2016 Directed by Anna Foerster
Vampire death dealer Selene fends off brutal attacks from both the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her. With her only allies, David and his father Thomas, she must stop the eternal war between Lycans and Vampires, even if it means she has to make the ultimate sacrifice.
Kate Beckinsale Theo James Tobias Menzies Lara Pulver Bradley James Peter Andersson James Faulkner Clementine Nicholson Daisy Head Oliver Stark Charles Dance Zuzana Stivínová Brian Caspe Jan Nemejovský Sveta Driga Dan Bradford David Bowles Tomas Fisher Rostislav Novák Eva Larvoire Jiri N. Jelinek Marielle Tepper Jordan Haj Daniel Pietrucha Jakub Kropáček Sára Arnsteinová Irena Morisakova Terezie Kovalova Tomas Fingerland Show All…
Tom Rosenberg Len Wiseman Gary Lucchesi Richard S. Wright Skip Williamson Henry Winterstern James McQuaide Ben Waisbren Eric Reid Anna Foerster David Kern
Underworld: Next Generation
"...fuck."
I wish Kate Beckinsale would somersault over my head and rip my entire spine out of my living body, too.
Society has progressed the need for me to watch any more Underworld movies and thankfully this is the last one in the franchise......Until they reboot it again
When you think this franchise couldn't possibly get any worse...
It's unintentionally hilarious when it's trying so hard to have a plot, then it realizes it can't and surrenders to frenetic brutality in a uneven mix of surprisingly good effects and some occasional bad CGI, loud mayhem and Kate Beckinsale being hot and badass in spandex. Plus I had to watch it dubbed in portuguese and that only enhanced the whole experience.
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I have no shame in admitting that I loveloveLOVE the first Underworld and not just because it was originally released on my birthday (although seeing my birthdate on the poster was awesome). It’s just a really fun movie and Kate Beckinsale is so amazing and beautiful. I also really like part 2, but this is a rare (for me) series where each sequel just steps down a bit from the one before it. Like, I probably wouldn’t make a ranked list of these because it would just be the order in which they were released with this being in 5th place. Still, it’s pretty entertaining even if it’s nowhere near…
So, this is not the action packed rollercoaster ride the previous film was. Instead we get something that feels like it was written by some goth teenager who just bingewatched all of Game of Thrones. But, oddly enough, I didn't hate it. The story goes in some interesting directions and the production values aren't bad for the fifth film in a franchise that very few people were demanding more sequels for. Maybe I just have Stockholm syndrome with this franchise or something, but I actually kind of liked the way this wrapped things up, in case we don't get any more sequels. Selene joins a hippy commune, becomes the Kwisatz Haderach and comes back at the turn of the tide…
1 Hour 31 Minutes - Rated R
Adventure - Action - Horror
Directed by Anna Foerster
Like Selene "I no longer fear death".. for I have come to fear something far more sinister and vile! The very thought of it sends shivers up and down my spine and makes me quake in my boots! Minus the spandex of course for surely it would take hours of labor intensive manpower to get me into the damn thing!
Besides the bloodbath of all the Underworld films combined would pale in comparison to the bloodbath that would ensue should the spandex perimeter be breached and give way there would be massive carnage and fatalities! ;-) But I digress.. And that fear of which…
There doesn't seem to be much point in reviewing this critic-proof fifth installation in a series, so instead, I answer your burning questions about it over at The Verge, including "How much is this like Game Of Thrones" (surprisingly!), "Is this movie fun?" (not very!) and "What's the most ridiculous thing that happens in this movie?" (I've got a list for you, honey.)
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The one thing you can say for certain is that after Awakening tried to turn Underworld into just another faceless action franchise, Blood Wars takes it back to its roots in silly fantasy mythology—especially with the creation of the vampires of the northern coven, which are cooler than maybe anything else in the Underworld universe?
I mean, I love Underworld as an exploration of racist propaganda and ideology, but just in terms of sheer goth-teen badassery, the vampires of the north really are absolutely the coolest. They commune with the dead, and they attack in a ghostly fashion, almost as if they were samurai in an anime, blinking from one location in space-time…
Even with 2016 not being over, Underworld: Blood Wars manages to start off 2017 on a bad note and it also somehow surpasses Awakening as the worst entry in the franchise, suffering from endless gaping plot holes, poor effects, bland characters, phoned-in performances (even from Kate Beckinsale), sloppy editing, a stunning lack of enjoyment, and the fact that it has no reason at all to exist.
A lazy, the acting and the CG were god awful, terribly edited action, bland characters, poorly rendered visual effects, and endless gaping plot holes. And there are scenes where people are shooting at each other but the bullets seem to not exist.
The fifth and (so far) final Underworld film dispenses with the half baked plot of Awakening in favour of a new half baked plot involving the war between Vampires and Lycans continuing as both sides hunt for Selene's daughter whose blood is "the key to everything". Most of the rest of the series has interspersed quite intricate stories with hard hitting and frequent action scenes. This one prefers to dispense with both. We have a frankly dull plotline, painfully thin characters and hardly any action scenes. Who likes watching people stand around and talk about the plot? Kate Beckinsale is just phoning it in by this point and I don't blame her to be honest. She still looks great though.…
As someone who has never seen an Underworld movie before this one (the last), I appreciate the summary of the entire series at the beginning of this, because now I don't need to watch the rest.
Also, the E D G E was definitely strong with this one.
Vampires continue standing around in fancy clothes drinking. Selene gets a fab upgrade to her hair & a new winter coat.
Despite or maybe because of very low expectations, I enjoyed this movie more than I anticipated. The story is stronger than some of the previous sequels and feels thematically closer to the original. Albeit with a little less style (though Beckinsale's highlights are A++)
This does bring the franchise to a satisfactory conclusion
Esta abominación acabó con la saga. Recuerdo verla en el cine y no reconocer a Selene en ningún momento.
Al menos Awakening es entretenida y Kate Beckinsale está maravillosa. Blood Wars es aburrida, no tiene ningún sentido narrativamente, e ignora todo lo que los fans pedíamos tras la cuarta entrega: Selene, Eve y Michael reunidos en un final de franquicia.
Entiendo que Beckinsale no quiera continuar, la verdad. Aunque ojalá alguien se anime a dar luz verde a una sexta parte que recupere lo que hacía a la saga especial y despida a los personajes como realmente merecen.
"Fuck." ~Slow-mo Theo James, 2016
I think Selene would make a nice chiropractor. That was a swift spine removal, imagine her cracking it. Mhm yes.
Society has progressed the need for me to watch any more Underworld movies and thankfully this is the last one in the franchise......Until they reboot it again
Like why did I go watch this in cinemas I haven’t even seen the other underworld films
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