Awakening The Market...!

Rating: 7/10 (3 April 2012)

I wasn't moved by anything in this movie. Not the great storyline, sure to establish a firm foundation for this vampire-werewolf franchise; not the familiar Prussian blue and yellow ocher color scheme (is dark blue and earth tones the new black and white?); not the frenetic action in full CG glory. What rolled through my mind over and over was the nagging feeling that I was watching the preview of a new first-person shooter. The obligatory chase and shoot scenes; the shoot-outs in close interior spaces; the gathering up of clues as each sub-mission is completed. Yes, this is a a fine game, and I, for one, can't wait to get my turn at the controls (although I'm sure the home version won't have the unlimited ammo cheat our heroine seems to possess in "Underworld: The Awakening").