Bubble Burst

Rating: 5/10 (2 September 2012)

I was excited to see Underworld: Awakening. The whole concept intrigues me, the previous movies were interesting and fun to watch. Also, I like Kate Beckinsale as an actress, she can take on being an action female character with such grace. I am sadden to say that I was no impressed of this fourth installment of the franchise. The story does not flow well, the parties involved does not seem to fit. As mentioned in the trailer, the humans started rounding up the vampires and lycans, Selene wakes up 12 years later to find that the world has changed. Then she escaped, finds a hybrid child, mentions a gigantic lycan, and left the rest for the viewer to find out in the movie. I will say that the trailer was more exciting than the movie itself.
Character development was non-existent. Aside for Selene, all the other characters are new. Their deeper involvement seems to be space fillers. Like most movies, this one left an option for an addition to the franchise. At this time, I cannot imagine how it can move along. Maybe this is it, at least it was done in a way that I will not miss it.
There was a good amount of action, but not exciting. It seems forced into the movie and filmed just for the sake of having action scenes in the movie. They quickly became boring and felt too long. Then there were the plot holes! My recommendation, don't watch it if you're not familiar with the franchise. However, if you are a fan of it, give it a shot and see for yourself, for fans, I think we owe it to ourselves to see what happens.