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Underworld
A (INDIA)
2003
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Positive Reviews
18
Negative reviews
29
Average Rating
2.3
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1.5
But all the usual elements seem halfhearted this time out, thanks to generic sets, flat cinematography, boring one dimensional characters, an insultin ..
Av Club
1.5
But given the films barely pro forma plot and generic action, it obsolesces surprisingly quickly.
Av Club
1.5
This movies willful opacity will strike some viewers, myself included, as a disagreeable manipulation, but unresolved mysteries aside, Charlotte Somet ..
Austin Chronicle
3.0
It is the perfectly cast Beckinsale who lifts Underworld out and away from the films many moments of silly gravitas and steers it into a truly interes ..
Austin Chronicle
3.0
Vampires and werewolves get a Matrix like millennial make over in this unexpectedly adventurous fantasy flick.
Time Out
1.5
However he doesnt always give the action scenes enough clarity or momentum.
Screen Daily
1.5
A laughable exercise in Gothic gloom and pulpy horror movie cliches, Underworld is strictly for genre fans.
Screen Daily
2.0
In herform fitting black leather jumpsuit, Beckinsale getsthe occasional butt kicking workout, though she doesnt seem to kick quite asmany butts as sh ..
Screen Daily
2.5
This is a movie so paltry in its characters and shallow in its story that the war seems to exist primarily to provide graphic visuals.
Rogerebert
3.5
Definitely a highly stylized, Gothic, ass kick fest first and foremost.
JoBlo
3.0
Its certainly no Blade, but except for some boring stretches it did manage to entertain.
Screen Rant
2.0
So clotted with back story that the Romeo and Juliet style romance between a warrior vampire and a reluctant werewolf never has a chance to breathe, L ..
Tv Guide
1.3
Unfortunately, the actual film clocks in as the worst vampire film since Billy the Kid vs. Dracula.
Combust Ible Celluloid
1.9
Thats the premise behind Underworld, a movie so focused on setting up its sequel that it forgets to set up itself.
Mark Reviews Movies
2.5
Verdict Underworld succeeds in impressing audiences at parts, thus ending up as an average movie experience.
FilmiBeat
2.2
Its the sort of film thats far more fun to talk about that it is to watch. It doesnt rise to the level of hootingly bad camp; its too turgid and serio ..
Eric Ds Nider
2.0
Tweet Underworld Mark Halverson By This article was published on 09.25.03 Advertisement This Crow and Matrix influenced, Goth drenched tale of a centu ..
News Review
2.5
Sure, its sometimes laughably stupid, but for fans of the genre its also great fun.
Shadows On The Wall
4.0
It could have been a complete disaster, but the result is an enjoyable action thriller thats both original and derivative.
View London
2.0
You wont hear a pin drop or popcorn pop as this extremely noisy, effects drenched, highly stylized vampires vs. werewolves horror tale force feeds the ..
Film Journal
2.0
The only consistent thing about this strange hybrid is its relentless blue gray color scheme.
Mountain X
2.5
Underworld, a pulsating occult videogame thrill ride, chronicles a war between aristocratic vampires and oppressed rebel werewolves (excuse me, lycans ..
Ew
4.5
It looks like a war, but fails to feel like a truly epic battle going on between vampires and werewolves.
Cinema Crazed
1.0
125 minutes is a long time to stare at a movie thats basically in bleached blue and white with occasional splotches of brick red.
Slate
2.0
Though it has a fresh idea in a vampires vs. werewolves war, the film suffers from one of the clunkiest scripts in recent screen history.
Empire
3.0
It turns out that there has been a centuries long war between the vampires and the lycan.
Common Sense Media
1.3
If you make a movie that features werewolves and vampires talking on cell phones, it better have a good sense of humor about itself.
Sf Gate
3.0
Still, its enjoyable to explore an alternative reality, and a blend of gunmetal glamour of gloomy Gothicism gives Underworld a beautiful look.
Bbc
1.9
Yet what the film lacks is the substance of its progenitor, the concreteness of a certain visual grammar and narrative originality The Matrix used to ..
Slant Magazine
2.5
If you pay little attention to the specifics of the convoluted premise and simply wallow in the sumptuous, gothic style cinematography by Tony Pierce ..
The Movie Boy
3.0
The acting is only mediocre with some truly horrible performances, but the main attractions of the film are really the amazing special effects and the ..
Bullz-Eye
1.5
Instead, the originality if you can call it that comes in the Dread Solemnity of Danny McBrides script, which Wiseman does nothing to alleviate.
Flickfilosopher
2.0
A look at the Laugh Factorys Comedy Camp, which for more than 30 years has offered a place for at risk kids and otherwise to try their hand at stand u ..
Calendar Live
2.0
Let this be a lesson to movie directors everywhere: never ever put anyone from Felicity on the big screen.
Hollywood
3.5
As such, theres an epic silliness about it that the movie never quite overcomes.
Seattle Pi
2.8
Endless gun battles propel the movie to its sequel demanding ending.
Coles Mithey
1.3
A vampire with a conscience just isnt terribly mesmerizing in an action movie.Only Speedman, in the films gender swapped damsel in distress type role, ..
Spliced Wire
1.9
out of (November 20/08) Though a slight improvement over its woefully uninvolving predecessor, Underworld: Evolution suffers from many of the same pro ..
Reel Film
2.0
People used to move to the suburbs to save money.Now, nearly every corner of Toronto has downtown rent In Part 2 of a series looking at the urban subu ..
The Star
2.5
Despite the intriguing premise, the filmmakers have chosen to concentrate their attention on gory action rather than characterizations and coherent st ..
Deseret News
3.0
Still, the production is very much driven by style, and its substance is also derivative.
Urban Cine File
4.0
But this is considerably more than that in terms of character depth and sophistication.
Varia Gate
3.8
And while the ending is final, it clearly leaves room for a sequel.
Three Movie Buffs
3.8
Shawnee Mission Health has started instructing its employed physicians to ask patients about their spiritual health during primary care visits.
Kansas City
2.0
This film does have some visual style, sometimes a little too much.
Ny Times
0.0
And thats just getting started.It was as horrible as one would expect knowing its the brainchild of two stuntmen and a prop handler doing nothing but ..
The Filmy Ap
1.3
A lack of original thinking is almost expected from a Hollywood action movie, but there are no complete ideas in this film.
Big Picture Big Sound
3.0
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
2.5
As a distraction, Underworld works better than you might think, but it never rises above the serviceable despite the makings of something better.
Flip Side Archive
1.5
Now, I like a good vampire flick as much as the next guy.Heck, I like a good vampire flick probably more than the next guy.
Fat Guys At The Movies
1.3
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Freep
2.8
Why, you get Underworld, a film so derivative that it barely registers as a film unto itself.
Nicks Chager
2.0
This movie is just flat and boring; the vampires and werewolves are there not as icons of perversity, but as generic Montagues and Capulets in a gener ..
Films Nobs
2.5
Its hard to decide what the creators of this film wanted.If they genuinely hoped to modernize the horror genre, they failed miserably.
Juicy Cerebellum
4.4
Who wouldve thought that vampires and werewolves could hold our interest like this ever again, anyway
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