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mizasterj

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hellacious and intensely violent.
battle secene after battle scene.
unmerciful, unforgiving.
A story of love and betrayal.
Its Romeo and Juliet meets Dracula. The film is extremely dark and cold. This is a prequel and not...
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hellacious and intensely violent.
battle secene after battle scene.
unmerciful, unforgiving.
A story of love and betrayal.
Its Romeo and Juliet meets Dracula. The film is extremely dark and cold. This is a prequel and not nearly as entertaining as the first 2 films.
Kate Beckensale is sorely missing and her absence cannot be replaced. Unfortanetly this is just a slaughter fest horror flick.

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Posted may 17, 2009 6:31 am pt

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This is a really good movie but I would have to say that out of all three of them, it was my least favorite. One reason is that I think guns are more fitting than swords but that's just me. If you are reading this, then of course you know its the...
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This is a really good movie but I would have to say that out of all three of them, it was my least favorite. One reason is that I think guns are more fitting than swords but that's just me. If you are reading this, then of course you know its the origins of the Lycans and it is from their point of view. No more viewing the Lycans as the bad guys; it just shows how the war started between the Vampires and Lycans and doesn't view one as either good or bad. Th plot revolving around forbidden love is simple yet effective. There is a good amount of action and merciless killings to keep your attention. Of course it is a must for Underworld fans and supernatural movie fans alike.

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Posted mar 18, 2009 2:40 am pt

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Awesome Flick. Tons n' Tons of Eternal Action.

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Posted feb 27, 2009 1:05 pm pt

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Love and revenge against the vampire overlords brings war. Another very simple storyline at heart but a well developed film with meaning and lots of brutality. The Lycans were developed from a werewolf who so happens to have a human offspring....
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Love and revenge against the vampire overlords brings war. Another very simple storyline at heart but a well developed film with meaning and lots of brutality. The Lycans were developed from a werewolf who so happens to have a human offspring. This new half breed which is stronger and more intelligent and less raw than the traditional werewolf was created as a slave force. However as it always goes with slaves in all paths, is that they will revolt.

As soon as the forbidden love is discovered the little cross-plot spawns, revenge comes swift in the form of a werewolf-Lycan army. So the dark scenes has body-parts and blood crawling every inch of the set and before you know it, that is it. It's back to the end of where Underworld 2 started, which is back in the future. It kind of points of a 4th possible film, but one will have to wait and see.

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Posted jan 25, 2009 6:50 am pt

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This was a great film in which I really enjoyed the story, action, special effects, and characters. If your gonna do a prequel to a story and you want it to blend in with the previous movies then film makers should see this. It answers questions...
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This was a great film in which I really enjoyed the story, action, special effects, and characters. If your gonna do a prequel to a story and you want it to blend in with the previous movies then film makers should see this. It answers questions and yet it leaves open the telling future stories Lycan or stay in the present with Selene.

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Posted jan 24, 2009 11:45 pm pt

TheSwordDancer

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I live in Dallas, yet this film was only showing at midnight in one theater, which wasn't that close to me. Regardless, I saw the midnight showing and did not regreat it. I loved this movie, for me it was the best in the trilogy. Another thing...
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I live in Dallas, yet this film was only showing at midnight in one theater, which wasn't that close to me. Regardless, I saw the midnight showing and did not regreat it. I loved this movie, for me it was the best in the trilogy. Another thing to note, this is the most, weldone prequel I have scene. It creates no continuity problems and gives us a clear showing of how the war began. If you're a fan of the franchise or just want to see a great film with vampires and werewolfs, be sure to see this on the big screen

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Posted jan 23, 2009 9:44 am pt

• [+] Variety
  
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  First-time helmer Patrick Tatopoulos (who designed creatures for all three pics) offers a satisfyingly exciting monster rally that often plays like a period swashbuckler.

  by Joe Leydon | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Hollywood Reporter
  
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  Thanks to sturdy performances by holdovers Michael Sheen and Bill Nighy as well as tidy, unfussy direction by first-timer Patrick Tatopoulos, the creature designer who is taking the reins from originator Len Wiseman, the third installment in the successful franchise should be to the fan base's lycan.

  by Michael Rechtshaffen | Read Full Review »
• [+] USA Today
  
  63
  The highlight of this fantasy/horror hybrid is watching a pair of the best British character actors --- Bill Nighy and Michael Sheen -- shed their thespian respectability and unleash their inner beasts.

  by Claudia Puig | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
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  Although the presence of Mr. Sheen is initially distracting, it soon becomes the movie's greatest asset. There is, as it turns out, some benefit to having a real performance even in a formulaic entertainment like this.

  by Manohla Dargis | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  58
  Sheen and Nighy do their best with the material, but this is easily the worst Underworld so far.

  by Clark Collis | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
  50
  Grimly competent.

  by Glenn Whipp | Read Full Review »
• [+] ReelViews
  
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  The first film was significantly better and, therefore, is the place to start for anyone with a modicum of interest. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans is an also-ran that is likely to be appreciated only by completists.

  by James Berardinelli | Read Full Review »
• [+] Time
  
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  The enterprise is sluggish when it's not grinding toward the preposterous.

  by Richard Corliss | Read Full Review »
• [+] TV Guide
  
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  While it may not be "Citizen Canine," Rise of the Lycans tells its tale competently and without the derivative nature of its predecessors.

  by Jeremy Wheeler | Read Full Review »
• [+] LA Weekly
  
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  Mincing around like a bored old glam rocker and hissing threats from behind electric neon eyes, Nighy seems to be the only person on set who found a glint of amusement in his part. He fares better than poor Sheen, a scraggly Wolverine who made a more credible vampire-slayer opposite Frank Langella's Nixon.

  by Jim Ridley | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Onion (A.V. Club)
  
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  Clumsy, ephemeral, and wholly unnecessary.

  by Tasha Robinson | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
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  It's a testament to Bill Nighy's cadaverous panache that this third entry in the ongoing exsanguinators vs. lycanthropes franchise (that's vampires and werewolves to anyone not weaned on Famous Monsters) is as tolerable as it is.

  by Marc Savlov | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
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  The movie is humorless and monotonous, but watching the talented Sheen (Frost/Nixon, The Queen) give his all to such throwaway material is weirdly diverting.

  by Cliff Doerksen | Read Full Review »
• [+] Empire
  
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  A needless threequel. Note to director: avoid 'rise of the' titles.

  by Kim Newman | Read Full Review »