Screen Gems
2017 Color
91 Mins.
Horror/Action
Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Tobias Menzies, Lara Pulver and Charles Dance star.
Written by Cory Goodman
Directed by Anna Foerster
Rated R for language, violence, gore and sexuality
Oh boy Underworld franchise, what is there to even say. We've had our ups (Evolution) and our downs (the original) but even though this isn't the worst of the bunch it's never been quite this bad. Centering around Selene who seems bored at this point. She travels the world alone evading vampires and lycans alike as they try and get her daughter's whereabouts of which she has no information. Que stylish action scene and unintentionally funny narration. There's a bitchy new vampire who wants to make sure Selene pays for what she's done played by a truly terrible Lara Pulver and than there's a new Lycan leader who has a secret vampire lover and a dark, terrible secret.
Que stylish action scene. Selene and a very hunky David played solidly by Theo James join forces and visit a sort of snowbound vampire spa where everyone looks like their albino nazis after they are betrayed in which she gets highlights in her hair, becomes super fast and has an ice capades show.
Que more stylish action sequences and lots of unintentionally funny dialogue. The thing is throughout all of this nonsense the film is still entertaining and never boring. The action scenes are mostly inspired and briskly performed. Except for Lara Pulver's horrible character Semira, and her ridiculous cartwheeling dance/fight scene with David. Beckinsale is still in fine form as Selene she does what she can with the material and mostly succeeds but the dialogue is just so awful in parts.
This entry is also not as gory as the others and features more gun action and less fighting sadly. Director Anna Foerster does a bad job but it's no doubt that the film suffers from budgetary constraints it was reduced from 65 million to 35. In the end fans of the series will enjoy it at the most inadequate level. But the story itself is still interesting and hopefully if this entry hasn't killed the franchise her next adventure will be properly funded and put together by more capable hands. ***/5
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