Kate as a "Hero" once again . . .

Rating: 6/10 (1 October 2003)

In a world where the preferred police car is a Mercedes-Benz and a blood war has been ongoing between vampires and werewolves for centuries, Kate Beckinsale is as easy on the eyes as she was in Whit Stillman's LAST DAYS OF DISCO or Kenneth Branaugh's take on Shakespeare's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, although she wears considerably more black leather in UNDERWORLD. (Now *there's* an idea - a production of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING with a leather-clad Hero . . . hmmm).
More style over substance - similar to EQUILIBRIUM in that respect, although that film had a little more plot and possibly fewer bullets - although it's hard to tell when you get up in the thousands.
A few plot twists along the way but mostly special effects and *sigh* Kate.