Underworld

by Jason Beazell · Published January 7, 2004 · Updated

Sony did it! They took all the great points of Underworld, and highlighted them for the DVD release. The cover art is incredible; shinny silver and blue. Although it doesn’t have splendor, it is very well encoded and it carries the incredible soundtrack with it.

Special features include trailers, TV spots, scene access, a music video, some featurettes, and a really cool story board follow-along feature. The storyboard follow-along shows 5 short scenes from the movie, alongside the original story board. The artwork from the storyboard is incredibly well done, and one wonders why they didn’t just animate the entire film.

The featurettes are entertaining to watch, but they don

Underworld

by Todd Lipska · Published November 3, 2003 · Updated

Going into this movie, I already had low expectations. I figured this would be a lame vampire movie with a thin Romeo & Juliet plot, lame characters, over done CGfx & cheap fight sequences. Not only was I wrong, but pleasantly surprised.

Kate Beckinsale stars as a vampire who hunts down members of the Lycan clan (werewolves), in a blood feud that’s lasted centuries. Together with a cast of relative unknowns, they all do a decent and believable job while keeping the pace of the film going. Along with wisely used CGfx & excellent makeup work, the Lycans come to life in all it’s primal glory. The fight sequences too, were well done. Although Selene (Beckinsale) mainly sticks to her guns, a wide range of weaponry & fighting was used, making the sequences exciting to watch.

Lastly I need to give praise to Les Wiseman, who went from prop assistant for ID4 (Independence Day) & STARGATE, to debuting his directing (including art direction) & writing talents with this movie.

If you’re a fan of Kate, vampire action movies, or action movies, you won’t be disappointed with this movie.

My Rating: Collector’s Edition

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Todd Lipska

Todd's geekiness started off early with his family's first computer: a TRS-80. As a contributing writer, head photographer, lead programmer and one of the founders of Media Geeks, well, suffice it to say, he's a busy guy.