A film of great magnitude

Rating: 8/10 (13 October 2005)

Recently, this week, I have watched Underworld twice.
I admit the first time I watched it, I was a tad confused, especially with the first half, but as soon as you see the end it all makes perfect sense. Upon watching a second time I realised how good the film actually is (I did realise this before don't get me wrong). The film has what some people would call rusty acting, but if you listen , it is not actually rusty, just people with different accents from all over the world, showing the extreme power of the Vampire and Lycan covens, and how they have obviously travelled all over this globe. The best thing about the film though (SPOILER) is that you follow the paths of the Vampires all the way through the film, as the people who are out to do good, destroying this evil race that hunts them down also. And then two thirds of the way through there is a major twist and the whole film turns around so that you actually realise that the Vampires are the ones who started this war, and the bloodshed, and it was the Lycans who were under attack, after being kept as slaves. I think that in itself is a great power to do in a film. It is the same as watching the Matrix trilogy, then realising half way through, or in the last film, the the computers are the good guys and Neo and his friends are the evil ones... A great twist, backed up by fantastic effects and a passionate storyline. This film gets my vote.