I think all the budget of these new Underworld movies goes into giving Kate Beckinsale *actual* vampire immortality. For real, she hasn't aged since the original came out.
I actually get what you mean. To be prepared in watching the latest Underworld movie, I decided to refresh my memory in watching all the Underworld movies(already seen them but it's been years since I last watched any of them), and Kate Beckinsale really doesn't seem to age.
TheFallen tbh she looks even better now than she did all the way back in the first one. Not saying she was ugly then but Father Time has done her some favors.
She's still amazing, yep. Apparently there are black magic rituals going on 24/7 to maintain her hotness. She'll be fine until someone sneezes or trips over a candle or something, and then it's all over and she's wrinkly and gross.
i actually liked the underworld rise of the lycans the most, it was EVERYTHING i wanted in a movie about werewolves fighting vampires, i never liked vampire action movies set in modern times, because OH MY GEEEEERD....THAT shit has been played to DEATH, vampires with guns, what is more cliche than THAT??but this was perfect, vampires with medieval armor and weapons fighting tooth and nail lycans....awsome
I totally agree, Rise of the Lycans was my favorite. And I like all the Underworlds but there's way too much of the guns, I'd much rather watch someone rips someone else's heart out with their bare hands or rip their head off lol.
Lol Ben Affleck just did an interview with the Guardian that came out on the 1st and on the subject of him directing the film he said, “That’s the idea. But it’s not a set thing and there’s no script. If it doesn’t come together in a way I think is really great I’m not going to do it.” So there is nothing set in stone, and to be honest it sounds like he's going to back out. These kind of blockbuster films don't just let actors bully their way to become the director without challenging them, A LOT. And I doubt he's up for the compromise.
I prefer to see the first two movies as one. The original is kinda dull in itself, but Evolution works as an action-packed climax to it, as it's a direct continuation which starts the moment the first is over.
Personally I like Rise of the Lycan a lot more than all the other movies. Even more than the first. The story just sings better in that one because it explains why their in a war in the first place and staples my love for the lycans even more than any vampire. Plus Selene bores me honestly. >_>
MrImastinker OR... THEY COULD HAVE CONTINUE WITH THAT ROUTE AND EXPANDS UPON IT, STICK WITH MEDIEVAL VAMPIRES AND LYCANS AND MAYBE THIS FRANCHISE WOULDN'T BE SO SHIT.
3:09 I feel like that's how a lot of Shakespeare's plays end. It's like "fuck, we're in the last scene of act 5, quick! Have an off-stage death and some rando come in and tell us everything cool that just happened that we didn't get to see because reasons". Source: took a drama class last year, participated in a Shakespeare production, the ending of our show (The Two Noble Kinsmen, basically the first "chapter" of The Canterbury Tales, but with a weird romance sub-plot) *was literally like this*. Still had a blast though.
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I'd get it if thid was a nipslip inside of a 20 min video, but... guys, this review is barely over 4 minutes and Jeremy always rates them at the end. Is this comment really any helpful?
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Not going to lie, I was interested (even excited) for a fifth installment, because the fourth movie left the ending open for anything to happen. And honestly, I was hoping the sequel would focus on Selene, Eve and David going on a journey to find Michael (maybe suffering from amnesia), while being hunted by humans and Lycans. Throw in Vampire-Tywin and a three-way stand-off between three species, this movie could have been amazing. But instead it only disappoints.
That last sentence, is it your opinion? or is it Jeremy's? I can't tell. If you're thinking about not seeing it based on Jeremy's review then you should know he gave Underworld Awakening dogshit rating even though it wasn't that bad and he thought it's worse then Twilight.
I agree it was a disappointment, but honestly I never expect anything good, just entertaining. This movie certainly could have been better, but I was entertained and look forward to the next one.
Underworld and Resident Evil franchises are my guilty pleasures. I love them. Yeah they'll never win any prestigious awards but they keep me more entertained than dramas or rom coms *shudders*
Jeremy Im addicted to your reviews! Your the best movie critic on YT by far. I also live in Seattle and hope to run into you at the cinema sometime. Thanks man!
Jahns is absolutely right about the sudden ending. The whole thing felt rushed,but it just felt like they just needed to get it over with quick in the third act. Like the last one this one is just about 90 minutes.
I agree with you Jeremy, it's better than the last one but they need to change something with this franchise as I thought they were going to do in the last film.
Underworld fan here! I loved all the preceeding movies. Rise of the Lycans added a great depth to the story and helped further the character development - I personally love the way they did. But for Blood Wars, I've gotta say I kinda agree with you. It wasn't necessarily bad, but it was shallow in comparison. With that said, as an Underworld fan, I saw something to the extent of this coming. I mean, tensions got so heated in the last films that I figured the next film would be bordering a kind of 2 hour war scene, and it was. It was better than I expected for a shallow film though, too. I'm still hoping for that next installment to reel back in the actual plot. And the thing about people seeming to be nonexistent, very valid point, but in Underworld's defense I think if vampires and lycans were able to hide themselves for thousands of years prior they're probably very good at it. And I'm going to try to ignore your very good point so I can still enjoy the films 😂
Kate Beckinsale is so beautiful and seems like an intelligent woman so I don't get why she keeps making these shitty movies. Can't she get other movies when she looks this beautiful? And I don't even use the word beautiful often but my god, she is.
The first one came out on my 22nd birthday so it was like Hollywood giving me a birthday present since at the time I was really into the whole vampire/werewolf scene. I was really into Buffy and Angel and had a vampirefreaks.com account. I really like the first one its a solid vampire/werewolf action movie. I like to imagine it takes place in the same universe as Blade. That would be cool to see Blade and Selene fight, I would pay to see that on the big screen.
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Underworld - Loved it. Could have been better, but I feel like it's a strong movie on it's own. Underworld: Evolution - Eh, starting to lose me. The plot could have been executed better. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans - You've lost me, and my interest. If I wanted disappointing prequels, I would have stuck with Star Wars. Underworld: Awakening - How did that spawn a fourth movie? The trailers make it look like utter shit. Underworld: Blood Wars - How....?? You know what, I'm not even going to question it. The human race is just an idiotic species that will continually pay for and accept trash as entertainment.
I_Need_Pants SPOILERS: - its 1:34 in the morning and I totally fell for that. What I'm trying to say is good job, damn you, I'm blaming my gullibility (auto correct says it a word - so I'm going with it) on my tiredness but really I'm just gullible. haha. Good job! Awesometacular! 😆
Favorite Underworld Movie: Rise of the Lycans Reason: Lucien was a far more relatable protagonist with a more sympathetic struggle, there was more Werewolf vs Vampire action, and the Werewolves were finally put at the forefront. I like vampires but I will always like werewolves more. Just look at my avatar :P The main things that film suffered from was not developing the romance enough (and making Sonja more likeable) and some predictability because it's a prequel. Least Favorite: That's actually a tough call... probably Awakening Reason: The advertising was very deceiving, it had the weakest story, and after Rise of the Lycans this felt like a big step back for the Lycans. Why did they have to kill off Michael Sheen so early? The Lycans Need a Strong Leader! Okay, rant over... for now ;)
Honestly I did not find Rise of the Lycans to be bad at all, it did exactly what I expected it to do but it just lacked alot of depth and even some of the action wasn't as good as I was expecting. The first two films IMO are really good, and should be seen alongside each other, the former was more original, had better acting & story but the sequel had better action set pieces & more fulfilling climax scene.
Long rant + spoilers (feel free to ignore): the initial premise of the first movie which made the Underworld universe so alluring was the blood feud between the vampires and the lycans, and the fact that it began as "Viktor's war" in his attempts to keep the vampire/lycan hierarchy in place. Therefore Selene and Michael's relationship (and Michael's halfbreed nature) were supposed to be the focal point of the films because it was not only a historical allusion (i.e. to Lucian and Sonja's relationship) but a means to end the war. The first three movies stayed true to this concept (e.g. killing off the elders one by one, looking into Underworld history) but then got completely derailed in Awakening when humans became aware of the vampire/lycan presence. Honestly this could have gone somewhere (the addition of a common enemy, perhaps) but then Blood Wars COMPELTELY ignored that aspect too and just??? What was the point? What was the point of Samira's character? Why was everyone acting like Marius was the biggest lycan threat ever to be seen when he literally pales in comparison to Lucian in the first movie. What was the point of killing off Michael only to have the character that inherits his powers be killed off so easily? I'm just disappointed because I've been so invested in this series since I was like six.
I recently saw this movie, and I really liked it. Sure, it's kind of dumb, but it's a pretty fun and enjoyable movie. And, I honestly don't care what the critics say, looking at *you*, Rotten Tomatoes.
I loved the first two Underworld movies, and I enjoyed that prequel one. BUT, I did not like the last one at all, and I am kind of indifferent about seeing this one. My theory of why the last one was kind of really terrible, is that she didn't have Micheal who in the first two movies kind of Humanized her a little. In the first movie he didn't change into that hybrid until the end, and in the second movie took place right after the first one in the sense of timespan of the story so he was only a Hybrid for maybe a week by the end of that movie. Removing his character didn't leave anyone close to her that reminded her what being human was like. I thought the second one ended in a way that was acceptable for me. I liked the kind of open ending it had. The fourth one was completely unneeded, and the prequel while interesting I also could have done without because we already knew that story from one like of dialog in the first movie. That's just my opinion. I might rent this one when after it comes out on DVD, or I'll just wait for it to be on Netflix. That's how much I care about seeing this fifth movie.
Lets be honest we're just waiting for this month to be done with. So we can move onto February with the releases of Lego Batman & John Wick 2 and so on with this year. But Splitter should be good and that's coming out this month so there's hope for a little bit of redeeming.
By the end of this movie I knew what rating Jermey would give it but I presumed T - minus 2 days to which 1 day is way more accurate. 100% agree with this review. The first is the best and to which the fifth try to go back to it with just two sides at each other but things changed since Awakening having humans aware of their species so the world felt smaller than it really was. Another problem for me was editing as camera cuts were back and forth in many scenes and dialogue felt trailer like between them. Probably best to not have done recap through EVERYTHING WRONG WITH Don't know if there's actually another sequel but if their needed to be a reboot then now is the best time to do it as Selene's story is done.
There was an ad for Blood Wars playing before I saw the review, saying that it was the best one yet. The fact that Jeremy won't remember it in T-minus 1 day is pretty freaking hilarious.
Your right Jeremy, if you don't like the franchise so far, this won't win you over. But for us fans it was pretty cool. There is flaws, obviously, and your right they have to deal with the problems from previous movies like fucked up time line etc. But this movie in itself is pretty solid !! Good throw back to the first movie with the coven, more emphasis on story, treachery etc. Honestly... yes the first one is still my favourite, but this one definately rank second. I can't wait to buy it on blu ray !! And if i was living closer to the theater i would definately go watch it again.
Ok, my list on this franchise (not that anyone cares xD): 1. Underworld 2. Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans. 3. Underworld: Evolution 4. Underworld: Blood Wars 5. Underworld: The awakening Btw, Wiseman says they're actually making a Sixth movie.
Great review! This needs to be rebooted with Alessandra Dadario as Seline! Have it more planned out. I think this is one of those movies that was designed to be just a one off, but it overperformed and demanded multiple sequels. However, the succeeding movies just didn't pan out
Love the first Underworld but the rest of them just sucked. The only one I kinda of like is Awakening and even that one still wasn't as good as the first. And to the dudes saying "She hasn't aged at all" -It's BOTOX duh. Promise she wouldn't look half as young if she didn't have all of that money. Not hating, hell I could use it too lol. But seriously... it's botox.
My favorite was Rise of the Lycans. My second favorite was in fact Blood Wars. But my reason is that the guy that played David you can tell is infinitely more passionate about his scenes than everyone else. Part of the franchises issue is it seems like they have a lot of people just dragging scenes along that don't need to be dragged on (also with lack of emotion making it seem even more dragged on). Evolution was awful. Awakening was the worst. This one wasn't bad when you consider the budget, and what they were trying to do. Investing 3 movies onto the Michael arc only for the actor to go "nah I'm good." then turn around and develop a character like David was the highlight. Not to mention the end was perfect because now we know they will give us the proper time to get adjusted to Eve; and not spend 1/4 a movie on Eve, 1/4 on where's Michael, 1/4 on Thomas & David convent getting obliterated & 1/4 on a tear fest, questionable revival and some weird nonsense like the 4th movie. Also the last fight scene ended abruptly because they fought for 20 minutes 3 scenes prior; having them box it out some more would've been redundant. This movie seems like a great reset for the franchise but everyone is still sour from the 2nd and 4th movies.
The first two were probably the best. They follow through nicely. Then the third one went shitty not sure why they went backwards. Fourth sounds like this one a quick wrap up. Lens Wiseman, Kate's ex, directed the first two. For the rest he stayed a producer. Sounds like the guy doesn't really care since they broke up. I hope I'm wrong.
They should of keep Michael alive. not sure if it was good to have an offspring in the mist now. There was so much to be said off of part 2. The chosen blood line not sure what happen to it. And this hybrid race, Michael, the game changer between the 2 species. They should of capitalize on that aspect of the story.
einc70 they backwards with the story in the third one , because you have salene and Michael story for the first. and the second movie you have the history of the lycans and vampires on how they were created as well the first born hybrid. So the third is the story on what started the war in first place, from lucian and sonja's forbidden love. from victor forcing innocent humans into becoming lycans and making slaves out of them. look at like this. the original resident evil games, if anyone remembers playing those then you also remember the other resident evils games like resident evil out break files 1&2. now those two games takes place in between events of resident evil 1, 2 and 3 on what happend during the outbreak of the t-virus. so information that they are giving in this stories makes sense if you pay attention to it.
Thanks. To me cutting, making a flashback just based on the "flashbacks" she saw in part 2 about Sonia making an installment just for that was just a waste to me. If so that they wanted an original story, which part 3 was about, they should of done like Star Wars or Lord of the ring formats, Trilogies, prequel/sequel format. If part 1,2,4 (they lost me on this one already), a focus on the blood line of Selene, and the cross blood with he rise of the hybrid race "Micheal", then the prequel 1(which is part 3),2,3 a focus what that bloodline race was about, maybe focussing on prophecies about the rise of the upcoming "hybrid" race, kind of like the prophecies about the upcoming "Messiah" in the Biblical narrative, then jump right to 5,6,7 following on supposedly part 3, then focussing on the hybrid race which basically will play out in the ongoing wars between Lycans vs Vampires. Now 3 races in the narrative. Lol I know I'm asking a lot, and production studios wouldn't have that budget Star Wars or LOTR had but I think it would have been a bit if they adopted the Trilogy, Prequel, Sequels format. Formulating a better character development. And for us to go "wow awesome"!!! Lol
einc70 yeah but it's more of a in between events, more than a flash back to me. because it hadn't been that long in years, sense viktar killed his daughter Sonja and unborn grandchild. That's why he turned salene into a vampire, she looks almost identical to his daughter and would roughly be around the same age.
yeah the only thing i liked about Blood Wars, was Lara Pulver's (Irene Adler from Sherlock) character Semira. Yeah she got a bit annoying at the end but that fight scene between her and David and the scene where she drinks Selene's blood and transforms into a more powerful vampire where probably the best scene's in the whole movie.
You should do Fences next. It's A well acted movie. I just want to know your opinion on it. Can't really go wrong with a Denzel and Viola together on screen. It's magic
Jeremy...you did a review on Underworld Awakening and that movie had in it humans discovering the existence of Vampires and Lycans. It's just implied that in this movie, both species are better at working in the shadows now.
As much as I love the first one, Rise of the Lycans is definitely my fav. When I saw Blood Wars this afternoon, I realized I hadn't even watched the last movie. But it's okay because the recap told me what I needed to know, I guess~
Great review! Underworld has great character themes and backstory but they don't pay off. Much like the X-men films. Rise of the Lycans was my favorite. The new films are set in the future and the people by this time already know the monsters exist. The 4th film set up the backstory on how all that went down. I gave the film ⭐️ ⭐️ ( January style )
I have always loved the Underworld movies. It's like my geeky guilty pleasure along with the Resident Evil movies. My favorite of course is the first Underworld movie, but after that I would have to pick the third direct to video movie Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. It was surprisingly well done for a direct to video chapter.
Kate Beckinsale in tight leather. Awesometacular.
Jeremy Seal but she had no ass ?
yummy
Killer bod though. Also her ass is pretty cute, all things considered.
Jeremy Seal True....
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I think all the budget of these new Underworld movies goes into giving Kate Beckinsale *actual* vampire immortality.
For real, she hasn't aged since the original came out.
I actually get what you mean. To be prepared in watching the latest Underworld movie, I decided to refresh my memory in watching all the Underworld movies(already seen them but it's been years since I last watched any of them), and Kate Beckinsale really doesn't seem to age.
Don't forget the black tight leather jackets. I think 20% of the budget went there.
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lyingpancake95 go back and watch the original, she used to be cute and time you could just eat her up now she looks like she can kick your ass...
It's not that old, plus make-up and visual effects.
I honestly can't tell the difference between Underworld and Resident Evil anymore.
CTH Productions They're different series?
Yeah not gonna lie but whenever either trailers in the background I don't know which is which.
Im sure he meens the fact their both shit now
Honest Rebellion No, I honestly cannot tell the difference anymore. XD
Same I get confused as to which one is which.
She's still just as hot as ever.
And she's 43! Goodness me!
TheFallen tbh she looks even better now than she did all the way back in the first one. Not saying she was ugly then but Father Time has done her some favors.
She's still amazing, yep.
Apparently there are black magic rituals going on 24/7 to maintain her hotness.
She'll be fine until someone sneezes or trips over a candle or something, and then it's all over and she's wrinkly and gross.
Thats all the info I needed.
So is Milla Jovovich
January's back, unfortunately.
Galen Marek Im excited for Silence
Fuck you, it's January!
At least we have Split to look forward to!
What's wrong with January? Do people hate calendars now or some shit. Fuck 2016. Fuck January. Fuck 2017.
+Dick pole No, it's because January is the toilet bowl for movies.
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I gotta honestly say underworld Rise of the Lycans is the best underworld movie
Christopher Christensen agreed!!
Very true
I totally agree
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Right right
I miss the hybrid guy/Seline's love interest, Michael. He was the only reason I stayed with the franchise.
"It's better than the last one" That is not saying much at all...
WORSE* LIKE INDEPENDENCE DAY DETERGENCE
i actually liked the underworld rise of the lycans the most, it was EVERYTHING i wanted in a movie about werewolves fighting vampires, i never liked vampire action movies set in modern times, because OH MY GEEEEERD....THAT shit has been played to DEATH, vampires with guns, what is more cliche than THAT??but this was perfect, vampires with medieval armor and weapons fighting tooth and nail lycans....awsome
I totally agree, Rise of the Lycans was my favorite. And I like all the Underworlds but there's way too much of the guns, I'd much rather watch someone rips someone else's heart out with their bare hands or rip their head off lol.
I wouldn't mind Kate Beckinsale as Catwoman, hoping that affleck chooses to add the character.
If he becomes director
he will direct his movie
Lol Ben Affleck just did an interview with the Guardian that came out on the 1st and on the subject of him directing the film he said, “That’s the idea. But it’s not a set thing and there’s no script. If it doesn’t come together in a way I think is really great I’m not going to do it.” So there is nothing set in stone, and to be honest it sounds like he's going to back out. These kind of blockbuster films don't just let actors bully their way to become the director without challenging them, A LOT. And I doubt he's up for the compromise.
Darth FatCow Kate would be better than Anne Hathaway.
I don't understand why people keep paying to see the DCEU movies they all currently suck right now. Its as if people want more bad movies
the first underworld is def my favourite.
the second one is my favorite,next the prequel and then the first .
KINKINDKM9 i'm curious about this one. i don't think it'll be good but still curious. i'm exited to post a film review for it
the fourth movie kinda Kill some of my hope for this one, but still going to give it a chance
I prefer to see the first two movies as one. The original is kinda dull in itself, but Evolution works as an action-packed climax to it, as it's a direct continuation which starts the moment the first is over.
Rise of the Lycans is mine
a monster calls was fantastic
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Fishing for subs...
Kate Beckinsale would be the PERFECT CATWOMAN!
What are we, some kind of Notification Squad?
Eh
Yes, yes we are.
2/10 meme
More like right place, right time Squad. Amirite? *looks around for people to praise my obviously superior comedic skills*
TaekoZ this was fun when I read it a week ago
no matter what, I'm going to see it. I'm a huge fan of the franchise.
This video is 4:20. Seems appropraite. The only way this film can be enjoyed really.
Roy Johnson not really. Being drunk helps, too
Roy Johnson not really. Being drunk helps, too
*blazes*
Roy Johnson David Dobrik
I kind of stopped caring when Michael left, and you know it's bad when the actor himself didn't wanna come back 😂😂😂
Personally I like Rise of the Lycan a lot more than all the other movies. Even more than the first. The story just sings better in that one because it explains why their in a war in the first place and staples my love for the lycans even more than any vampire. Plus Selene bores me honestly. >_>
Should've stopped after the third one. Rise of the Lycans wrapped things up in a nice trilogy.
agreed
MrImastinker OR... THEY COULD HAVE CONTINUE WITH THAT ROUTE AND EXPANDS UPON IT, STICK WITH MEDIEVAL VAMPIRES AND LYCANS AND MAYBE THIS FRANCHISE WOULDN'T BE SO SHIT.
I dug Rise of the Lycans. Skyrim is the only real werewolf game we have right now so the whole medieval thing really worked for me
Gabriel Martinez i really like that one too. my whole family likes it, so much better then the others
Gabriel Martinez The first Bloodrayne movie was better than rise of the lycans
It only makes sense to do medieval because you can just shoot werewolves
3:09 I feel like that's how a lot of Shakespeare's plays end. It's like "fuck, we're in the last scene of act 5, quick! Have an off-stage death and some rando come in and tell us everything cool that just happened that we didn't get to see because reasons". Source: took a drama class last year, participated in a Shakespeare production, the ending of our show (The Two Noble Kinsmen, basically the first "chapter" of The Canterbury Tales, but with a weird romance sub-plot) *was literally like this*. Still had a blast though.
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BRB going to check out ''daybreakers''.
mouseno4 solid movie, better than any underworld movie
It's simply ok IMO.
he gives it a t-1day you're welcome!
I'd get it if thid was a nipslip inside of a 20 min video, but... guys, this review is barely over 4 minutes and Jeremy always rates them at the end. Is this comment really any helpful?
Sorry but I like hearing Jeremy talk. This isn't IGN.
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My favorite was Underworld Evolution.
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I think Underworld: Lise of the Rycans is my favorite film in the series.
Same, basically the original trilogy for me
Not going to lie, I was interested (even excited) for a fifth installment, because the fourth movie left the ending open for anything to happen. And honestly, I was hoping the sequel would focus on Selene, Eve and David going on a journey to find Michael (maybe suffering from amnesia), while being hunted by humans and Lycans. Throw in Vampire-Tywin and a three-way stand-off between three species, this movie could have been amazing. But instead it only disappoints.
That last sentence, is it your opinion? or is it Jeremy's? I can't tell. If you're thinking about not seeing it based on Jeremy's review then you should know he gave Underworld Awakening dogshit rating even though it wasn't that bad and he thought it's worse then Twilight.
I agree it was a disappointment, but honestly I never expect anything good, just entertaining. This movie certainly could have been better, but I was entertained and look forward to the next one.
So basically underworld doesn't have an interesting story despite having an interesting premise.
Gotcha.
Underworld and Resident Evil franchises are my guilty pleasures. I love them. Yeah they'll never win any prestigious awards but they keep me more entertained than dramas or rom coms *shudders*
I love your hand motions at the end of the review.
I thought Rise of the Lycans was pretty dope. And I like the first underworld when Kate Beckinsale was still young and hot 🔥
Jeremy Im addicted to your reviews! Your the best movie critic on YT by far. I also live in Seattle and hope to run into you at the cinema sometime. Thanks man!
Haven't seen any of the movies. Don't really have plans to watch any.
Great video though Jeremy!
Jahns is absolutely right about the sudden ending. The whole thing felt rushed,but it just felt like they just needed to get it over with quick in the third act. Like the last one this one is just about 90 minutes.
1st time watching one these Underworld movie, didn't like it. I will say Kate looks badass and hot.
Main reason why a lot of people watch them lol... I mean that's why I watch them.
Yay January movies! Can't wait for Monster Trucks!
Kate Beckinsale or Milla Jovovich?
My opinion, Mila is hotter but Kate is probably freakier.
Milla for sure.
Kate, duh. Mila hasn't aged well. Meanwhile Kate still looks way hotter than most of the 20 year olds people jack off to
Adam Sagehorn Mine is the other way around.
Gresh854 kate
I agree with you Jeremy, it's better than the last one but they need to change something with this franchise as I thought they were going to do in the last film.
the first two were good. ride of the lycans was ok. the rest are dog shit.
jjjeremy i love iiit that you give your blunt honest opinion instead of trying to capitalise on it.
They're still making these? Jesus
"Can humans eat poop?"
Memorable quote from this Underworld
Favorite Underworld movie? The one they haven't made yet, the one that's good.
Underworld fan here! I loved all the preceeding movies. Rise of the Lycans added a great depth to the story and helped further the character development - I personally love the way they did. But for Blood Wars, I've gotta say I kinda agree with you. It wasn't necessarily bad, but it was shallow in comparison. With that said, as an Underworld fan, I saw something to the extent of this coming. I mean, tensions got so heated in the last films that I figured the next film would be bordering a kind of 2 hour war scene, and it was. It was better than I expected for a shallow film though, too. I'm still hoping for that next installment to reel back in the actual plot. And the thing about people seeming to be nonexistent, very valid point, but in Underworld's defense I think if vampires and lycans were able to hide themselves for thousands of years prior they're probably very good at it. And I'm going to try to ignore your very good point so I can still enjoy the films 😂
Idk. I think Rise of the Lycans was probably the best.
When Jeremy doesn't call Frankenstein's Monster, Frankenstein, the inner book nerd in me gives him a golf clap.
*"Underworld" films ranked:*
1). Underworld: Evolution
2). Underworld
3). Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
4). Underworld: Blood Wars
5). Underworld: Awakening
How do you see the movies before they come out? Not sure if you they send you a disc early or if there's an early screening but always wondered.
The Underworld franchise is my guilty pleasure! I want Miss Beckinsale to have my hybrid babies!
I thought today was the first day in a long time that I'd sleep before 1 AM... BUT NO Jeremy makes a video. Time to vamp once again 😅
Kate Beckinsale is so beautiful and seems like an intelligent woman so I don't get why she keeps making these shitty movies.
Can't she get other movies when she looks this beautiful? And I don't even use the word beautiful often but my god, she is.
The first one came out on my 22nd birthday so it was like Hollywood giving me a birthday present since at the time I was really into the whole vampire/werewolf scene. I was really into Buffy and Angel and had a vampirefreaks.com account. I really like the first one its a solid vampire/werewolf action movie. I like to imagine it takes place in the same universe as Blade. That would be cool to see Blade and Selene fight, I would pay to see that on the big screen.
i saw this movies trailer and the new resident evil trailer and thought it was the same one
How come you haven't made a video talking about the Awesometacular show on Go90? I hadn't even heard of it before until one of my friends said something about it!
Kate in tight leather....... need I say more........
Things sounded particularly echo-y, I wonder if he is traveling and filming. I am watching this tomorrow and excited 😊
Underworld - Loved it. Could have been better, but I feel like it's a strong movie on it's own.
Underworld: Evolution - Eh, starting to lose me. The plot could have been executed better.
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans - You've lost me, and my interest. If I wanted disappointing prequels, I would have stuck with Star Wars.
Underworld: Awakening - How did that spawn a fourth movie? The trailers make it look like utter shit.
Underworld: Blood Wars - How....?? You know what, I'm not even going to question it. The human race is just an idiotic species that will continually pay for and accept trash as entertainment.
Congrats on your new job at Collider, Jeremy!
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its 1:34 in the morning and I totally fell for that. What I'm trying to say is good job, damn you, I'm blaming my gullibility (auto correct says it a word - so I'm going with it) on my tiredness but really I'm just gullible. haha. Good job! Awesometacular! 😆
MojitoMom Entertainment lol why thank you 😊
I_Need_Pants piece of shit, I fell for it
Rad Domino we'll damn lol
Is there smth that supposed to happen when you do that?
In my case it just skips to the end.
Favorite Underworld Movie: Rise of the Lycans
Reason: Lucien was a far more relatable protagonist with a more sympathetic struggle, there was more Werewolf vs Vampire action, and the Werewolves were finally put at the forefront. I like vampires but I will always like werewolves more. Just look at my avatar :P The main things that film suffered from was not developing the romance enough (and making Sonja more likeable) and some predictability because it's a prequel.
Least Favorite: That's actually a tough call... probably Awakening
Reason: The advertising was very deceiving, it had the weakest story, and after Rise of the Lycans this felt like a big step back for the Lycans. Why did they have to kill off Michael Sheen so early? The Lycans Need a Strong Leader!
Okay, rant over... for now ;)
Underworld: Pretty good.
Underworld Evolution: Decent.
Underworld Rise of the Lycans: Bad, really bad.
Underworld Awakening: Awful.
Underworld Blood Wars: Not interested.
Honestly I did not find Rise of the Lycans to be bad at all, it did exactly what I expected it to do but it just lacked alot of depth and even some of the action wasn't as good as I was expecting. The first two films IMO are really good, and should be seen alongside each other, the former was more original, had better acting & story but the sequel had better action set pieces & more fulfilling climax scene.
Kal-El fan 49 Blood wars the worst movie 4sure
***** agree
Sums it up
+swave158 You have a very simple brain don't you?
Hey Jeremy! Hi Jeremy's hair! I waited up for you!
They should have stopped after Rise of the Lycans.......
Btw, Im kinda early, do I get a reply?
Brett Hicks I agree. The best of the bunch and should have stopped on a high.
in jermey and his reviews we trust,more than any one else
You could say it was.... Underwhelming
Long rant + spoilers (feel free to ignore): the initial premise of the first movie which made the Underworld universe so alluring was the blood feud between the vampires and the lycans, and the fact that it began as "Viktor's war" in his attempts to keep the vampire/lycan hierarchy in place. Therefore Selene and Michael's relationship (and Michael's halfbreed nature) were supposed to be the focal point of the films because it was not only a historical allusion (i.e. to Lucian and Sonja's relationship) but a means to end the war. The first three movies stayed true to this concept (e.g. killing off the elders one by one, looking into Underworld history) but then got completely derailed in Awakening when humans became aware of the vampire/lycan presence. Honestly this could have gone somewhere (the addition of a common enemy, perhaps) but then Blood Wars COMPELTELY ignored that aspect too and just??? What was the point? What was the point of Samira's character? Why was everyone acting like Marius was the biggest lycan threat ever to be seen when he literally pales in comparison to Lucian in the first movie. What was the point of killing off Michael only to have the character that inherits his powers be killed off so easily? I'm just disappointed because I've been so invested in this series since I was like six.
First three were good, the last two, absolute garbage.
J Nice strongly agree
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Zane Z that comment has never been made before.
that comment has never been done by literally everyone
Is Michael in this one? If not I'm not watching
Davon85J fortunately im not
jeremy love your vids they make me smile when I've had a bad day keep making good videos
I heal instantly!
I liked this comment 3 seconds after it was posted. Never be done before. Until now.
lol I just finished watching Underworld Awakening so I get your reference.
It's not a reference. I actually liked the comment literally 3 seconds after it was posted. :l
He was talking about my reference to Underworld Awakening.
It's not a reference.
My mom, who is over 70, loves this series. I enjoy watching them kinda because of her, lol.
Damn I was hoping for a dogshit.
I recently saw this movie, and I really liked it.
Sure, it's kind of dumb, but it's a pretty fun and enjoyable movie. And, I honestly don't care what the critics say, looking at *you*, Rotten Tomatoes.
Jeremy, any plans to see Silence? I just finished it. It was fascinating, especially it's use of sound. Great stuff.
I loved the first two Underworld movies, and I enjoyed that prequel one. BUT, I did not like the last one at all, and I am kind of indifferent about seeing this one. My theory of why the last one was kind of really terrible, is that she didn't have Micheal who in the first two movies kind of Humanized her a little. In the first movie he didn't change into that hybrid until the end, and in the second movie took place right after the first one in the sense of timespan of the story so he was only a Hybrid for maybe a week by the end of that movie. Removing his character didn't leave anyone close to her that reminded her what being human was like. I thought the second one ended in a way that was acceptable for me. I liked the kind of open ending it had. The fourth one was completely unneeded, and the prequel while interesting I also could have done without because we already knew that story from one like of dialog in the first movie.
That's just my opinion. I might rent this one when after it comes out on DVD, or I'll just wait for it to be on Netflix. That's how much I care about seeing this fifth movie.
I didn't know we had another one of those, must be living under a rock I haven't seen or heard anything about this...
Lets be honest we're just waiting for this month to be done with. So we can move onto February with the releases of Lego Batman & John Wick 2 and so on with this year. But Splitter should be good and that's coming out this month so there's hope for a little bit of redeeming.
By the end of this movie I knew what rating Jermey would give it but I presumed T - minus 2 days to which 1 day is way more accurate.
100% agree with this review. The first is the best and to which the fifth try to go back to it with just two sides at each other but things changed since Awakening having humans aware of their species so the world felt smaller than it really was.
Another problem for me was editing as camera cuts were back and forth in many scenes and dialogue felt trailer like between them. Probably best to not have done recap through EVERYTHING WRONG WITH
Don't know if there's actually another sequel but if their needed to be a reboot then now is the best time to do it as Selene's story is done.
There was an ad for Blood Wars playing before I saw the review, saying that it was the best one yet. The fact that Jeremy won't remember it in T-minus 1 day is pretty freaking hilarious.
Your right Jeremy, if you don't like the franchise so far, this won't win you over. But for us fans it was pretty cool. There is flaws, obviously, and your right they have to deal with the problems from previous movies like fucked up time line etc. But this movie in itself is pretty solid !! Good throw back to the first movie with the coven, more emphasis on story, treachery etc. Honestly... yes the first one is still my favourite, but this one definately rank second. I can't wait to buy it on blu ray !! And if i was living closer to the theater i would definately go watch it again.
Ok, my list on this franchise (not that anyone cares xD):
1. Underworld
2. Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans.
3. Underworld: Evolution
4. Underworld: Blood Wars
5. Underworld: The awakening
Btw, Wiseman says they're actually making a Sixth movie.
Great review! This needs to be rebooted with Alessandra Dadario as Seline! Have it more planned out. I think this is one of those movies that was designed to be just a one off, but it overperformed and demanded multiple sequels. However, the succeeding movies just didn't pan out
I have actually liked the movie and i like the whole franchise.
Love the first Underworld but the rest of them just sucked. The only one I kinda of like is Awakening and even that one still wasn't as good as the first. And to the dudes saying "She hasn't aged at all" -It's BOTOX duh. Promise she wouldn't look half as young if she didn't have all of that money. Not hating, hell I could use it too lol. But seriously... it's botox.
Daybreakers is actually a pretty cool vampire movie.
My favorite was Rise of the Lycans. My second favorite was in fact Blood Wars. But my reason is that the guy that played David you can tell is infinitely more passionate about his scenes than everyone else. Part of the franchises issue is it seems like they have a lot of people just dragging scenes along that don't need to be dragged on (also with lack of emotion making it seem even more dragged on). Evolution was awful. Awakening was the worst. This one wasn't bad when you consider the budget, and what they were trying to do. Investing 3 movies onto the Michael arc only for the actor to go "nah I'm good." then turn around and develop a character like David was the highlight. Not to mention the end was perfect because now we know they will give us the proper time to get adjusted to Eve; and not spend 1/4 a movie on Eve, 1/4 on where's Michael, 1/4 on Thomas & David convent getting obliterated & 1/4 on a tear fest, questionable revival and some weird nonsense like the 4th movie. Also the last fight scene ended abruptly because they fought for 20 minutes 3 scenes prior; having them box it out some more would've been redundant. This movie seems like a great reset for the franchise but everyone is still sour from the 2nd and 4th movies.
The first two were probably the best. They follow through nicely. Then the third one went shitty not sure why they went backwards. Fourth sounds like this one a quick wrap up. Lens Wiseman, Kate's ex, directed the first two. For the rest he stayed a producer. Sounds like the guy doesn't really care since they broke up. I hope I'm wrong.
They should of keep Michael alive. not sure if it was good to have an offspring in the mist now. There was so much to be said off of part 2. The chosen blood line not sure what happen to it. And this hybrid race, Michael, the game changer between the 2 species. They should of capitalize on that aspect of the story.
einc70 they backwards with the story in the third one , because you have salene and Michael story for the first. and the second movie you have the history of the lycans and vampires on how they were created as well the first born hybrid. So the third is the story on what started the war in first place, from lucian and sonja's forbidden love. from victor forcing innocent humans into becoming lycans and making slaves out of them. look at like this. the original resident evil games, if anyone remembers playing those then you also remember the other resident evils games like resident evil out break files 1&2. now those two games takes place in between events of resident evil 1, 2 and 3 on what happend during the outbreak of the t-virus. so information that they are giving in this stories makes sense if you pay attention to it.
Thanks. To me cutting, making a flashback just based on the "flashbacks" she saw in part 2 about Sonia making an installment just for that was just a waste to me. If so that they wanted an original story, which part 3 was about, they should of done like Star Wars or Lord of the ring formats, Trilogies, prequel/sequel format. If part 1,2,4 (they lost me on this one already), a focus on the blood line of Selene, and the cross blood with he rise of the hybrid race "Micheal", then the prequel 1(which is part 3),2,3 a focus what that bloodline race was about, maybe focussing on prophecies about the rise of the upcoming "hybrid" race, kind of like the prophecies about the upcoming "Messiah" in the Biblical narrative, then jump right to 5,6,7 following on supposedly part 3, then focussing on the hybrid race which basically will play out in the ongoing wars between Lycans vs Vampires. Now 3 races in the narrative.
Lol I know I'm asking a lot, and production studios wouldn't have that budget Star Wars or LOTR had but I think it would have been a bit if they adopted the Trilogy, Prequel, Sequels format. Formulating a better character development. And for us to go "wow awesome"!!! Lol
einc70 yeah but it's more of a in between events, more than a flash back to me. because it hadn't been that long in years, sense viktar killed his daughter Sonja and unborn grandchild. That's why he turned salene into a vampire, she looks almost identical to his daughter and would roughly be around the same age.
einc70 part two was about the original vampire and lycan blood. Alexander fonding father. Birth of the first hybrid Marcus.
yeah the only thing i liked about Blood Wars, was Lara Pulver's (Irene Adler from Sherlock) character Semira. Yeah she got a bit annoying at the end but that fight scene between her and David and the scene where she drinks Selene's blood and transforms into a more powerful vampire where probably the best scene's in the whole movie.
You should do Fences next. It's A well acted movie. I just want to know your opinion on it. Can't really go wrong with a Denzel and Viola together on screen. It's magic
Jeremy...you did a review on Underworld Awakening and that movie had in it humans discovering the existence of Vampires and Lycans. It's just implied that in this movie, both species are better at working in the shadows now.
As much as I love the first one, Rise of the Lycans is definitely my fav. When I saw Blood Wars this afternoon, I realized I hadn't even watched the last movie. But it's okay because the recap told me what I needed to know, I guess~
I love this movie it's great especially Marius Hybrid
Great review! Underworld has great character themes and backstory but they don't pay off. Much like the X-men films. Rise of the Lycans was my favorite. The new films are set in the future and the people by this time already know the monsters exist. The 4th film set up the backstory on how all that went down. I gave the film ⭐️ ⭐️ ( January style )
I have always loved the Underworld movies. It's like my geeky guilty pleasure along with the Resident Evil movies. My favorite of course is the first Underworld movie, but after that I would have to pick the third direct to video movie Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. It was surprisingly well done for a direct to video chapter.
Am I the only one who notices that Jeremy release reviews right AFTER Chris stuckmann's review of the same.movie hmmmm