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Topic Started: Jan 15 2006, 02:33 PM (113 Views)
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looks really cool. Didnt' see the first one but I probably will go and see this one
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it looks cool
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Why so serious?
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its out tihs friday
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the movie is fucked up.
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in a bad way?
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I'm interested. Though I'll probably end up watching it by myself as none of the people I go to the movies with seem interested in it.
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The movie is about Dogs fighting died ass people.
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it's still gonna be cool
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DOG VS DIED PEOPLE = FUCKING KIOS
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dogs?
dead people?

more like kate beckinsale vs werewolf and dracula

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IWANA FUCKYA is in that movie.
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Before I begin let it be known that I didn't like the first film very much. If you loved Underworld, you'll probably love Underworld: Evolution. I didn't. Bearing that in mind, here's my review.

The film begins with a scrolling plot synopsis. It seems there're two brothers - one (William) is the first werewolf ever, the other (Marcus) the first vampire. No explanation of how this came to pass is given or required.

Next, we see an elaborate flashback sequence which basically acts out the same story we just read about, only with a lot of blood, bad faux-medieval dialogue, and cliched beat-em-down melee. Long story short, the vampires - led by Viktor, the villain from the first film - beat ass and take William captive for all eternity, against Marcus' wishes.

Next comes a voice-over monologue from Kate "Monotone" Beckinsale, explaining everything that happened in the first film, by which point I'm already having intestinal cramps.

After all this we get titles, followed by an hour of thoroughly dull and repetitive plot sprinkled liberally with pointless action sequences while Kate and her boyfriend (who looks eerily like the idiot from Creed) slowly and painstakingly puzzle out what we've already been shown in the first ten minutes.

I'm not joking. Underworld:Evolution has two modes - boring and stupid. Boring comes when the characters try to wrangle plot points (which we already know) out of the unwilling (but better acted) supporting cast, followed by stupidity incarnate in fights that just don't make any sense. Why the hell would Creed-boy be so brainless as to ignore the explicit warning he's just been given that human food will poison him, and hightail it off to a Russian taverna to find some chow (for that matter, what the hell's wrong with him when he's forgotten how to use a knife and fork in less than a week)? Why the hell would Marcus instigate a direct confrontation with Selene and Creed-boy in a moving truck, instead of simply following them to their destination and ambushing them there? How can any 2000-year-old be so stupid and so impatient as to open a secret lock and then forget to take the key with him when he leaves?

The answer, of course, is to provide an excuse for combat. Gory, bloody, idiotic combat. Using guns (for no reason whatsoever, as it's stated several times that they won't do any real damage). And kung-fu - even more pointless, but shows off Kate's ass to better effect.

Occasionally boring and stupid heterodyne, creating a kind of unique stupid/boring hybrid that mirrors Creed-boy's unfortunate condition, as when Marcus corners Selene and starts monologuing while ignoring Creed - who he knows to be a dangerous enemy. This is the major problem with the story - it relies constantly on the stupidity of its characters to get the heroes out of trouble. Sort of a Deus ex Moronica.

The final third of the film, in which Selene and Creed finally catch up with the story - which we've been told twice over by now - becomes watchable. The action is still stupid - giant stone doors which have resisted all efforts to open them for millennia are thwarted by a single pissed off vampire, who later yanks a helicopter out of the sky (what, was he bolted to a 16-ton weight? Or does becoming a vampire make you especially dense?). The werewolf hangs around for no reason whatsoever, waxing content to post out and snarl ineffectually at Selene as she riddles it with bullets - which still don't do any damned good. But there is a sense of everything coming together in terms of the story. You don't care, and neither do the writers - what is meant to be the film's climactic moment serves only as a Level Up for Selene - but at least something's happening.

How does it end? Who cares? You got to see Kate Beckinsale naked.

My rating: 4/10
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Make it a 5 cause theres goodies about porn in it.
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not really
it had no nudity
just short and sweet
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I liked the first one, it was pretty good.
Though I don't know if i'll go see the second one.
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