Soon, I will become the hunted. (Underworld.)
Okay, so, I watched the Underworld movies in backwards order. (But hey, rest assured, I read the first novelization and watched the first movie before I saw Underworld: Evolution.) Here's what I have to say now that I've seen all of Underworld again.
Absolutely loved it! The dark mentor (Bill Nighy), the retribution-seeking heroine (Kate Beckinsale), the poor innocent guy brought into the middle of it all (Scott Speedman), the angry guy out to avenge his murdered wife (Michael Sheen)...I'm with Stephen King on that they're just a few basic stories rehashed every time a movie's released or book is published...just with new details. Regardless, Underworld is the best movie series yet to tell the vampire versus werewolf story all over again.
Stephenie Meyer only wishes her stuff was this cool.
The only problem I had was how Viktor (Bill Nighy) didn't immediately die at the end...he stared at Selene (Kate Beckinsale) for a few seconds, and then she showed him the blood on the sword--with which, by the way, she'd sliced through his head...and THEN his face fell apart.
At least he's dead.
Anyway, I'm sorely tempted to go see Underworld: Rise of the Lycans like...TODAY. NOW. My wallet's just, uh, screaming "NUUUUUU!" Hey, I'd go by myself. It's a Sunday afternoon. I've got time to get ready.
...I just don't like spending money very much.