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Underworld: Awakening (2012)

January. 19,2012
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6.3
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Having escaped years of imprisonment, vampire warrioress Selene finds herself in a changed world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species. Now Selene must battle the humans and a frightening new breed of super Lycans to ensure the death dealers' survival.

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Wordiezett
2012/01/19

So much average

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Odelecol
2012/01/20

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

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AnhartLinkin
2012/01/21

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

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InformationRap
2012/01/22

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

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celestialbaby23
2012/01/23

Another great chapter in this story! Wonderful action scenes of course, well told storyline.

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fcabanski
2012/01/24

Some say the story isn't good, but it's good enough. The problem is the action. It's over produced, over posed, with too much CGI.If you look at a list of standard superhero moves - the fall to the crouched three point stance, the head tilt, the jump spin - they're all used frequently. The fights don't flow, because they're flurries of action leading to cool poses.There's too much slo mo, especially the "now the cool hero is angry, and she's about to do something really cool" kind of slo mo walking, often with the generic dark coat tails flipping behind her.Then there's the girl. She's supposed to be 12, she looks 17, and she's more powerful than she can ever know. Good grief. We've seen this before in Firefly, for exaaaaaaaaaaaahmple. I write it as exaaaaaaaaaaahhhhmple because most of the people speak with a Euro accent.Bottom line - it tries really hard to look like the Matrix, but it's more like the forgettable 3rd Matrix movie - a parody of itself.

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Phil Hubbs
2012/01/25

Following on from 'Evolution' we see both the lycan and vampire species under threat from humans after being hunted down to the brink of extinction.You know what to expect here and boy do you get it in spades, slow motion high flying kills, double gun totting shooting, swishing blades, spurting blood and endless dumbass man fodder to thicken the brew. In short its exactly like the newer 'Resident Evil' films and you half expect Jovovich to pop up and take over. The super lycan serum which results in an uber lycan is pretty much the pinnacle of crapola in this franchise now, a total 'Resi Evil' idea type rip-off and it lowers the overall class of the whole series. The plot isn't tooo bad, they manage to carry it on quite well and do a good job with keeping Corvin around despite Speedman not being involved, but the rest of the cast is pretty awful really. Charles Dance seems to be there only to provide a new Viktor type character and he clearly has difficulty speaking with his fangs in, he even tries some of Nighy's head movements. The rest of the supporting cast all come across as B-movie fare frankly, even previous vampire actor Rea can't help the cause.The whole film feels very basic really. Some terrible CGI effects (worse than the previous films), bad greenscreen scenes, the lycans look like shaven rats, transformations are pretty dreadful looking, the 'vision' perspective looks crap and the young Eve looks like something outta 'Mortal Kombat'. Everything basically looks plastic and fake.End of the day it does what it says on the tin and we all know what this film is about so I can't moan too much, but I just get the feeling they should of left it alone. They really have gone way way over the top with all the slow motion action sequences. The fact that Selene can kill endless lycans yet no one else can, just destroys your suspension of disbelief...even in this universe. Yes its an over the top fantasy flick but there is still a limit for any Mary Sue type characters, or there should be.The thing is I can see this franchise really being completely milked into the depths of the 'straight to DVD' abyss. A shame as it is/was a half decent concept with some solid ideas and reasonable early entries. Alas this kind of W.S. Anderson-esque film making is becoming infuriating in a highly tacky way.4/10

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James Wood
2012/01/26

Kate Beckinsale is back in the tight leather as Selene, one of the darkest and coolest female action heroes with the full action package: she has slick fighting and shooting skills, a total bad-ass edge and that sexy British accent! For fans of the series this 4th instalment is a great comeback, it's short, sharp and solid, and it features the best performances seen in the whole franchise. Better yet is the excellent 3D, some may turn away from the conversion as they may think the darkness will dampen the effect but it's brilliant, throwing weapons and guns soar out the screen and the sense of depth is hugely effective, and looks best when inside the Antigen laboratories. I am jaw dropped even after many repeat viewings, definitely a must watch in 3D. The story is stronger than all the previous Underworld films, and there's a great theme of family amongst the blazing action and gore. Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Stephen Rea, India Eisley, Sandrine Holt, Charles Dance and Kris Holden-Reid are an amazing cast with style, this is how Underworld should be: dark, stylish yet violent and explosive, this is the best in the franchise.

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