Underworld Evolution has more blood, more gore, more dismemberings, more violence, more hideously ugly monsters, more, more, more than the first movie. Some may read that and think, "Well, that doesn't seem like a good movie if it's just a bunch of gore and violence." If you're thinking that, then this movie isn't for you. There is one sex scene. It's not a very good one and seems to be all about Kate Beckinsdale's stomach. Now that you know that it's in there, does that help any?
The one mistake that the director makes in this movie - other than killing off the only good looking man in the movie during the first act - is that he tells what is going to happen in the plot before it actually happens. For example, Selene is battling William, the first Lycan. She throws exploding projectiles at him and misses. They stick to the ceiling of the cave that they are in. The projectiles explode and leave a large gaping hole. There is a high angle shot that shows a helicopter, the hole, and the cave below. The helicopter, with Michael in it, circles above the hole. If you were wondering how Michael was going to get into the cave and help Selene, well, there it is. He's going to jump down that hole. After he comes back from the dead of course. A few scenes later, sure enough, he jumps down the whole to enter the fray. That one shot is a tell. Because most of the ending was so predictable, it was not very scary. But it was rather fun to watch, if you could pickup on the tells that the director was using. In some ways, this movie reminded me of From Dusk 'Til Dawn. Although with that movie, you know that they weren't trying to be too serious about the gore and violence.
PS I discovered while watching this movie is that impalings and spinny, choppy blade things that chop off body parts really disturb me. Out of all of the stabbings, shootings, decapitations...well, you get the idea, that is what bothered me. They should all bother me but they don't, which is disturbing in some ways. I also couldn't figure out where Selene kept getting all the clips for her gun. She'd just reach behind her and there they were. Was she just pulling them out of her ass or what? I didn't see any place in that leather suit for spare clips. Did you?
at January 22, 2006 9:36 PM