Selene is her best yet in the fourth Underworld Outing

Rating: 10/10 (20 January 2012)

Kate Beckinsale delivers a perfect performance as the existentially depressed vampire and death dealing assassin protecting her coven or her lover, or this case, someone who turns out to be quite special. The franchise is fortunate to have landed a actress of her caliber, someone in real life who is probably more Shakespeare than an early laconic Eastwood as the bounty hunter with no name. Yet with her English accent and classy stage presence, she's more clever and resourceful than any recent James Bond and more deliciously ruthless than any tall blonde out to Kill Bill. Underworld Awakening is the very best movie I have ever seen in portraying the vampire's preternatural speed and super human abilities. This is achieved with a truly creative use of 3D and IMAX; the terrifically choreographed fight scenes manage to bring the audience to the edge of their seats wondering who will win -Selene or the really bad ass Werewolves. All this and a great cast supporting Beckinsale in a dark Gothic dream with Freudian overtones make this Underworld the best in the series.