Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) takes fans and viewers back to the dark ages, beginning with the great mythology and feud behind vampires and werewolves. Taking its place as the prequel to the entire Underworld series Rise of ...
Pros: Rhona Mitra, cool concept Cons: horrid directing, no character development, awful story
Writer Danny McBride continues to mess up the great Underworld premise with yet another convoluted “prequel” that offers little more than the hot Rhona Mitra (Doomsday, Nip Tuck) having action-sex half suspended off a balcony (also a reason ...
Pros: Decent gore, entertaining but not very deep. Cons: The visual style can be overwhelming, the CGI blood is awful.
I've never been a big fan of telling people "movie X is great if you just go in and turn off your brain", but I'll be damned if there aren't movies that fit that criteria perfectly. The idea of "turning off your brain" to enjoy something seems stupid to ...
Pros: It had a few cool parts Cons: Style over substance
I am a sucker for the Underworld movies. Vampires and werewolves together in a medieval setting - How could I pass that up? I knew going in that Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans wasn't going to be anything great, but I still wanted to see it. As ...
Pros: Performances of Sheen and Nigh, Costumes, CG work Cons: Film style of the action sequences.
If Underworld was Romeo and Juliet and Underworld: Evolution was something akin to The Wizard of Oz, then Underworld: Rise of the Lycans is much like Fritz Lang's Metropolis. The writers of the ...
Pros: Fun, action packed, with great special effects. Cons: Still doesn't measure up to Underworld.
Underworld: The Rise of the Lycans. (2009) Directed by Todd TatopoulosThe Underworld was on shaky ground after the 2006 release of Underworld: Evolution. What had started out as a promising franchise looked to be drowning in ...
The Rise of the Lycans shows us why there is enmity between the lycans and vampires. The birth of Lucian was the "first of the lycans" who Victor allowed to live only to be his slave. After breeding a small army, ironically things start to get out of ...
Format: DVD, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Explores the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires known as Death Dealers and their onetime slaves, the Lycans.
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