Underworld: Evolution
Just got back from seeing Kate Beckinsale's latest cinematic romp. As a fan of the first film, I had expectations as to what I was expecting from this movie. Generally sequels are pretty scary territory being that if the first film was good enough to elicit a sequel then the second film should be as good if not better than the first one. Spiderman, X-Men, Kill Bill fall into the good sequel category. Ghostbusters, Grease, Rocky Horror Picture Show fall into the what were they thinking category. Underworld Evolution falls somewhere in between. It wasn't horrible, it wasn't great and it wasn't a total waste of money.
Trailers were good...X-3, Silent Hill, UltraViolet and a piss poor showing of Final Destination 3. That's right folks...a trilogy.
Once again we were taken to the world where there are no halogen or fluorescent bulbs in lights...just some weird blue lighting that covers everything. Again, Selene was in her vinyl cat suit. Michael Corvin was still a hybrid thing and still the Lycans weren't the best in CG. So with all that being the same, what could they have added? How about some hot vampire on hybrid action, how about a new fighting tactic where your opponent gets his lower jaw ripped off. The coolness of the movie was that it picked up right after the fist movie ended. Selene still covered with Victor’s blood and Michael not fully aware of the predicament he is in. The story wasn't too bad; there were some gaps but not too bad. Not a whole lot of dialog but plenty of violence. All in all I'd say it's about a 3.5 out of 5. Will buy it when it comes out on DVD but wouldn't go see it in the theater again.
Trailers were good...X-3, Silent Hill, UltraViolet and a piss poor showing of Final Destination 3. That's right folks...a trilogy.
Once again we were taken to the world where there are no halogen or fluorescent bulbs in lights...just some weird blue lighting that covers everything. Again, Selene was in her vinyl cat suit. Michael Corvin was still a hybrid thing and still the Lycans weren't the best in CG. So with all that being the same, what could they have added? How about some hot vampire on hybrid action, how about a new fighting tactic where your opponent gets his lower jaw ripped off. The coolness of the movie was that it picked up right after the fist movie ended. Selene still covered with Victor’s blood and Michael not fully aware of the predicament he is in. The story wasn't too bad; there were some gaps but not too bad. Not a whole lot of dialog but plenty of violence. All in all I'd say it's about a 3.5 out of 5. Will buy it when it comes out on DVD but wouldn't go see it in the theater again.