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- 2012
- R
- Screen Gems
- 1 h 28 m
- 2012
- R
- Screen Gems
- 1 h 28 m
Summary Vampire warrioress, Selene, escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans, and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species. [Screen Gems]
Directed By: Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein
- 2012
- R
- Screen Gems
- 1 h 28 m
- 2012
- R
- Screen Gems
- 1 h 28 m
Summary Vampire warrioress, Selene, escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans, and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species. [Screen Gems]
Directed By: Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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29% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
29% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
41% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
39
29% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
29% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
41% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
The entire production is single-mindedly, earnestly devoted to serving up feats of BADASS, and it succeeds in this devotion to the exclusion of everything else. Allegedly in 3-D, though I didn't notice at the time.
Why are they fighting again? Never you mind. Just sit tight till the next action sequence (it won't be long), and get ready to laugh - with equal parts scorn and fanboy joy - as Beckinsale strikes another Rodinesque pose under a slo-mo shower of inhuman innards.
A brisk creature-feature that ditches the series' dreary mythology in favor of a more direct, action-oriented approach.
Anyway, "Children of Men" this ain't, though the inert directing of Len Wiseman (who helmed the first two films and has a producer credit here) has thankfully been replaced by Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein, who seem to have a lot more verve and even some visual whimsy.
Kate Beckinsale can still fill out a skin-tight leather bodysuit, but with Awakening, the vampires-vs-werewolves Underworld franchise has finally decayed beyond the point of repair.
Also missing: the series' reliable camp heavies, Bill Nighy and Michael Sheen, and most of the so-called Lycans who, their appearance in a few respectable action sequences notwithstanding, are now nearly extinct. So is this franchise.
Latest, dreadful entry in the vampires-battling-werewolves franchise.
Production Company
Screen Gems,
Lakeshore Entertainment,
Sketch Films,
Saturn Films,
UW4 Productions
Release Date Jan 20, 2012
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating R
Tagline Vengeance Returns
Awards
BMI Film & TV Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
