8/10 - Good action/story mix

Rating: 7/10 (2 February 2004)

I think this movie is worth watching it, especially if you are an action fan. After the trailer I wasn't too sure about its quality because this black/blue style seemed quite boring to me. But in fact it perfectly supported the atmosphere. The best feature of this movie is the balance between action and story. There are good action scenes (although the fights were a bit short) and the story has some interesting turns. Matrix Reloaded concentrated too much on dialogues and philosophical crap. On the other hand, "Swat" was a pure action movie and the sole purpose of the story line was to connect the action scenes. In my opinion, "Underworld" found an almost perfect balance between those extremes. I missed a bit some special abilities of the vampires, but this is only a minor complaint