Under-whirl

I was never really a huge fan of the Underworld movie series. You know......the movie about vampires in black leather and trench coats fighting werewolves in modern day? Ya that one with the the sexy kick ass Vampire chick. Well, i found the first Underworld movie a tad long winded and confusing. The 2nd one "Underworld: Evolution", though it had a bigger budget and action, came across like VanHelsing meets Terminator(I like Terminator mind you, but VanHelsing........yeech).

Anyway, yesterday(18 feb) me and my pals were handing around Lot 1 and we decided to go wath a movie. Despite being short on cash, i chose to go along and watch "Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans".

First impressions of the title just dragged to mind all those "EPIC FAILZORS" B movies of years past. Thankfully, by 10 minutes into the movie, my views went unfounded.

DON'T listen to those movie reviews in 8Days and stuff.(2 stars??) Underworld 3, for me, is probably the best of the 3 underworld movies. I'll be giving a full, in-depth review some time later(maybe next week) but just to touch on some points.

The story, nice, straightfoward and simple. In this day and age of increasingly complex(-ish) stories even on daily TV aka Battlestar Galactica, it is refreshing to have nice straightfoward movie once in a while. Think Romeo and Juliet meets Moses via the Fall of the Roman Empire.
The acting? One of the best i've seen. EVER. For heavens sake, when will people understand that no one acts better than the BRITISH!!! One can totally get immersed in the rich fleshing out of the various characters.
The action? A big Bloody mess(pun-ishment 1), gore-filled, and a lot more "real" than the standard special effects stuff nowadays. Was it intended, yes. Was it achieved, hell yes. SO WHATS WRONG 8DAYS!?!?!?!?

Overall? A very dark film(nightblind ppl may need help) about betrayal and tragic love and more. You'd be a real sucker to miss out.