03
Top CriticA well-conceived, powerful movie, over the top for all the right reasons.
09/19/03
This is a movie so paltry in its characters and shallow in its story that the war seems to exist primarily to provide graphic visuals.
09/19/03
Top CriticWiseman, who has an extensive background in art direction, has art directed this film to death.
09/19/03
Its sights are so transparently set on franchisehood that cynical is the only way to feel about it.
09/19/03
Top Critic[Beckinsale] looks like a 10-year-old girl going trick-or-treating as Trinity from The Matrix.
09/19/03
Characters -- Vampire and Lycan alike -- pose, strut and try to look menacing, but they’re as scary as a congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
09/19/03
There's not quite enough muscle to really sink your teeth into, but fans of the Blade-type vampire movies should be pleased.
09/19/03
[An] all-style, little-substance barrage of hand-to-hand combat and gun battles that play like a first-person-shooter video game.
09/19/03
Even though its surface is derivative, Underworld’s version of vampires and werewolves is original
09/19/03
Underworld is neither scary nor particularly exciting — somewhat of a drawback for a monster movie — but there’s something absorbing about a tale so steeped in its own universe that the rest of the world barely seems to exist.
09/19/03
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August 14, 2009:
Beckinsale Returning for Underworld 4? 
Is Kate Beckinsale returning for the fourth installment of "Underworld"? According to Bloody Disgusting's sources, the answer is yes. More...
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January 21, 2009:
RT Interview: Bill Nighy talks Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
RT travels to New Zealand onto the set of Underworld: Rise of the Lycans to chat to star Bill Nighy about the complexities of fang wearing etiquette, wet, velvet, 'battle' skirt... More...
July 28, 2008:
New Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Stills Released
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