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A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Blistering performances.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

This movie is complete crap. Obviously low budget, as there is almost no action at all. And what little action there is, is boring. The story is boring with horrible acting. Actors not reacting at all to surprising news, actors saying their lines way too fast with no pause and mumbling at the same time. Believe me this gets annoying after a while. In other words wooden acting that is even worse than in the Star Wars prequels. But its not the actors fault. Its the inept director Ann Foersters fault. Except for Theo James, whom I suspect couldn't act convincingly even if his very life depended on it. The way he speaks with a very low deep mumbling voice is really annoying. Whats most astonishing is that Len Wiseman produced this and Charles Dance who played the evil Tywin Lannister on Game Of Thrones is in this movie. Why he agreed to be in this movie I don't get. And of course Kate Bekinsale as Selene. And yet it still sucks. And as I said before the prettyboy Theo James who is once again replacing Scott Speedman as the leading man, should consider a careerchange and become a model. Because apart from his pretty face, he has about as much personality as a doormat. And this annoying douchebag is more worried about looking good, than fighting convincingly in actionscenes. And he doesn't look good. He just looks like the moron he is. If you're an Underworld fan, avoid any movie made after the two original movies. The following movies are just that terrible. The first two movies had good acting, great plots, the love-story between Michael and Selene and great action. Everything every movie after the second installment has lackedIm done with this franchise. As you will probably be as well, after trying to watch this.

I was really hoping Blood Wars to be that film that brought the series back to Underworld 1 fidelity...but, to be fair, what we have to remember about the first one that made it so special to us was it was a whole new kind of vampire movie and one that was directly competing with the Matrix movies. At the turn of the millennium this was a whole new breed of action movie. The second movie then kept it fresh by giving us a little history, by taking us to the origins of current affairs, which would later serve as the foundation of Under World - Rise of The Lycans...which was a fantastic film.Awakening is where everything fell apart for me, but Blood Wars admittingly did a great job picking up where that appallingly/ abhorrent movie left off. They should have just consolidated elements of Awakening and Blood Wars together, leaving out the futuristic and laboratory/ research stuff that made Awakening feel too Resident Evil. Don't get me wrong, if vampires were real our government/ various organizations would be attempting to capture them and study them, but I think fans prefer that vampires largely remain phantoms and folklore to the eyes of humans fortunate enough to not meet one, while keeping this entire feudal war an underground, or "underworld" battle that only some isolated humans from time-to-time fall victim to. A reality that exists within our own, but is largely a secret. Once you spill the existence of Lycans and Vampires out to the militarized world of humans, it loses that mystery/ special feel to it...and that's precisely what Awakening started. Sure, humans were involved in Underworld 2, but they were Corvinus' men e.g. they could keep a damn secret. It wasn't some corporation doing research on Dracula --I mean, Corvinus blood.As mentioned in my title, Blood Wars was more enjoyable the second time around, but I really could not get past what they did to Selene's lips. What a silly thing to be stuck on. So much so, that I am considering turning down the saturation of my TV the next time I watch it, in hopes it reduces the pink lip gloss effect. Kate is always a beauty to behold...but why lip gloss? And what's with the fur coat? Vampires don't get cold! Other than those cosmetic/ costume choices it is an alright film, but I've always felt the series should have only ever been 80% about Selene, and her battling the corruptions within the Coven/s, and vampires/ lycans wanting her blood, post-Corvinus. It never should have been about a Michael, nor a child. Maybe they could have ended the series with a child, an heiress to Selene's Corvinus imbued blood, thereby setting the franchise up for a whole new trilogy...but alas this was not the hand we were dealt and, instead, now we have a big empty hole where Michael should be...and I don't even like him!

"Underworld: Blood Wars" is the fifth installment in a franchise that began way back in 2003. Nearly 15 years in, the series has devolved into little more than a rote, by-the-book enactment of all the vampire vs. werewolf silliness that has permeated pop culture in the period since. The only point of interest, while watching the endless battles that flesh out the script, is trying to figure out why a bunch of vampires and werewolves need to rely so heavily on high-tech weaponry and advanced firepower. Kinda defeats the purpose of being a supernatural being, doesn't it?Kate Beckinsale, Theo James and Lara Pulver take center stage in the drama, while Charles Dance and James Faulkner, two seasoned actors who look and sound as if they should be performing Shakespeare on some London or Broadway stage, really seem to be slumming it here. Hard to resist the pull of an easy paycheck, I guess.

I don't get all the critical hate for this movie. What did anyone expect? It's frickin' Kate Beckinsale in latex!!! What could be better? This is terrible to admit, but I would pay Redbox $1.50 to watch Kate Beckinsale cook breakfast if she was dressed in her latex catsuit. But this movie is frickin' awesome! Sword hacking, vampires flying around, werewolves transforming into monsters, and (spoiler) Kate gets resurrected and comes back with frosty tips and new magic powers. I almost didn't watch this because of all the bad reviews, but it's the same old greatness as all the other films. Keep them coming! Kate Beckinsale is 43 years old and never looked better, plus she kicks @$$ with Euro ultra-violence. When (spoiler) Semira (Lara Pulver) gets stabbed through her mouth from behind as she enjoys the sun for the first time was almost as great as the ending as Kate says "I have lived for a thousand years, and I may live a thousand more..." I hope she does. :)