No talent shoot-em-up.

Rating: 1/10 (10 November 2006)

Obviously no one in the editing department cares that handguns do not have unlimited ammunition. During the first scene, the female lead fires about 50 rounds out of a handgun before unloading. I love it how characters simply drop clips on the ground everywhere, and their guns when they are out of ammo. It's like automatic machine pistols are ten bucks at Mall-Wart or something, and not several thousand dollars as they are in *our* world. This movie was just an excuse to play shoot-em-up.
People watching this movie might become confused who the "bad guys" really are. I actually wanted the protagonists to lose, because I simply had no sympathy for them. Vampires seemed bent to the point of lunacy in their quest for killing werewolves. Why? I like the werewolves. What did they ever do? The movie also introduces the hilarious concept of a new breed of vampire-werewolf mix. It reminds me of children's toys that blended concepts in order to boost sales; look, it's a gun-robot-dinosaur-spaceship!
The script must have been written by someone in marketing, because it just relies too much on concept and flash, without much content. Everything in the film is either a gun battle, or an excuse to show off vampire fashion, (long leather overcoats.) This movie has nothing on the Blade series, which developed a much better "culture" for the vampires. The vampire culture in Underworld seemed like Zoolander, where models strut around with an, "I know I look hot," attitude.
This movie seems like a copy of Alien vs. Predator or some kind of mixed genre flick from the 50's. Swamp Men versus Mummies or Zombies versus Spider People might have done just fine instead.
By the way, why is it that vampires seem to have tons of money and live in lavish castles all the time? Where do they get their cash? The poor werewolves seem to be incapable of balancing a check book. They have to live in a sewer tunnel.
If you're thinking about renting this one, don't bother. The following movies have much more monster talent going on in them: Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Blade, any Lord of the Rings film, An American Werewolf in London, and even Jurassic Park.