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MPAA RATING: R for strong violence/gore and some language
Starring Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Shane Brolly, Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy, Erwin Leder, and Sophia Myles
Underworld reimagines Vampires as a secretive clan of modern aristocratic sophisticates whose mortal enemies are the Lycans (werewolves), a shrewd gang of street thugs who prowl the city's underbelly. (Screen Gems)
| GENRE(S): | Action | Fantasy | Horror |
| WRITTEN BY: |
Danny McBride (also story)
Kevin Grevioux (story) Len Wiseman (story) |
| DIRECTED BY: | Len Wiseman |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: January 6, 2004 Video: January 6, 2004 Theatrical: September 19, 2003 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 121 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | USA / Germany / Hungary / UK |
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The average user rating for this movie is 7.2 (out of 10) based on 81 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Tommy S gave it a9:
Very good vampire vs werewolf movie. If you like The Matrix you'll probably like this film.
Ian G. gave it a7:
This is an ambitious, great-looking, adequately acted piece of popcorn entertainment. Sure, it's terribly written, and some of the werewolves look more like Muppets than petrifying flesh-eaters, but 'Underworld' provides loads of fun for both our beer-swilling commonfolk (shit blows up) as well as serious cinemaphiles who are willing to sit back and have a blast with this fun-as-hell B-movie.
[Anonymous] gave it a1:
Kate Beckinsale looks good in leather: that's the only compliment I have for this movie. Sex appeal is the best way to catch a man's attention in an action film. Throw in some decent fight scence and you got an acceptable movie. But this film couldn't even pull that off. I was bored as hell watching this. The gothic style of the film is bland and cliched. The fight scenes are pretty stupid. I remember this one scene where Kate's character fires hundreds of rounds of bullets with her puny pistol (yes, a pistol) into a door with bad guys waiting on the other side. She never reloads once until the fight is over with just a little clip. That's ridiculous and realistically impossible.
[Anonymous] gave it a10:
One of the best movies I've ever seen. It's not a popcorn movie with emphasis on coolness with little depth for watching casually while cracking jokes with friends like Matrix, Blade or Terminator2, but if you are willing to dive in you'll be rewarded with an unmatched athmosphere and a great plot.
Kevin L. gave it an8:
OK, Gone With the Wind it's not -- but stylish yet violent supernatural fun it is, in spades!
Riren gave it a1:
Atrocious, even for a popcorn flick. The action sequences and "plot twists" feel like the fat they cut off the Blade movies. Coincidentally, almost everyone in this world of eternal rainy nighttime dresses like they were expecting a walk-on on Blade II. You can't expect too much creativity from a movie that basically steals vampires, werewolves and leather - but this is still insultingly bad, especially with its generic soundtrack and poor acting.
Abrianna M. gave it a9:
This was a Spectacular movie I liked the action packed scenes and the forever rising climax. I also liked the special effects.

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