A nice surprise

Rating: 8/10 (20 September 2003)

I guess the best way for me to sum up my feelings about UNDERWORLD is to say it was much more entertaining and intelligent than I expected.
Despite it's Matrix-like tones, I figured I'd give the movie a shot. Well, my wife wanted to see it, so who was I to deny her. :)
Plus, I thought the whole supernatural gang-war concept pretty interesting.

Where the movie worked the most for me was presenting a story that didn't allow the effects to define the story...well, like the Matrix Reloaded unfortunately did to stupefyingly boring results.
The story had me attentive throughout and I found myself actually caring about the characters, even ones that on the surface seemed like baddies.
The biggest barometer for me is whether I'd be willing to see a sequel, Underworld 2 would have me in the seats.