2006 Directed by Len Wiseman
As the war between the vampires and the Lycans rages on, Selene, a former member of the Death Dealers (an elite vampire special forces unit that hunts werewolves), and Michael, the werewolf hybrid, work together in an effort to unlock the secrets of their respective bloodlines.
Kate Beckinsale Scott Speedman Tony Curran Shane Brolly Derek Jacobi Bill Nighy Steven Mackintosh Zita Görög Brian Steele Scott McElroy John Mann Michael Sheen Sophia Myles Richard Cetrone Mike Mukatis Raoul Ganeev Andrew Kavadas Kayla Levins Attila Lovaghy Monica Hamburg Travis Webster Kaja Gjesdal Christine Danielle Lily Mo Sheen Adrian Hough Michasha Armstrong Krsy Fox Julius Chapple
Tom Rosenberg Len Wiseman Gary Lucchesi Richard S. Wright Skip Williamson Henry Winterstern Terry McKay James McQuaide David Coatsworth Danny McBride Bridget Allen
Underworld 2, Underworld - Exelixi, Underworld 2：Evolution, Varjojen valtakunta: Evoluutio
If anyone has Selene's outfit, the one she actually wore, let me know. I have Whoopi Goldberg's gym gear available to swap.
The ending of this one is almost exactly the same as the first movie and Marco Beltrami even uses the same Paul Haslinger's track to score it, which is the best example for how useless this movie is. The runtime is hilariously padded with 7-minute long unnecessary prologue and the scattered flashbacks from the first movie, that must have taken at least 10 minutes altogether.
Between those endings there's a very dumb and boring plot where the only thing that captured my interest was the ridiculous sex scene. What on Earth was he thrusting into? Does he not know where the vagina is?
Dear Mrs. Beckinsale,
After the depressing Catwoman and Elektra I'd like to thank you for restoring my faith in leather clad women.
Thank you. Really.
Sincerely,
Me
P.S. Your film was a wonderfully gorgeous piece of astounding mediocrity. Well done!
P.P.S. Cinebro, you were right!
t̲h̲e̲ ̲h̲u̲n̲t̲ ̲i̲s̲ ̲o̲n̲
gothic kate beckinsale lives in my head rent free. lord knows i’d be a fool to charge her sexy ass now after destroying most of the furniture and scratching up the walls. she swears it was like that before she got there but my mind isn’t that self-destructive—right...heh?
Now that's more like it.
When I revisited Underworld, I was just looking for a fun, over-the-top action film with monsters, and some of the other trappings of horror. Unfortunately, however, it didn't really deliver on the action component, with the exception of the final ten minutes or so. Well, this sequel more than makes up for that. This really hit the spot. Where the first one felt mostly bereft of inventive action sequences, this thing is bursting at the seams with them. It also amps up the horror side of the equation as well, with a metric ton of delightful gore and brutal kills. And, there's plenty of monster on monster action this time around.
I also loved most…
I find it funny when films such as these put arbitrary titles in their titles. It could literally be called Underworld: Lawrence of Arabia and it’d still be redundant, which is just the pinnacle of these sorta flick’s performative nature. Anyway, not as surreal as the first but still a gothic tonic ! Kate Beckinsale can beat my ass in her ridiculous spandex attire any day she likes
Picking up where the blue-tinged, new millennium-gothic "Underworld" left off, Len Wiseman's "Underworld: Evolution" fills the screen with more of the same vampire versus werewolf action that drove the first film. The war between the supernatural beasts continues, mixing horror and action to entertaining effect. As with the first film, the style outweighs the substance; but, still, the sequel offers a blood-soaked, bullets-a-flyin' good time.
Kate Beckinsale returns as Selene, a vampire in league with a vampire/werewolf hybrid whose ancestry is of interest to both sets of monsters. The narrative supplies enough lore and forward story motion to make things interesting, and the mythology of the burgeoning franchise compels. As with the first film, however, the story suffocates under the…
Better than the first one but it suffers from the exact same issues as the first. Maybe I like this one more because it's DOING more and not messy like most sequels tend to be
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Underworld: Evolution abandons and straight-up rewrites some of the mythological history of the original film, which is disappointing because that was such a large part of what I liked about it, but if we take Evolution on its own terms as a singular movie in isolation, it has a similar message about how our moral compass can be distorted by factors beyond our control.
Viktor (the previous vampire leader) is fooled into believing that killing one of the original vampire/werewolf ancestors (Markus and William) will end both lines and kill all of their descendants, an analogous depiction of political propaganda and racial ideology to the original film, but Evolution's focus is more on…
Picks up pretty much where the first Underworld left off. It's the same but different; Gothic cityscapes of the original have been replaced with more rustic locations, and the layered character driven plot of the first film evolves into more of a chase narrative peppered with plot points and action scenes. Several ideas from the first film are expanded on and there's enough new stuff thrown into the mix to expand the universe. It's a really well done and entertaining sequel. Kate Beckinsale looks great in her shiny leather catsuit. I'm not quite as sold on Scott Speedman's character but he has a lot more to do here and the pair have at least a little chemistry. Tony Curran's villainous…
I masterbated to the sex scene with Kate Becinsale and the hot werewolf guy when I was younger
Don't lie to me. You did the same too.
Underworld: Evolution is simultaneously better and worse than its predecessor. It’s a much more well directed, fun action flick, upping the blood and gore with some awesomely gruesome kills, and a more focused and simple storyline that builds upon the original in nice ways. On the other hand, the more streamlined storyline loses some of the interesting complexity of the character motivations of the first film, that made the first film really oddly compelling, it kind of feels more like a typical action film in comparison to the first in ways I can’t really explain, and the continual failed promises that come from trying to power the characters up more. Like, Michael is meant to be more powerful than vampires and lycans, and he’s kinda just...strong and mostly unkillable. Selene gets powered up, but it’s not really clear what that means. It just feels very...unclear. But hey, it’s entertaining as hell, and...I dunno, it’s fun.
this was the most nothing movie I've ever seen. literally just entirely padding. we were halfway into this thing and it felt like we hadn't even started yet, nothing even happened
i lost attention so quickly and constantly for this whole movie i couldnt even tell u a single new characters name… idk if its just me or if its the movie though.
Not quite as good as the first and a little schlocky – but still solid.
Set-design, costumes, practical effects and cgi are all slightly better.
The sequel seamlessly builds upon the lore established in the first movie, but comes with its own set of problems.
Screenplay suffers from too many unnecessary flashbacks and characters are put into time-out until they are allowed by the writers to intervene.
It also doesn’t bother further exploring the main characters besides a small bit of backstory.
Sidenote: Kate Beckinsale looks even better in this one.
So far these films are not scratching the same dumb fun action-horror itch that the Resident Evil films managed to for me.
-You don't scare me, Selene.
-Well, we'll have to work on that.
¿Me gustó más la primera? Lo cierto es que ni la recuerdo bien y la vi en 2019. Me he tenido que leer un resumen de la original en Wikipedia porque el que hacen aquí no me ha servido de mucho.
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