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List Price: $28.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 223 reviews)
Sales Rank: 24
Category: DVD
Actors: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Tony Curran, Shane Brolly, Derek Jacobi, Bill Nighy, Steven Mackintosh, Brian Steele, Zita Goeroeg, Scott Mcelroy, John Mann (vi), Michael Sheen, Sophia Myles, Richard Cetrone, Mike Mukatis, Christine Danielle, Kaja Gjesdal, Attila Lovaghy, Alexander Grant (iii), Monica Hamburg
Director: Len Wiseman
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Studio: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Label: Sony Pictures
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 106 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 043396144385
EAN: 0043396144385
ASIN: B000F6IOC0
Release Date: June 6, 2006
Theatrical Release Date: January 20, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Better action, a bit of sex, and gorier R-rated violence make Underworld: Evolution a reasonably satisfying sequel to 2003's surprise hit Underworld. Looking stunning as ever in her black leather battle gear, Kate Beckinsale is every goth guy's fantasy as Selene, the vampire "death dealer" who's now fighting to stop the release of the original "Lycan" werewolf, William (Brian Steele) from the prison that's held him for centuries. As we learn from the film's action-packed prologue, William and his brother Marcus (Tony Curran) began the bloodline of vampires and werewolves, and after witnessing centuries of warfare between them, their immortal father Corvinus (Derek Jacobi) now seeks Selene and the human vampire/lycan hybrid Michael (Scott Speedman) to put an end to the war perpetuated by Victor (Bill Nighy), the vampire warrior whose betrayal of Selene turns Underworld: Evolution into an epic tale of familial revenge. This ambitious attempt at Shakespearean horror is compromised by a script (by Danny McBride and returning director Len Wiseman, Beckinsale's real-life husband) that's more confusing than it needs to be, with too many characters and not enough storytelling detail to flesh them all out. Aspiring to greatness and falling well short of that goal, Underworld: Evolution succeeds instead as a full-throttle action/horror thriller, with enough swordplay, gunplay, and CGI monsters to justify the continuation of the Underworld franchise. If you're an established fan, this is a must-see movie; if not, well... at least it's better than Van Helsing! --Jeff Shannon
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Customer Reviews: Read 218 more reviews...
"My God. Brother, what have you done?" July 27, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I enjoyed the first movie in this series and thought it was very entertaining. This movie is also quite good.
The story of Evolutions picks up right where the first film left off. There is great action early on, which eventually slows a bit for the purposes of the laying out of the storyline, but there is very solid action throughout.
We get to see Marcus and William awoken from their hybernations. These are the two sons of Alexander Corvinus. Marcus was the first vampire and William was the first Lycan... This gets interesting...
The hybrid use of stuntwork and CGI comes together nicely for some bad@ss effects.
Good action. Good storyline. Good effects. I recommend it.
Better than the original July 25, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Something with the first film didn't quite click with me. All of the elements were there- intriguing premise, hot lead, strong supporting cast, exciting action- but there was a bitter taste to it. Something about it didn't quite flow. It wasn't a bad film by any means, but U:E is one of the those rare cases where the sequel vastly improves upon its predecessor.
Let's face it, the whole millieu of Underworld is heavily borrowed from the Blade films, particularly Blade II. The concept for the Lycans are basically taken from the mutated vampires of that film. U:E expands the scope of that storyline and delves deeper into the property's mythology, and also makes us identify with the lead characters more (the lack of an obviously sympathetic character was Underworld's main undoing) The Eastern European setting also adds a nice ambiance to the proceedings, much like the Prophecy and Dracula 2000 DVD sequels have. All of these films are cut from the same cloth, truth be told, but its a millieu I find vastly preferable to the tedious frou-frou vampires that Anne Rice polluted the genre with.
There's a strong and counterbalancing mythos in those films that acts as an antidote to the Rice material (though I am a fan of the Queen of the Damned film, which deviated quite nicely from the source material) and to the silly tennybopper Buffy/Angel work.
Vampires don't exist and have always served as metaphors in fiction. Stoker created Dracula to represent the parasitical aristocracy of old Europe. Anne Rice created vampires to represent sexual minorities and Whedon's material is a metaphor for the struggle of high school geeks against bullies. The tougher, more action oriented vampire stories of Underworld and Blade look at the dissolution of civil society into competing power blocks, and draw heavily on conspiracy theory and alternative religions. They also work well as pure entertainment for action buffs.
 excellent July 25, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A great sequel.. although the 1st Underworld is the best.. this was not a dissapointment!
 Not nearly as good as the first July 25, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was really excited when I heard this movie was coming out because I enjoyed the first one so much. However, I was fairly dissapointed after watching this movie. I caught myself thinking several times throughout the movie, when's the action going to really ramp up? Losing the attention of your audience in this type of movie isn't a good thing. I much prefer the original.
A stellar sequel July 22, 2006
Sequels are hit and miss nowadays. I was a bit wary but still excited when "Underworld" was going to have a spin-off. Thankfully my wariness was unfounded with "Underworld: Evolution". The war between death dealers (vampires) and lycans (werewolves) continues on. The film opens up with a flashback to the beginning of the feud between the two clans. Kate Beckinsale returns as the heroine Selene and Scott Speedman as Michael Corvin who is a hybrid mix between vampire and werewolf. Together they are on a quest to stop Marcus Corvinus (Tony Curran) from releasing his imprisoned lycan brother William as well as to unlock the secrets to their respective clans' past.
I personally found "Underworld: Evolution" much more engaging than the original. The storyline was more developed than the original. I love cinematography. The blue light captured the dark undertones of the story. The action sequences were far more exciting. I loved the opening sequence. I wish there was more told about both clans and what eventually led to their centuries old feud. Hopefully there will be a prequel to the series. It would answer everyone's questions.
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