Entertainment which does not entertain

Rating: 3/10 (23 April 2008)

Visually unattractive, Underworld looks like it has been shot as black and white through a blue filter, causing a dull look. Sets are ugly. Kate Beckinsale in leather? Yawn. There is lot of action and posing, but no style, fun or atmosphere. And that's the point of the vampire/werewolf movies, right? Be entertaining? Of course Kate get to do lot of action scenes, and after all, every run-of-the-mill action movie features such heroines so the Hollywood actresses can say: "It is really surprising to see a film like this - with a strong woman!" But her character does not seem a vampire at all. Sorry, but vampires should be a bit more vampiric. And better dressers. She just run around in her Matrix-inspired wardrobe shooting and killing werewolves like a female reject from John Woo movie. Believe me, I did not expected to see some pretentious artsy crap. But vampire films should not be trashy action movies either. Vampires in modern world? Great! But DO NOT make it this way!