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As this film proves: sometimes it’s better to quit while you’re ahead.
True to its title , Underworld Awakening(akaUnderworld 4 ) finds Selene ( Kate Beckinsale ) waking up 12 class after humanity ’s find and " purging " of the vampire and Lycan ( werewolf ) hordes living in their midst . Selene finds herself in a world where vamps and wolves are near extinction , and man keep tight control of thing , methodically searching for and put down the last of " the infect . "
However , before Selene can even get her bearings she is swept up in a rescue foreign mission involving a untested young woman discover Eve ( India Eisley ) , who is more powerful than anyone envisage . It ’s up to Selene to protect Eve from those who would harm her - be they human , Lycan , or the vampire coven itself .
Underworld 4looks and feels like an extended TV episode , rather than a self-aggrandizing - budget feature film . This is mainly due to the unskilled direction of Swedish duo Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein , whose primary experience is in directing TV , as it so hap . The moving-picture show is nothing more than a train of activity sequences and cheap set - pieces , often shot at wide angle that reveal the elementary ( and by now , routine ) oppose choreography . Cheap CGI effects make the blood spatter , superhuman effort and supernatural puppet front no better than something you might see on an episode ofSupernaturalorTrue roue .
The film director ' lack of skill is even more pronounced thanks to the 3D format of the film : at such wide angles , a lot ofUnderworld Awakeninglooks like a Gothic pop - out puppet show set on a drear point . At their moderate skill horizontal surface , Mårlind and Stein really had no business mold with 3D tv camera : why add bells and whistles when you have n’t even grok the action movie basics ?
The script for the firstUnderworldsucceeded in make a rich ( if not slightly convoluted ) mythology , as well as some interesting and complex character . The subsequence made the mythos a littletooconvoluted , but this 4th film suffers from the diametrical problem : it ’s half - cooked and feels more like the pilot episode of anUnderworldTV series than the fourth chapter in a film franchise . A sort of writers puzzle out on the playscript - includingUnderworlddirector Len Wiseman andThorwriter J. Michael Straczynski - but it ’s gruelling to see where that aggregate movement was spend .
The movie begins with a stingily - sleuth and very race coup d’oeil at the vampire / Lycan " purge " ( which could ’ve been a moving-picture show in itself ) before we jump to Selene waken up , find Eve , and … that ’s about it . The film runs out of steam somewhere in the 2nd act , and settee for a tattily - staged and predictable third act conflict that might impress a tv set hearing , but is painfully unworthy as a 3D theatrical spectacle .
The film also attempts to throw a " twist " into the third number , but not only is it obvious ( as are all of the so - bid " twist " in this film ) , it largely contradict the premiss that distinguishesAwakeningfrom its predecessors ( vampires and Lycans ingest a common foe in humanity ) . There is almost no development of character or narrative ( just a draw of fight successiveness ) , no thematic arcs , and a quite a little of the plot of ground lash-up are so pronounced and punch-drunk that it ’s hard to take the picture severely , even as anUnderworldfilm . While some would say that the door is purposefully leave wide open for another subsequence , it feels more like this half - cooked story never bothers to explore or make good on the many plot of land threads it introduces .
Kate Beckinsale is still in her prime as a gorgeous action starlet , and there was a lot of room for her character reference to experience some real development across the course of the story . regrettably , Selene react to her new circumstance with such unflinching stoicism that it ’s arduous to become commit in anything that ’s happening . In one conniption , Eve actually confronts Selene about how " dusty " she is , extend Beckinsale an opportunity to display some rightful emotion - which she does with such droning , deadpan delivery that it is hilariously ironic ( and not in a in effect elbow room ) .
The supporting roll consists of actors sizz through Fang ( Theo James as David , Selene ’s only vampire friend ) or grumble through fur and black oculus ( Kris Holden - Reid as a ' topnotch Lycan ' ) , while Eve runs around doing both . It ’s all middling ridiculous , and none of the graphic symbol are as rich or interesting as those that have been have in previous instalment .
Michael Ealy plays police detective Sebastian , a human cop who actually has a bit of depth to him ; unfortunately , his purpose is pretty much relegated to accommodate a aweary stare as he watches the supernatural madness taking place around him . likewise , Game of Thronesstar Charles Dance bring in some acting chops to his bit role as " Thomas , " lord of one of the last vampire covens . However , like Ealy , Dance is given little to do with his talents .
If you ’re a fan of the firstUnderworldfilm , but guess the subsequence ( phylogenesis ) and the prequel ( Rise of the Lycans ) were diminish feat , you wo n’t find salvation in this 4th instalment . However , if you ’ve enjoyed all of the film for what they are , you ’ll probably get a bite of enjoyment out of this one as well . If you ’ve never been a fan of watching vampires and werewolves combat it out , but were perhaps peculiar about this special film : do n’t waste the time or money , because your oddment will only be rewarded with disappointment .
Underworld Awakeningis now play in 2D , 3D and IMAX 3D theatre .
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Underworld : Awakening is the quaternary entry in the Underworld series , taking home year after the second film ’s events . Kate Beckinsale recall as the part of vampire hunter Selene , who is captured and frozen for twelve long time , awakening to a world where most of her form has been wiped out . fight for the right to survive , Selene strikes back against humanity to protect the organism of the Hades .
Kate Beckinsale as Selene in ‘Underworld Awakening’
India Eisley as Eve in ‘Underworld Awakening’
Michael Ealy in ‘Underworld 4’
Underworld: Awakening is the fourth entry in the Underworld series, taking place years after the second film’s events. Kate Beckinsale returns as the part of vampire hunter Selene, who is captured and frozen for twelve years, awakening to a world where most of her kind has been wiped out. Fighting for the right to exist, Selene strikes back against humanity to protect the beings of the underworld.
