Underworld (2003)

Selene, a beautiful vampire warrior, is entrenched in a war between the vampire and werewolf races. Although she is aligned with the vampires, she falls in love with Michael, a werewolf who longs for the war to end.

Director:

Len Wiseman

Writers:

Kevin Grevioux (story), Len Wiseman (story),

Stars:

Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Michael Sheen

1 win & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kate Beckinsale	...	Selene
Scott Speedman	...	Michael Corvin
Michael Sheen	...	Lucian
Shane Brolly	...	Kraven
Bill Nighy	...	Viktor
Erwin Leder	...	Singe
Sophia Myles	...	Erika
Robbie Gee	...	Kahn (as Robby Gee)
Wentworth Miller	...	Dr. Adam Lockwood
Kevin Grevioux	...	Raze
Zita Görög	...	Amelia
Dennis J. Kozeluh	...	Dignitary (as Dennis Kozeluh)
Scott McElroy	...	Soren
Todd Schneider	...	Trix
Sándor Bolla	...	Rigel

Storyline

A war has been raging between the Vampires and Lycan for centuries, Selene (Beckinsale) is a death dealer, assigned to hunt down and eradicate the last of the Lycan. When she comes across Michael Corvin(Speedman)who holds the key to end the war she must decide where her alligances will lie.

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Plot Keywords:

vampire | love | werewolf | blood | death | 

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Taglines:

An immortal battle for supremacy.

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Genres:

Action | Fantasy | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence/gore and some language

Details

Official Sites:

Lakeshore Records - soundtrack Sony Pictures [us]

Country:

UK Germany Hungary USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 September 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Inframundo

Filming Locations:

Budapest, Hungary

Box Office

Budget:

$22,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$567,428 (Brazil) (16 April 2004)

Gross:

$903,637 (Brazil) (30 April 2004)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lakeshore Entertainment, Laurinfilm, Subterranean Productions LLC

Technical Specs

Runtime:

121 min 133 min (director's cut)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS (8 channels)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The song used for the trailer is called "Red Tape" by 'Agent Provocateur'.

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Goofs

The bullets shown in the close-ups have little glass "windows" on the shell casings, and show the UV liquid or liquid silver nitrate inside. If this were a real bullet, there would be no room in the shell for gunpowder. A shell casing is ejected from an automatic weapon, not actually part of the slug/projectile as depicted in the movie.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Selene: [voiceover] The war had all but ground to a halt in the blink of an eye. Lucian, the most feared and ruthless leader ever to rule the Lycan clan, had finally been killed. The Lycan horde scattered to the wind in a single evening of flame and retribution. Victory, it seemed, was in our grasp, the very birthright of the vampires. Nearly six centuries had passed since that night, yet the ancient feud proved unwilling to follow Lucian to the grave. Though Lycans were fewer in number, ...

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Connections

References The Matrix (1999)

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Soundtracks

"Coward"
Written by Wes Borland and Danny Lohner
Performed by Renholder

User Reviews

Better than people want to admit

I can understand why some people were unwilling to give this movie a chance. I started out thinking, OK, so Anna Valerious from Van Helsing is now a female Blade! I was wrong! I also went in thinking it was going to be a push button movie with no real twists.

Again I was wrong.

I didn't really see the twist coming at the end (surprising, since I figured out who Kaiser Sosay was!) I liked this move for a lot of reasons. The darkness in the movie wasn't oppressive. The acting was good, and the story strong.

I give it a 7 out of 10.