Vampires + Werewolves + Lots of guns= Fun.

Rating: 9/10 (24 August 2005)

As far as action horrors go, Underworld is only really topped by a few A* grade movies like Versus and Aliens. The combination of intricate Hollywood style gunplay and a crazed drive-in style story about a war between vampires and werewolves goes down an absolute treat as far as I'm concerned. Add into this great turns from all of the cast, and the movie starts to fly just as a concept.
The execution lives up to the idea for once. Bullets fly, werewolves leap and vampires wail with both great energy and solidity. Underworld has a real grounded feel that helps avoid it losing its way in self parody like the painful Van Helsing. It also looks gorgeous, all washed out blues and Gothic architecture, managing to be both convincingly urban and thrillingly dark at the same time.
It's had more than its fair share of detractors, but personally Underworld is one of my favourite action/horror films, and it's never a chore to watch it, despite it's somewhat indulgent length. If you haven't seen this yet, you're missing out.