Underworld 4

When it comes to vampires, there are always a few movies that stick out as fantastic.

John Carpenter's Vampires

Monster Squad

Van Helsing

Daybreakers

Let the Right One In

Let Me In

Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

Fright Night

the Blade trilogy

and many Dracula films

But that's not to say there are some bad vampire films.

Priest

Dracula II: Ascension

Dracula III: Legacy

Twilight

Twilight New Moon

Twilight Eclipse

Twilight Breaking Dawn

But today, were' going to be talking about a vampire series, simpley known as Underworld. Now let me first talk about the other films before I talk about the new one.

Underworld tells the story of a death dealer named Selene, played by Kate Beckinsale, who is sworn to hunt down the evolved werewolves who are able to transform bewteen human and wolf form called Lycans, who had killed her family. She discovers that the Lycans are pursuing a man named Michael Corvin, for experimentation. Selene captures Michael herself to find out what the Lycans are up to, and not only discovers a mutinous plot to destroy the Vampire Elders, but also a shocking revelation about her father-like Elder, Viktor. The vampires, werewolves, and Lycans, are not supernatural creatures, but rather the product of a virus. For what the first film does, it had a lot of action, great character development and showed a lot of strong compassion for the vampire genre.

The second film, Underword: Evolution, was not as good as the first one, and was just really pathetic. It did bring much more story to the table, but it just felt less than mediocre. It did show how Michael goes from human, to being a hybrid of both vampire and Lycan, become more powerful than one could imagine. But what really surprised me, was that even though I thought this was crap, I found myself enjoying it. It was basically the guilty pleasure of the series to say the least.

Now the third film, Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans, was a prequel to the other two, and was better than the 2nd one, but not by a whole lot. It did explain the origins of the Lycans and war they have with the vampires. It gave out much better story, it gave out good action, and it was pretty entertaining.

Now let's talk about the newest film, Underworld: Awakening. So, how does it turn out? Pretty damn good, I might say.

Underworld 4 picks up where the second film left off. Selene and Michael try to escape a virus spread of the Lycans, but are then forzen. Selene is then released by a figure dubbed "Subject 2", and decides to find it. After meeting with a vampire named David, they find Subject 2, and soon realize that it's Selene and Michael's daughter, named Eve. Now Selene has to find Michael, and keep her daughter safe from the Lycans, with the help of a detective named Sebastian. For what it gives, it is complicated to understand the film, but it does make sense, if you've seen the other films. The action scenes in the film are impressive, the acting is spot-on good, and the 3D, aside from it being distracting, was interesting at times.

Kate Beckinsale reprises her role as Selene, and is badass and sexy at the same time. This is the type of vampire that REALLY sells it off. Stephen Rea plays Dr. Lane, and was good for the most part. His methods of being evil are reasonable enough, and gives a good performance. India Eisley playes Eve, and does a decent job. She relates to her father in a lot of ways, being a hybrid and kicking ass when she's required to. Plus, the way she kills Dr. Lane is just awesome! As for the rest, they did okay. David and Sebastian were a bit underused, and I really wished that they could've used Michael during the climax. But I can let that go.

Overall, if you're looking for a good action flick that has a lot of vampire and werewolf violence, this'll keep you entertained. If you're looking for a decent vampire flick at the least, I'd highly recommend this. And with build up at the end and if this does well enough, I'm highly awaiting Underworld 5.

Rating: 3.5/5 Vampire Pistols

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