MEMBER DISCUSSION of UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING - The Official RAZZIE® Forum

HeadRazz says:

"I'm warning you -- One more step

and I'll have no choice but to... scan your UPC Code!"

Ah, man, I thought you were going to have her say "...I'll have no choice but to. . . make another sequel!" Now, that would be scary.

And unfortunately, it's a certainty.

#4 in the series cost $70 million to make and had a worldwide haul of $165 million. It was profitable enough to ask for yet one more installment. Ugh.

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Well, time to rip into the worst movie I've seen this year so far.

The good:

The super-Lycan: The super-Lycan is this really big Lycan who can regenerate. His fight scenes are cool, but he gets an ignoble defeat.

The bad:

The script: You don't expect good things from a script like this, and I wouldn't really harp on this part, but there's a big reason why I'm doing it: J. Michael Straczynski. JMS is a legitimate writer, so I don't know why he's here.

Wasted oppertunity: In the opening scene, we're shown a bunch of Lycans climbing a building, presumably a government one. Man, that should have been the whole movie.

Special effects: Special effects have never been the Underworld franchise's strong point, but it's gotten worse here. There's several Lycan transformations that rival New Moon in terribleness.

The ugly:

Steven Rea: Rea, obviously tired of appearing in great movies like V For Vendetta, decided to play a mad scientist in this.

India Eisley: Her Secret Life Of The American Teenager co-star Shailene Woodley did great in The Descendants. She bombs bad here as Eve, daughter of Kate Beckinsale and a hybrid. Some of her make-up was funny though.

Kate Beckinsale: She may be hot, but she can't act. I mentioned on the previous page that my favorite Underworld was the third which had actual actors (Michale Sheen, Rhona Mitra) as the main characters and no Beckinsale.

They're probably going to make a fifth one. I just know it. Grade: D+

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Is it me or is The Aviator Beckinsale's only good movie?

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Rise Of The Lycans is my favorite Underworld too. Interestingly, that one didn't have Beckinsale in it. I wonder if that's a sign?

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The series is quite dull like Resident Evil imo. I don't know how both series have gone passed 3 films already (4 for RE). I will say, though, that I enjoyed Underworld 3 (the prequel) the most because it had a coherent plot. But yeah, I don't like Underworld a lot.

Miguel, one piece of advice: Don't mention anything that had Uwe Boll anything to do with.

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Van Helsing is the worst movie that doesn't involve Bat-nipples. BloodRayne would be my distant second for Worst Vampire Movie.

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