I can’t even begin to divulge the storyline because it’s mostly unfathomable.
Underworld: Evolution (2006)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Tony Curran, Derek Jacobi, Bill Nighy
Producer: Gary Lucchesi, Tom Rosenberg, Richard S. Wright
Composer: Marco Beltrami
DVD Info
Release:
Aug 6, 2007
Blu-ray Disc Features:
- Blue BD Case
- Widescreen - 2.40
Audio:
- PCM 5.1 - English, French
- Subtitles - English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai - Optional
Additional Release Material:
- Commentaries - 1. Director and Filmmakers
- Featurettes - 1. "The Hybrid Theory" - Visual Effects
- 2. "The War Rages On" - Stunts
- 3. "Bloodlines: From Script to Screen" - Making-of
- 4. "Making Monsters Roar" - Creature Design
- 5. "Building a Saga" - Production Design
- 6. "Music and Mayhem" - Music and Sound Design
- 7. Music Video - Atreyu - "Her Portrait in Black"
Reviews
Evolution's action sequences are as horribly bungled as its plot, resulting in a string of repetitive confrontations that feel toothless even by the last movie’s standards.
The murkily atmospheric sets resemble the ruins and prisons of Piranesi.
[Underworld: Evolution is] silly and ... not as good as the first film but at least it has plenty of action in it to keep the Friday night crowd happy.
So dedicated to its ludicrously convoluted plot that it takes half an hour to explain what the hell is going on.
I'm thinking about hair color after just having seen an action-horror movie; that's a bad sign.
Underworld films are a highly specialized taste, and those who've acquired it know who they are. Everyone else should give this one a wide berth.
The movie is intermittently entertaining and often gory but rarely exciting.
The plot is so convoluted that missing even five minutes at a stretch won't make any difference in your comprehension of the story.
It's interesting and very telling that in the credits the actors are named last. It's Wiseman's way of acknowledging his films are not about performances but special effects.
Takes itself way too seriously and relies way too heavily on its "multi-generational gothic soap opera" exposition volleys that crop up whenever someone's *** is not being kicked.
There isn't much that is new or fresh about Underworld Evolution . . .
Loud, dark, and hopelessly enmeshed in loop-de-loop arcing plot mechanics that create more confusion than tension.
... triste constatar que qualquer bobagem pode dar origem a uma série caso obtenha um sucesso - mesmo moderado - de bilheteria.
See it if you dig on action, vampires, werewolves, a little bit of story and plenty of bloody fun.
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