Underworld: Evolution [DVD]

Bought ages ago, reviewing is the only way to stop things cluttering up my account

This is a sequel to the 2003 film Underworld, and in order to try and stop any confusion I would honestly suggest that you watch the original film before watching this one.The film starts with a history lesson about the lives of Marcus (Tony Curran) and his twin brother William (Brian Steele) - the original vampire and werewolf. The sons of the immortal - one bitten by a bat, the other by a wolf. It shows the what happened to the two brothers and how Viktor (Bill Nighy) gained control over the vampire clan.Selene's (Kate Beckinsale) voice over gives the situation now - "For six centuries I was a loyal soldier to the vampire clan. But I was betrayed. The war was not as it had seemed. In one night, the lies that had united our kind had been exposed. Kraven (Shane Brolly), our second-in-command, had formed a secret alliance with Lucian (Michael Sheen), leader of the werewolf clan, to overthrow Viktor, our leader. But Kraven's lust for power and domination had failed. Viktor was not the savior I had been led to believe. He had betrayed us all. Soon, the hunt will be on for his killer. I have but one ally left: Michael (Scott Speedman), the human descendent of Corvinus (Sir Derek Jacobi). Neither vampire nor lycan, but a hybrid. It's only a matter of time before we're found. My only hope now is to awaken Marcus, our last remaining elder, and expose the truth before Kraven tries to murder him while he's still in hibernation. Kraven knows he's no match for him awake."We know from the original film that Marcus was 'sleeping' due to take Amelia's (Zita Gorog) place in charge of the vampires, when werewolf scientist was killed over his casket, and the blood of the werewolf feeds the vampire son of Corvinus, creating another hybrid creature part vampire, part werewolf like Michael.Marcus seizes his opportunity to be reunited with his imprisoned brother and Selene and Michael must attempt to stop him from releasing his uncontrollable sibling.This was an enjoyable film, with a good number of extras. Not quite as good as the first film, but not far off really. Definitely worth watching in my opinion.There is to be a third film in the series, Underworld Rise of the Lycans, but Ms Beckinsale's character Selene and Scott Speedman's Michael will not be appearing in it, but Michael Sheen (Lucian), and Bill Nighy (Viktor) will be in the prequel.

Action packed. Great detail. My only complaint, I started watching these films(there are 5 I believe) following a recommendation from my daughter, not usually her cup of tea, however she and hubby really enjoyed these films. I myself love Vampire/werewolf type films. (The best I've ever seen, Vampire diaries and the Originals, these I give 5 star, the most enjoyable series I have ever seen). Anyway back to Underworld. I watched the 1st,(made 2003,which I watched over 2 evenings), then 2nd evening straight after the 1st ending started watching the 2nd(2006), I watched for about 20 minutes, it was getting late, I was tired, my bed was calling, it was 11.40pm. Now up until this point there had been no charge for these films,(I have amazon prime, and these films came under included in your amazon prime) other than the very last one my daughter tells me, this one they had to pay for, the 1st 4 were free, (as they were when I started watching). Then yesterday afternoon (Sunday) I went into amazon prime, clicked on continue 2nd film, and it came up rent or buy. Only 3.49 to rent but its besides the point. It is wrong that that certain films are included in your amazon prime, therefore you start watching them and then they decide to start charging you. I completely disagree with this. I am now seriously considering cancelling my subscription with amazon. Most of the films they are allowing to watch for free or included in amazon prime I can get on Netflix. But unfortunately not Underworld. But I will look on u tube.

The sequel to a film that is a personal favourite of mine; the incredible Underworld. This means that I first watched this film with a constant hope that it would be something special, luckily it really doesn't disappoint. The action, the brutality; everything has been ramped up to eleven and everything has been given an expensive sheen, sure it loses the rawness which ensures the first films continued dominance but it certainly puts up one hell of a fight.Underworld Evolutions action scenes have more going on in them than something with a lot of things going on, or something, they are very busy and sometimes busy means messy but the only mess here is the ramped up gore levels which can at times be amazingly grotesque often in a subtly disgusting way that might be missed unless you are concentrating on everything at once. It is always highly detailed, normally evoking a scrunched up face and occasional unintended (on the part of the viewer) smirk.Underworld Evolution pushes the story forward while filling in more of a back-story, something that the first film was incredibly good at. Here we are introduced to the father of the vampires and lycans, who is also the first immortal. The story involves Marcus, the first vampire and his attempt to track down and free his brother (the first lycan). The further we get the more we see how Selene is tied into the whole story and the more action packed the film gets.The film looks a lot more expensive than the first and the blue filter (?) everything is filmed with gives a beautiful pin sharp quality to the film that helps it to stand out even if it means some of the `feel' of the first film is lost in the process.While you don't have to have watched the original film to enjoy this one it is recommended that you do for maximum enjoyment. A worthy successor to a film that should be labelled a classic. Get it.

Maybe this series was a bit like a musket there really is only one good underworld movie the newer ones are fine... Exactly that fine.

Beautiful Kate Bekinsale in her lovely latex best in her hot Vampire self. Love these movies