Great ideas but too cheaply developed.. it looks B-style...

Rating: 6/10 (21 January 2004)

Before watching the movie on DVD I just bought I was thinking it was the live action of the anime BLOOD. Well, the story is great overall BUT the way the movie is developed is kinda lame, really. There are tons of missing points, they didn't portray characters deeply enough. The first Blade movie had some glitches due to budget constraints as well BUT it gave a generally better feeling to viewers, UNDERWORLD is missing the point here and there, it seems that the director and the production get lost in something bigger than themselves, something that they can't manage properly. CGI effects are not top-notch, they look cheap many times.. and I wonder why it always happens to movies co-produced between many countries, if it was a US only production I bet it would have been much better overall.
A sequel would be cool but the director has to be changed, the whole production has to be switched over to someone that can do horror movies better. Sony did a great job with Resident Evil and they should put that production in charge of any possible Underworld sequel.
Underworld would be a top-notch movie if properly developed and putting right people on the project might give sequels very high-ratings. This one it's just and average movie with a very good script that hasn't been correctly portrayed on screen, unfortunately.