Movie • Kate
Beckinsale and Scott Speedman star
in the action-packed
sequel “Underworld:
Evolution.” Screen Gems
‘Underworld: Evolutions’ meets
expectations
By Molly McGuire
Online Forty-Niner
Contributing Writer
The creative vision of director Len Wiseman has once again shown us
his fantasy
world of vampires and lycans, or werewolves as they’re more commonly
know.
The centuries it long feud continues in “Underworld: Evolution,” with
the major exception of having a hybrid vampire/werewolf wanting to take over
both species of immortals.
The sequel picks up exactly where the previous movie
left off, settling any unanswered questions from the first film. This action-packed
film takes us into a completely different world where we can only hope Selene,
the main character, can save the world.
After discovering she was betrayed by her mentor, Viktor, (Bill Nighy), Selene,
(Kate Beck-insale) along with Michael (Scott Speedman), the werewolf/vampire
hybrid, must now search through the past to discover what really started the
vampire/lycan war.
Beckinsale gives her character more emotion in this film compared to the last.
Instead of being cold and unemotional, she is allowing herself to fall in love
and cry when tragedy strikes. Speedman also has to deal with the changes of going
from your average Joe to a very powerful hybrid of both lycan and vampire.
In the first film, Michael and Selene had an obvious attraction toward each
other but it ended without any action on either’s part.
In the sequel, Michael and Selene share a bond that continues to grow as the
film progresses. Beckinsale and Speedman’s on-screen chemistry is definitely
worth watching.
In the previous “Underworld” film, the vampire elder Viktor was
destroyed and now there is only one vampire elder left, Marcus, played by Tony
Curran,
who was accidentally made into a hybrid of both vampire and lycan. Marcus is
now more powerful than any pervious vampire or lycan and he wishes to use his
new found power for complete control of both the lycans and the vampires.
“Underworld: Evolution” is action-packed with intense fight scenes
and graphics. The special effects of the sequel are way more advanced than
the first, with computer generated images of lycans in place of intricately detailed
werewolf costumes. The first
“Underworld” gave us the feeling of being in the dark and living
beneath the surface. “Evolution” does the same, except with more
scenes outside and dealing with the fear of being
caught out in the sunlight.
“Underworld: Evolution” has far exceeded my expectations as compared
with the previous film. Beckinsale powerfully brings the idea of what it is
like to be a vampire to the big screen.
I recommend, watching the pervious film first;
otherwise you may have to explain a few things to your friends during the movie.
I enjoy the fact that the second film continues where the first movie left
off, so that we don’t have to use our imaginations to guess what happened
in the time lost between movies.
“Underworld” is a definite must for
any of you who enjoyed “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” or appreciate
movies with classic monsters.”
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