Monster Soap Opera

Rating: 6/10 (22 June 2015)

Vampires vs. Werewolves is a basic premise with lots of potential, but despite an admirable attempt to create a thorough but easily digestible mythology, 'Underworld' takes itself so serious that it snuffs out any fun before it even begins (though the soapy house politics and intrigue did help glue it all together, however tentatively).
Meandering around for a nearly interminable two hours, the story is bloated and moves at a snails pace. When there is action, it's of the stylized, post-'Matrix' variety, but without any of the latter's flare or drama.
Like its star Kate Beckinsale, it's certainly nice to look at, but even her beauty isn't enough to put this 'Underworld' over the Top.