Hey, the Monsters are Coming!

Rating: 6/10 (17 September 2004)

Eletric, atmospheric and relentless action/terror movie in which two races of inhuman creatures, the Lycans (in fact, the old and well known werewolves monsters) and the Vampires fight against each other, in a perpetual battle for mutual extermination, in a cruel and violent war that have been rolling for many centuries. In this particular vision of the world - a vision that brings to mind some RPG's games - a vampire agent (played by the gorgeous Kate Beckinsale) falls in love with a human (Speedman) just to find out that he is a member of the Lycans tribe. In this point, the movie works out with the old theme of a impossible love story but never misses its bull eye: a good action movie. "Underworld' is not a classic of the genre. There's no term of comparison with some classics as 'Dracula'(1931), 'Werewolf,The' with Lon Chaney or even 'Interview with a Vampire' directed by Neil Jordan and starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. But things change, always change, and 'Underworld' has an acute and fine contact with the modern style of this kind of movies.