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- 2017
- R
- Screen Gems
- 1 h 31 m
- 2017
- R
- Screen Gems
- 1 h 31 m
Summary Selene (Kate Beckinsale) fends off brutal attacks from both the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her. With her only allies, David (Theo James) and his father Thomas (Charles Dance), she must stop the eternal war between Lycans and Vampires, even if it means she has to make the ultimate sacrifice.
Directed By: Anna Foerster
Written By: Cory Goodman, Kyle Ward, Kevin Grevioux, Len Wiseman, Danny McBride
- 2017
- R
- Screen Gems
- 1 h 31 m
- 2017
- R
- Screen Gems
- 1 h 31 m
Underworld: Blood Wars
23
5.4
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Summary Selene (Kate Beckinsale) fends off brutal attacks from both the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her. With her only allies, David (Theo James) and his father Thomas (Charles Dance), she must stop the eternal war between Lycans and Vampires, even if it means she has to make the ultimate sacrifice.
Directed By: Anna Foerster
Written By: Cory Goodman, Kyle Ward, Kevin Grevioux, Len Wiseman, Danny McBride
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally unfavorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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0% Positive
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35% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
65% Negative
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
Metascore
Generally unfavorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
23
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
35% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
65% Negative
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
Underworld: Blood Wars is the kind of mainstream horror I want to champion, but lackluster technical aspects nullify Kate Beckinsale's kick-ass performance.
This has been a regular payday for Beckinsale and she certainly gives it her all, but you have to wonder why she bothers, certainly now that we know what she can do with more interesting material.
User Score
Mixed or average
Based on 177 User Ratings
5.4
35% Positive
62 Ratings
62 Ratings
37% Mixed
65 Ratings
65 Ratings
28% Negative
50 Ratings
50 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or average
Based on 177 User Ratings
5.4
35% Positive
62 Ratings
62 Ratings
37% Mixed
65 Ratings
65 Ratings
28% Negative
50 Ratings
50 Ratings
Im giving this movie a 10/10 not because I believe it's that good but because it doesn't deserve all the hate it gets. Its not a great movie but its still one I enjoy watching. I love Kate Beckinsale as Selene. And the one action scene where she has a sword is awesome. I love these Underworld movies. It doesn't try to be woke. They just show Selene kicking butt without taking away her sexuality. It's ok to have both.. This movie is probably my favorite Underworld movie. It gives you a satisfying ending although I still want more.
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There’s a story, and a mythology, and a prestige actress who knows how to push moodiness to the point that, in this series, it’s just about her only mood, but none of it, in the end, gets in the way of the splatter.
Menzies should be just the spark to bring Underworld back to life, but it doesn’t happen. Screenwriter Cory Goodman (The Last Witch Hunter) isolates Marius from Selene and the other major players so that Menzies is left adrift, like a great fighter without a worthy sparring partner.
Blood Wars is tragically bereft of the pulp verve this nonsense needs to be tolerable.
Selene seems ready to put this story behind her for most of Underworld: Blood Wars, and it’s hard not to wish that for Beckinsale, as well.
Like the four franchise fillers that preceded it, Underworld: Blood Wars is undoubtedly impervious to bad reviews. What it needs is a stake through the heart.
I enjoy this series and know it has limitations in script quality and acting so i call it a guilty pleasure. But, despite it's weaknesses, I would rather watch this a dozen times than suffer through another JJ film like SW7/8/9. So, in context, this film had replay value that many billion-dollar films do not have. And based on how stupid the average American is, popular opinion means nothing to me. This is a mediocre film that i will watch again some day. It is on par with 30 Days and Daybreakers, but not as good as Only Lovers.
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Better than the prequel but still very bad. At this point they just seem like they don´t know what to do anymore.
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If you know the progression of the underworld franchise there is no need to explain how low this franchise has fallen. After underworld awaken how much can it fall? Well blood war reached a new low. The plot revolves around Selene played by the hot Kate Beckinsale who is trying to find her daughter. Well the problem of the film started right from the start: the continuity from the last one is almost completely ignored and there is no acknowledgement of the fact human knows vampire exist and trying to hunt them. In fact there is almost no human throughout the movie. But this is only the least of the problem.
The actions were shot hilariously bad. The choreography feels they are flying on a string and there are moments you can almost see the wire, wow. The editing was also terrible, especially at the start it felt someone saw Bourne movie and said hey this looks good and let's just copy it. They made cuts to almost every single punches and my god it felt oozy. It is still not as bad as the new resident evil movie but that is a really low bar.
It also felt like a game of thrones rip off or no literally poor man version of it. Not even kidding. Let's see, Charles Dance and Tobias Menzies, check, Daeneryes look a like check. Random royalties check, unnecessary sex check and a complicated yet ridiculous lists of random betrayals double check. But while game of thrones is engaging and interesting, this just down right stupid. You can add a laugh track and it will become down right silly. Literally there is a random plot twist every 10 minutes but you can see them coming from a mile away and it doesn't have any weight to the movie.
One thing I did like is that the film returned to its classic modern gothic roots. Ever since the first and the third film we rarely see that. Some of the sets and costume design looks beautiful. But there are dresses that looks plain weird. Like the dress by the main villain. It felt like she is practically naked just with wraps cover her, you know like the thing from the fifth element but down much poorly.
At last we have Selene. Noticed I didn't talk much about her that's because she is not in it as much you hoped. Half way she disappeared and all of sudden she had white hair and can teleport. O yeah forget to mention that, there are white and can teleport. While your franchise comes down to this you know it is getting ridiculous.
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