Rated R, 88 minutes
The real question about the unsatisfying new action film "Underworld: Awakening" is how many? How many of these could they possibly make without covering the same territory as the others in this series? This has to be, by and large, one of the most unnecessary movie series (along with the "Resident Evil" films). The same basic plot, vampires versus werewolves (or lycans as they're called here) with OK special effects and a hot vampire in Kate Beckinsale (who wasn't in the third one but back for this one). This time the humans have started to figure out what's going on in the vampire-werewolf battle and a hot human hybrid mixture escapes with the key to ending the years long battle and it's up to Selene (Beckinsale) to track her down. Beckinsale, whose role here can be attributed to the fact her husband Len Wiseman is one of the film's producers, is the usual eye candy admidst a formulaic plot and some mediocre special effects and really the one thing worth seeing about the film. Dreary, overdone and bloody, this "Underworld" is a schlocky exercise in 3-D
filmmaking primarily for horror film enthusisasts who can't get enough of the vampire-werewolf battle, as if the "Twilight" series hadn't already made it irrelevant. Not worth it except for seeing the admittedly smokin' hot Beckinsale in a tight leather suit.
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