This week
has been a week for watching movies with woman kicking ass. Earlier this week I watched Gina Carano
putting the beat down to the bad guys in Haywire. Now I’ve just finished watching Kate Beckinsale
kicking ass in Underworld: Awakening.
Now Underworld: Awakening is the fourth
installment in the Underworld franchise and also heralds the return of Kate
Beckinsale as the vampire and main hero Selene.
Good news for all fanboys who want to see her in that form fitting PVC
costume. Don’t worry girls there are some hot male vampires and Lycan that are
shirtless in this movie to satisfy the masses.
Anyway back
to the movie. If you go to Underworld:
Awakening expecting to be blown away by an intelligent story then you should
probably skip this one and go see something else. If your appetite is craving mindless action
and lots of gun fights with blood and Lycan heads being ripped off then this
movie will satisfy your action movie craving.
Needless to say I was in the mood for a movie that I didn’t have to
think too hard to understand (with a head cold that is priority one) and
Underworld: Awakening fit the bill nicely.
Yes there was a story but it was a nice easily to follow story that made
sense to a point. Remember this is a
science fiction action film so making sense isn’t the number one priority.
The story was enjoyable. It was amazing that they fitted it
in between the numerous action scenes that were in Underworld: Awakening. The story mainly centers on Selene who wakes
up from a cryogenic sleep by Patient 2.
Patient 2 turns out to be her daughter and everyone wants to get Patient
2 back. Mainly the Lycans who need her to help with their serum for silver
immunity. Well her blood is what they
really need. Well that is more or else it of the story and the fact that humans
are hunting them down. That part of the
story is only a footnote in this movie and only serves itself well in the
prolog. 
The action
in this movie was just plain awesome. It
was amazing to me to see how many different ways that Selene could kill a
Lycan. I really liked the fighting
scenes where she wasn’t shooting the guns but had to use her fists. Those were pretty impressive since she isn’t
all that tall and she had to do it against non-computer generated Lycans that
were added later. Needless to say I did enjoy Underworld: Awakening not for its
intelligent storytelling or air tight plot but more or less for the endless
display of gratuitous nonstop action with the lovely Kate Beckinsale dishing it
out.Grade B-
More pictures, please.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the movie. Hopefully, there will be a 5th installment soon :D
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It made more sense to me that this was actually a movie that kept with its tradition of vampire vs. werewolves and not both vs. humans. It was interesting to see the werewolves in control, getting the upper hand, but the story lacked a substance. There was hardly any meat on these offered bones. I would have liked to seen more vampire/werewolf interaction, instead of the story revolving solely around Selene and the "special vampire" child. I think an additional 30 mins added to flesh out the story more would have did this movie some good.
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