2003 Directed by Len Wiseman
Vampires and werewolves have waged a nocturnal war against each other for centuries. But all bets are off when a female vampire warrior named Selene, who's famous for her strength and werewolf-hunting prowess, becomes smitten with a peace-loving male werewolf, Michael, who wants to end the war.
Kate Beckinsale Scott Speedman Michael Sheen Shane Brolly Bill Nighy Erwin Leder Sophia Myles Robbie Gee Wentworth Miller Kevin Grevioux Zita Görög Scott McElroy Richard Cetrone Mike Mukatis Dennis J. Kozeluh Todd Schneider Sándor Bolla Hank Amos Zsuzsa Barsi Andreas Patton Danny McBride Jázmin Dammak Judit Kuchta Vanessa Nagy Atilla Pinke Ildikó Kovács Sándor Boros János Oláh Brian Steele Show All…
Brad Martin Nicole Randall Ferenc Berecz Craig Appel Kasi Béla Levente Lezsák Katona Péter Eva Mayer
Claude Letessier Nerses Gezalyan Marcel Spisak Joo Fürst Pit Kuhlmann Christof Ebhardt Sean Landeros Sören Blüthgen Benedikt Just
Screen Gems Lakeshore Entertainment Laurinfilm Subterranean Productions LLC Subterranean Productions UK Ltd. Underworld Produktions GmbH
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By the end of the movie I was curled around the tv begging the lord to forgive me and for selene to bite me.
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OK so I was feeling all weird after watching the news tonight and thought hey a dumb vampire vs. werewolf movie will make me feel better and no, it did not. Instead I was thinking a lot about vampire-on-werewolf genocide and that made me feel bad. I have tried to watch Underworld movies before and whenever I catch 20 minutes of them on cable or whatever or I see Bill Nighy saying things I think to myself "hey! I am totally going to watch this whole movie sometime!" and I can't tell you exactly how many times this has happened to me since the early days of the 21st Century but it is a lot of times but there was…
I had more sexual chemistry with hot chocolate I drank while watching this than Beckinsale and Speedman have on the screen. She is all right, mostly because you can't possibly be anything but badass in such an outfit, but he is simply tragique. He fares even worse given that an actual alpha, Michael Sheen, is in this movie, being several acting levels above everyone else (except for Nighy). Combined. Ironically this is the film on set of which Beckinsale banged the director and ditched Sheen. So on the romance front this is far more eventful behind the scenes than on the actual screen.
But the visuals! The action! The music! The costumes! The nostalgia! <3 I miss Matrix-influenced messes so much.
films like underworld have become retroactively more interesting inasmuch as they represent the last dying breaths of mid-budget american action cinema. outside of things like john wick, there really isn't anything else quite like this still in existence. underworld isn't that great, in fact, it's quite terrible at several points, but it does hit a really specific sweet-spot in being an unauthorized vampire: the masquerade rip-off that gleefully indulges in its own inane supernatural lore and slow-mo dual-wielding trenchcoat bullshit. i really do respect the dedication that something like this has to being a mix of practical creature effects and janky CGI, all the never-ending atmosphere of smoke and rain, and the james cameron-tier Blue™ filter that smoothers every scene…
Fuera de serie: Sexy Fangs, Funny Faces & Reservoir Wolves
I remember when I was a kid, during that dark period when dial-up was the only way to access the internet, I used to use an Apple program called Quicktime player where I could watch movie trailers and listen to music (we are talking long before Youtube) and this and the live action sequel of Scooby Doo were the two trailers that automatically always came on every time I accessed the trailer section.
Fastforward to earlier this year and not one or two but three of my acquaintances here in LB decided to do a marathon of the whole franchise, which eventually encouraged me this Halloween to finally catch up with…
Cinematic Time Capsule
2003 Marathon - Film #113
”What’s this ruckus?”
Oh my Nighy! It’s Uncle Billy Mack as the ultimate rock-n-roll vampire!
Hiya kids. Here is an important message from your Uncle Bill. Don't buy drugs. Become a vampire rock star, and they give you them for free!
I love how much this movie loves other movies. And even though its craftsmanship is nowhere near as strong as the films it's crimping, this cheesy beast is so bleeding proud that it happily displays all its sloppy moviemaking moves like a Lycan’s baby brother just begging for attention. Then you top it all of with Mr. Bill Nighy as the master of ceremonies and suddenly we’ve got a campy popcorn monster movie that’s worth biting into.
”Perhaps I should have left someone else in charge of my affairs”
An effective blending of horror, action, and style, Len Wiseman's "Underworld" is an amped-up piece of cinematic candy. They may be empty calories, but the film easily thrills with its supernatural lore, raucous gunplay, and graphic-novel-inspired visuals. It is a slick, sleek horror entry, unfolding like a new millennium, gothic fever dream.
Revolving around characters caught up in a centuries-old war between vampires and werewolves, the narrative focuses on Kate Beckinsale's Selene, a leather-clad vampire looking to protect a human trapped in the supernatural blood-feud. The human, of course, is not what he seems, and Selene's quest to find the truth of her charge jeopardizes the lives of both groups of creatures.
The story is a solid foundation for a…
A movie about Vampires & Werewolves not getting along for centuries and eventually starting a war with a pale white girl being the main character saving the day? Wait......so this isn't Twilight?
On the surface, Underworld is Matrix inspired leather-clad noisy CGI laden cinematic junk food; but under the surface this film actually has a story to tell. It's an intricate and interesting one too and features clear cut characters with believable motivations. Sure, it's all spoon fed to the audience but the prevailing focus on the story over action helps to keep things more interesting than it would have been were this just a two hour long action romp. The film also features a strong cast who approach their roles with aplomb. Kate Beckinsale is the stand out of course and she still looks awesome in her leather cat suit. This bodes well with the futuristic Gothic architecture, rapid fire weapons and grungey metal music score. Underworld is entertaining and interesting; much better film than I remembered it being when I saw it the first time all those years ago.
