I can’t even begin to divulge the storyline because it’s mostly unfathomable.
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06/24/06
Underworld: Evolution (2006)
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Reviews Counted:98
Fresh:16
Rotten:82
Average Rating:3.8/10
Consensus: A visual and aural assault on the senses, this vampire-werewolf sequel makes a lot of noise and features a heavy-handed, overly convoluted story.
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Bloodthirsty vengeance is measured out in buckets, not spoonfuls for this hard-hitting vampire movie sequel. The story picks up right where the first UNDERWORLD left off, in the midst of a war... [More]
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Tony Curran, Derek Jacobi
Director: Len Wiseman
Reviews for Underworld: Evolution
Top CriticSo dedicated to its ludicrously convoluted plot that it takes half an hour to explain what the hell is going on.
02/11/06
Top CriticCool, maybe. But it's also utterly stupid
01/25/06
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.
04/01/06
Top CriticThe murkily atmospheric sets resemble the ruins and prisons of Piranesi.
02/11/06
[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.
02/11/06
With Underworld and its sequel Underworld: Evolution, Len Wiseman proves that he's more than capable of giving Uwe Boll a run for his money for the title of World's Worst Living Genre Filmmaker.
01/26/06
Overall, Underworld: Evolution is a vast improvement over its predecessor Underworld (2003), even if it generally suffers from the twin evils of stupidity and seriousness.
01/16/09
An impressive bat-winged vampire king, Kate Beckinsale in skintight pleather, complicated but simpleminded plotting, death by helicopter blade, etc.
01/27/06
Underworld: Evolution is representative of the 'modern' vampire movie -- loud, violent, and raucous.
01/24/06
... a movie that beats you over the head until you -- along with all the fanged and furry beasts of the future -- are senseless.
01/24/06
It never lives up to the potential of its premise about a centuries-old war between rival clans of vampires and werewolves.
11/24/08
A war between vampires and werewolves was sort of cool once. But twice?
01/20/06
As always, Beckinsale remains a beautiful void --one with all the right curves and not a glimmer of personality... a pretty, porcelain nothing.
01/25/06
A worthy sequel and a bloody good ride.
02/02/06
Underworld: Evolution was a huge step up from the first film. But then again, there wasn't really much room to get any worse.
01/19/06
With leads who strain to manage one facial expression between them, and a cinematographer shooting everything through the same steel-blue filter, Underworld: Evolution is a monotonous barrage of computer-generated fur and fangs.
01/24/06
Top Critic[nothing] can help a film that has blithely discarded a coherent plot or any sort of logic, internal, external, or even whimsical.
01/21/06
'Evolution' is certainly a bad film, but at least it revels in its badness with a sly smile.
01/19/06
Just how much of the 105-minute running time of Underworld: Evolution, the sequel to the titular 2003 film, is actually a new movie is debatable since a good deal is told in flashback.
02/11/06
Latest News for Underworld: Evolution
January 21, 2009:
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October 26, 2007:
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August 03, 2007:
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