MAIN CAST: Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Tobias Menzies
IMDB Summary
Vampire death dealer, Selene (Kate Beckinsale) fights to end the eternal war between the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her.
MY REVIEW:
The best way to describe this movie is a fight to the death or survival, your choice. But this was bringing the franchise back to what made it good. Not that any of the sequels was weak, but Selene was vindicated for all her troubles and problems she had with the vampire clan that betrayed her. I really liked the direction this movie went with her. The big battle was intense and satisfying. If this is the last time we will see a Underworld sequel or Selene, then it ended well.
MAIN CAST: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Shane Brolly
IMDB STORY LINE:
Selene, a vampire warrior, is entrenched in a conflict between vampires and werewolves, while falling in love with Michael, a human who is sought by werewolves for unknown reasons.
I have seen many Vampire and Werewolf stories and movies, but I really enjoyed this modern age look at the genre. It was set in current time, but it felt like a classic. The dark colors made it feel and look like a classic black and white horror film. It had it's own history which was expanded on in the four sequels. The action and fighting was spectacular. I really liked the history and story line that was created in this movie. There was no good or bad guys, only Selene, you wanted her to win, and you was not sure who was on her side. The war was brutal but almost poetic. It was a great movie to see on the big screen.
There are people that can look you in the eyes and convince you that even if your going to die and the world is about to end, it's ok. There are people who can tell you to jump of a high level bridge because they need you to do that and for a second you might consider doing so, There are people that would tell you that they are going to blown your brains out of your head and you will enjoy it and you would believe them.
Kate Beckinsale is such a actress. Every movie I have seen her in, your going to do what she tells you just because she told you to do so and you will enjoy it. one of my favorite lines she had was in the 2001 movie Pearl Harbor. Soldiers where being rushed in after the attack and this guy looks at her and tells her he does not want to die, in true nurse style she looks back at him and says your going to be fine and rubs her hand over his head and tells someone he is not going to make it.
Have you ever been sick in the hospital and not doing that well and the nurse comes in and makes everything ok? I mean your still sick, but as long as the nurse said you was ok, then it was OK, That is what Kate Beckinsale brings to the screen. In the 2004 movie Aviator staring Lenardo DiCaprio as the late Howard Hughes, Kate portrays the late Ava Gardner. When Howard has a breakdown Ava comes to his rescue cleans him up and gets him ready for the hearings with love and care of a mother, wife or nurse I could not tell, She covered all roles when she cared for him.
And what a curve she throws at us by being a vampire in Underworld movie franchise. But I don't know how to explain this, her role as Selene is not as secure as her other roles but still just as confident, I struggle to explain what the Selene character is. She is sweet but can kill with out blinking. she is soft but tough as nails. She loves you but she will kill you.
so if Kate Beckinsale would tell us all that the world was going to end and we was going to be eaten by large aliens and it was going to be painful. I would be ok......Well......Not Happy, but Ok......
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