Friday night I went down to see Underworld: Evolution. Which was quite an adventure. First, down to 42nd Street, where all 700pm shows were sold out. So off to 34th Street to try our luck- nope. Again, all 7pm hour shows were sold out. Because my friend was unwilling to walk back up to 42nd to see the 1000pm show, we stayed at 34th St and saw the 700pm King Kong and then caught the 1055pm Underworld.
Bloody 'ell (spoilers!)There's also a lot of meat smacked around in this movie. The meat is also sliced, stabbed, pulverized, shot, burned, totally fucked up by helicoptor propellors, and has really lame sex ten minutes into the film.
I was disappointed. The first Underworld is a fun watch; this was fun, but after awhile, the gratuitous violence just made the premise of this film obvious: let's kill as many people as possible too distract people from the plot.
The plot was what would be expected, but I think they could have done a much better job. The best parts were Scott Speedman's character's struggle over drinking blood and his attempt to eat normal food, but this is finished by the first fourth of the film. That and when Kate Beckinsale's Selene reacts to "death." It was in character, and, as a credit to the writers, nobody strayed from their characters, which is always a good thing.
So while this film could have been much better but ended up a generic video game, it did make me want to rent the first one again. At least that one is fun and tried. And anyone who says "Well, what did she expect?" is right. I don't regret it, and I'd say see it in the theater just for fun or don't bother. Rent the first one. (And, by the way, Bill Nighy's close ups had him chewing the scenery just a little.)
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