Retropective review!

Rating: 4/10 (17 January 2006)

Noticing that the inevitable sequel to Underworld was about to be sprung upon us, I went looking for a review of it. Unfortunately, all I have to go on is the initial small tide of test audiences ( who are probably fans of the 1st). The critics have not been allowed a bite of the cherry before its Friday release date on 20th January.
This is never a good sign in my experience! It usually signifies the distributing studio is hiding the film away to the last moment thereby reducing damage to the box office figures before word of mouth spreads.
The first film had nothing remotely original to offer either, its story concocted to ensure every entertaining modern day piece of action was cannibalised for inclusion. Tight latex suits, twin handed gun-play, "bullet-time" style martial arts fights and fancy weapons (Matrix,Blade and John Woo movies to mention just a few). When I looked it up and found a rating over 6 on IMDb, I felt I had to tell it as it is! It has some okay moments and good production values, but the story is hogwash and the world they live in appears to be solely populated by vampires and werewolves! There are hardly any humans and no cops around either! In summary, its an all too familiar story of (seen it all before)style and little substance.
I hope Underworld Evolution is better, but I will not be parting with my hard-earned cash before finding out more about it.