Movie Review-Underworld: Awakening

The Underworld series has been a solid set of films, nothing spectacular but a solid, fun trilogy. Kate Beckinsale returns as Seline after sitting out the third film in the series. The world has changed since the end of the second film, vampires and Lycans no longer have a bitter war going on as the humans have decided to wipe out all of them. Vampires are in hiding and Lycans are near extinct. After an opening scene, Seline is frozen and left encased in ice for 12 years, when she awakens and escapes, she if forced to face a new world, and fight her way back to normalcy. The series has been known for its huge action set pieces, and this film does not disappoint, with a 14 foot Lycan, things get interesting quickly. The negatives are that things like acting and plot have always come second in this series, and because of that it feels oddly B movie like. Underworld 4 is worth seeing if you want some mindless entertainment for under an hour and twenty minutes. As a quality movie, though, it falls a bit short. I give Underworld: Awakening 5 Ninja stars out of 10.

-Maximus