¨For 12 years, I was held captive by the
humans. The world I once knew has changed. Vampires and Lycans are now
the hunted.¨
This is the fourth film in the Underworld
franchise and this time Kate Beckinsale is back in the lead role after Rhona
Mitra starred in the third one alongside Michael Sheen (which served as a
prequel to the original film). If you`ve seen the other films then you probably
know what to expect here because it is kind of the same thing: a lot of action
and very little dialogue with voice over narration from Selene who lets us know
everything that is happening. The first film of the franchise felt fresh and
original, but these sequels have to stop because they seem to be repeating
themselves with each movie. This time Awakening was directed by the Swedish duo
Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein who have directed other Swedish films together in
the past. There were about four screenwriters involved with the script and I
really don`t see why because there is hardly no story in this film, it focuses
almost entirely on the action and there is really very little character
development. Fans who are expecting to see a lot of action and eye candy will
be satisfied with Kate`s performance, but if you were looking for some more
depth and more interesting characters then you will be disappointed with this
fourth installment. The action is almost nonstop and the film is under 90
minutes long so time does go by pretty fast. If you are satisfied with good
visuals then you might enjoy this film, but don`t go into it expecting much
more.
This fourth installment follows the similar
premise where you have the lycans facing off against the vampires, except only
this time both sides are being hunted by humans who are trying to exterminate
them. Selene (Kate Beckinsale) narrates what is happening while she plans to
meet up with Michael and escape with him, but they are ambushed by humans and a
grenade goes off. Everything blacks out and we see Selene frozen inside a lab
when someone seems to be freeing her. Selene wakes up and realizes she is in
the Antigen laboratory run by Dr. Jacob Lane (Stephen Rea) and manages to
escape from all the security. Once free she tries to figure out what happened
before the explosion went off and realizes that 12 years have gone by while she
was kept frozen in the lab. She begins to look for Micheal, believing he was
the one that freed her since she seems to be seeing his visions. While she is
on the run some humans are after her, and so are some lycans. She runs into
another vampire named David (Theo James) who helps her search for Micheal. Soon
they realize that those visions Selene is having aren`t from Micheal, but from
someone else who is connected to her.
The entire movie moves at a really fast pace
focusing mostly on the action and visual effects. Kate Beckinsale knows her
part by memory and can do those tricks with her eyes closed. She is quite
impressive on screen and really kicks some lycan butt. The rest of the cast
really don`t add anything new to the movie since there is barely any character
development. What we have instead are 88 minutes of nonstop action. Other
supporting actors in this film are Michael Ealy, India Eisley, Charles Dance,
and Kris Holden-Ried. None of them really shine on screen, but they don’t have
to because Underworld Awakening is all about the action and seeing Beckinsale
kill off as many lycans as possible. She does her job and if the viewer is
satisfied with that then they will have a great time with this film, if not I
would recommend you skip this movie because it has no other value than the well
choreographed fighting scenes.
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