Perhaps it's the idea, the atmosphere, or the enthusiastic action, but it maintains a mysterious watchability which suggests it could become a cult classic.
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09/16/03
Underworld (2003)
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Reviews Counted:153
Fresh:46
Rotten:107
Average Rating:4.7/10
Consensus: Though stylish to look at, Underworld is tedious and derivative.
Runtime: 2 hrs 26 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: In UNDERWORLD, a dark and Gothic monster action movie, vampires and lycans--an ancient form of werewolf--are at war. While the vampires inhabit a gigantic castle that houses their ancestor's tombs,... [More]
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Bill Nighy, Michael Sheen
Director: Len Wiseman
Reviews for Underworld
Top CriticIn the end, it's more a role-playing game scenario than a plot -- although there someone would have worked out rules that make sense.
12/30/06
Top CriticLoud and relentless, this vampires-vs-werewolves thriller at least never bores us for a second.
09/20/03
These vampires have no teeth -- hell, they don't even fly.
06/24/06
Top CriticThe astonishing achievement of Underworld is that it's a movie without a single good moment, and they still managed to make one helluva trailer.
10/27/03
Occasionally trashy but still a lot of fun.
09/20/03
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11/22/03
Gets itself totally mired down in the La Brea Tar Pit of Incomprehensible Plotlines.
09/18/03
Take one part “Romeo and Juliet,” one part The Crow and one part Blade. Mix together. Let mixture get stale. Serve.
09/25/03
When the action scenes don’t work in a movie that’s otherwise 100 per cent vampire cliché, then the movie’s in trouble.
09/20/03
slap it on the posters: "NOT THAT BAD!" - Arizona Daily Star
09/18/03
Entertaining in fits and starts, but it's undercut by its nincompoop plot and an obsession -- unfortunately prevalent in horror movies these days -- with biomedical mumbo-jumbo.
09/18/03
Echoes the muscular feel of Aliens, the relentless speed of The Terminator and the architectural colorlessness and operatic anxiety of Dark City.
09/18/03
All told, it looks sumptuously deceased and enticing, just like Beckinsale, who owns this sternum-rattlingly loud film from start to finish.
10/01/03
The film even has the nerve to set itself up for a sequel. Of course, the ending is so sloppy, that this may have just been an oversight.
07/14/07
Its sights are so transparently set on franchisehood that cynical is the only way to feel about it.
09/19/03
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02/02/04
Unfortunately, Beckinsale, a wonderful actress who looks game in her painted-on leather garb, is too soft and demure to convince as the vengeful vixen.
03/16/04
Dracula never looked as good as Selene (Kate Beckinsale), whose impeccably tousled hair and black-leather bodysuit do wonders for her overbite.
02/09/04
Wiseman, who has an extensive background in art direction, has art directed this film to death.
09/19/03
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August 14, 2009:
Beckinsale Returning for Underworld 4? 
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April 02, 2009:
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January 21, 2009:
RT Interview: Bill Nighy talks Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
RT travels to New Zealand onto the set of Underworld: Rise of the Lycans to chat to star Bill Nighy about the complexities of fang wearing etiquette, wet, velvet, 'battle' skirt... More...
July 28, 2008:
New Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Stills Released
The first photos of Rhona Mitra in Underworld action have been released -- and Entertainment Weekly has posted them for your enjoyment. More...
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