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Underworld: Awakening

Underworld: Awakening

2012
Fantasy, Action
1h 28m
When human forces discover the existence of the Vampire and Lycan clans, a war to eradicate both species commences. The vampire warrioress Selene leads the battle against humankind. (imdb)

Directed by:

Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein

Screenwriter:

Len Wiseman, Allison Burnett, J. Michael Straczynski, John Hlavin

Starring:

Wes Bentley, Kate Beckinsale, Michael Ealy, Stephen Rea, Charles Dance, Sandrine Holt, Kris Holden-Ried, Catlin Adams, Jacob Blair, Theo James, India Eisley, Adam Greydon Reid

Franchise:

Underworld

Genres:

Fantasy, Action, Horror

AKA:

Underworld 4

Countries:

Canada, USA

Languages:

English, Russian
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Underworld: Awakening

2012
Fantasy, Action
1h 28m
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bunkenBunken
Rated 01 Mar 2012
40
24th
Like the Resident Evil franchise the Underworld films were initially very decent, but they're both grasping for straws in their storylines by now. Still it has some cool action sequences (The CGI are at times pretty lame though) and Kate Beckinsale in latex - so what's not to like about that? I only have one question... Where does she hide her extra clips for the guns? She seems to run out of bullets quite a lot, but then all of the sudden she's fully loaded...
Rated 01 Mar 2012
kasperlKasperL
Rated 12 Aug 2012
40
19th
The action is okay. But who cares? The best reason to watch crap like this and the 'Resident Evil' franchise is that Kate and Milla are gorgeous. So I guess it doesn't really matter that this is pretty damn bad. And the filmmakers even have the good sense to leave out unnecessities like plot and keep the running time mercifully short. So thanks for that.
Rated 12 Aug 2012
matthew_parkinsonMatthew Parkinson
Rated 21 Jan 2012
50
47th
You're watching Underworld: Awakening to see Kate Beckinsale in a bunch of action scenes while dressed in her leather catsuit. You get that. The action scenes are slick and well-made, the lycans look better than they ever have before, and the ending sequence, involving at least three distinct battles, is satisfactory, even if the ending as a whole promises much more than it delivers. I had a good time, even if this installment completely ignores all of the history and back story of its universe.
Rated 21 Jan 2012
timon88Timon88
Rated 10 Feb 2018
13
4th
This thing looks strikingly like a video game--one of those ultra-detailed, gothic ones--and its intended audience seems to be kids that look at nothing else, since the taste and intelligence level are exactly that of a video game, too. I will never understand this cultural fascination with vampires. And what is this flick trying to say by having all the un-humans speak with British accents? They may actually be onto something.
Rated 10 Feb 2018
moraesfelipemoraesfelipe
Rated 25 Nov 2016
50
33rd
Back to urban scale, Selene wakes up after years in coma to find a daughter, Speedman is not around anymore (thank God) and that purges nearly killed every last Lycan. The Swedish duo provides longer shots and fewers cuts, as super Lycans and well-trained human soldiers with silver bullets represent the new threats. Selene meets the Divergent dude in a whole new pack of uptight vampires, but that's not a real problem for now -- there is no old ancestor, just contemporary cleansing still active.
Rated 25 Nov 2016
cinemaasiaCinema_Asia
Rated 25 Apr 2012
55
19th
This is actually better than the previous (dreadful) installment of this franchise. Kate Beckinsale still can't act and her co-stars are all terrible but it does have moments of high camp value. The Lycans hopping around trashing cars is amusing and so is every acrobatic gun scene which ends with a sexy pose. That's to be expected but there are gloriously preposterous moments of gore such as a silver dust grenade gibbing a werewolf from the inside out. Watch it in 3d if you must.
Rated 25 Apr 2012
kusanagiKusanagi
Rated 20 Feb 2012
65
17th
Disappointing run-time and ending, but decent fight scenes (even they don't feel like enough) which is all I ask of an Underworld movie. Definitely needs some more interesting characters besides Selene, because she ain't cutting it whenever she's not killing something.
Rated 20 Feb 2012
croweycrowey
Rated 22 Sep 2023
30
19th
I shouldn’t talk, I enjoy the Resident Evil franchise. But Kate Bekinsale is just a superkaren in black polyurethane whereas Mila is the Ginger to her Mary Ann. The plot holes in this series deflate the parbaked cake of emotional payoff, whereas they are the main course of ironic hilarity in the RE franchise. 🤷‍♀️
Rated 22 Sep 2023
scribScrib
Rated 14 Aug 2022
65
42nd
A touching little story about a murderous vampire and her psychotic demon daughter. So glad those two made it out alright! Relies more on CGI than its predecessors, which hasn't aged well, but practical FX are still utilised and welcome when seen. Action is decent and the story is serviceable. It's a damn lot more compelling than Rise of the Lycans, let's put it that way. Charles Dance makes an appearance, which delighted me to no end. Unfortunately, he's underused and plays a bit of a wimp.
Rated 14 Aug 2022
hakkanarejohakkanarejo
Rated 09 Aug 2021
98
79th
Vengeance Returns" Selene (Beckinsale), the vampire warrior, has just awakened from a 12-year cryogenic sleep. The world has changed dramatically in that period: Man has discovered the existence of vampires and werewolves, and wages a relentless war to wipe out both immortal species.
Rated 09 Aug 2021
rihreyrihrey
Rated 27 Jan 2020
28
21st
Okay, so, it is very disappointing and i was very pissed off until *spoiler alert* we find out that Michael isn't dead after all, thank god, but this was just too messy. I WANT TO SEE DADDY MICHAEL. edit: can i please stop being so cringey
Rated 27 Jan 2020
gatoquentegatoquente
Rated 12 Apr 2019
93
53rd
My SCORING: 99-96=Great; 95-90=Very good; 89-85=Good; 84-80=So-so; 79-70=Boring; Below 70=Forget it.
Rated 12 Apr 2019
metalhankmetalhank
Rated 29 Dec 2018
82
96th
Beckinsale is back in the films and at almost 40 years of age looking as hot as ever, and by now she really gets the role and does a great job at it once again. This one has a good story to tell and the effects are back to being great.
Rated 29 Dec 2018
ofterdingenOfterdingen
Rated 27 Dec 2018
30
9th
Horrible story and acting. Fun giant Lycan.
Rated 27 Dec 2018
timelesstimeless
Rated 15 Feb 2017
35
2nd
At least the first three movies didn't make me cringe.
Rated 15 Feb 2017
realmacgyverRealMacgyver
Rated 16 Jul 2014
60
30th
Eh it's fine. The Lycan's look like they've been done by Ray Harryhausen most of the time though. Which was fine when he was doing it, but not when you're doing it with 21st Century CGI
Rated 16 Jul 2014
synthonosynthono
Rated 18 Jun 2014
55
7th
It's terrible and nonsensical and overly blue, plus it seems blissfully unaware that the Kate Beckinsale character is clearly the bad guy in every situation, but I love the store that sells tasteful wool trench coats and tacky vampire tooth tchotchkes.
Rated 18 Jun 2014
cagedwisdomcagedwisdom
Rated 19 Mar 2014
25
17th
This is the first Underworld film I've seen, so I felt pretty out of it. I've seen worse, but it's not exactly impressive in any way.
Rated 19 Mar 2014
ecitizeneCitizen
Rated 12 Mar 2014
50
49th
Kate has never been more beautiful. She seems to get better with age. I wish I could say the same about this latest Underground installment. The special effects were often shabby and rushed. Sets were dark and dingy or clinical. Fortunately Kate filled the screen often so I was pleased by that. So many plot holes that could have been fixed by adding a few scenes to glue things together, but instead you have to turn your brain off to enjoy it.
Rated 12 Mar 2014
sheldrakeSheldrake
Rated 10 Aug 2013
10
0th
A real tribute to mind numbing stupidity the world over.
Rated 10 Aug 2013
killjoyperkskilljoyperks
Rated 14 May 2013
59
39th
As a fan of the Underworld franchise, I was pretty let down with this one.
Rated 14 May 2013
mistersplicemistersplice
Rated 06 Jan 2013
40
14th
4- might want to skip this one, not that hot
Rated 06 Jan 2013
valenzettiValenzetti
Rated 30 Sep 2012
50
12th
I would be ranking this much, much lower, but there are enough surreal, visually enigmatic scenes and narrative fragments on the verge of cohesion to make me wonder if there might actually be something clever going on here. Until I happen to see it again and decide, it's stuck in limbo.
Rated 30 Sep 2012
scorpusScorpus
Rated 17 Sep 2012
57
16th
Awakening has more action than the previous Underworlds, at the expensive of story and mythology that made the first films passable
Rated 17 Sep 2012
bookhouseboybookhouseboy
Rated 04 Sep 2012
35
38th
A very action-orientated and focused chapter in the series, and that and a more badass 'Selene' is a welcomed freshness. Still more miss than hit in the action-sequences though, and the plot isn't much to care about. *Preview*: #12#, exp-2*, popcorn, hype, 'pt1-3', Kate.B/7-3, R3.
Rated 04 Sep 2012
sifter132sifter132
Rated 23 Aug 2012
56
4th
Short and full of action. I thought the 10 mins of action at the start really dulled the senses rather than setting anything up, and it couldn't grab me once the film slowed down and tried to tell a story. Selene is pretty unlikeable in this really, streets away from the first movie which I still like a lot. Plenty of gore and action, but it ultimately felt hollow with nothing supporting it.
Rated 23 Aug 2012
ewp805ewp805
Rated 21 Jul 2012
55
23rd
More of the same from the series. You know if you like it by this point.
Rated 21 Jul 2012
ryan_luedersRyan Lueders
Rated 17 Jul 2012
73
37th
The 4th installment of the Underworld series. This movie is once again about Vampires and Lycans fighting each other... except now there is the human element where humans are using UV ray guns and silver bullets to fight off the swarms of Vamps and Werewolves. The story is pretty thin, involving another Lycan/Vampire hybrid. Kate Beckinsale is still in tight leather. So not a lot different in this. The action is really wonderful and the make-up work is excellent. A brainless movie to watch.
Rated 17 Jul 2012
nothingtosaynothingtosay
Rated 09 Jul 2012
48
4th
Can manage to follow the plot even missing the first half by accident. A film that is good if you just want to see mostly senseless fighting, but don't look too hard for plot development.
Rated 09 Jul 2012
therealj_roTheRealJ-Ro
Rated 23 Jun 2012
60
25th
It's a cool idea to take the series somewhat away from vampires versus lycans and turn it instead towards the battle of both against humanity once they are discovered. At least on the surface (DUN DUN DUN!). I was really digging it, it gives you the action you want, it has a storyline you can work with even if you're not a big connoisseur of the series, the CGI is forgivably crummy in places but it has characters that I feel are worthy of empathy. A bit quick & a bit short but worth your time.
Rated 23 Jun 2012
gecmartinsgecmartins
Rated 23 Jun 2012
70
12th
jixbyjixby
Rated 02 Jun 2012
0
0th
I fucking hate shit like this.
Rated 02 Jun 2012
daffy69697Daffy69697
Rated 23 May 2012
79
45th
The good: Kate Beckinsale running around in a latex catsuit kicking ass was fun. The bad: plot was uneven & dumb.
Rated 23 May 2012
doctor7doctor7
Rated 15 May 2012
26
15th
Why do I keep watching these movies? The first was terrible, the second was abysmal and this one is... well it's just not very good. So hats off for some minor improvements over being utterly bottom of the barrel.
Rated 15 May 2012
carsonwidCarsonWid
Rated 15 May 2012
31
7th
Just stop. The first one was good but it just gets worse and worse every time.
Rated 15 May 2012
decathectdecathect
Rated 12 May 2012
1
3rd
I liked the part where a distant relative of Wile E. Coyote dropped an elevator on the super quick protagonist (who communicates exclusively in semantically empty monosyllables) only to have her walk out the door unharmed. Meep meep.
Rated 12 May 2012
dst7175dst7175
Rated 09 May 2012
31
20th
All that damn smoke at the beginning when Kate fell out the ice you couldn't see anything.
Rated 09 May 2012
andersqqAndersQQ
Rated 29 Apr 2012
30
10th
Why did they even make this movie?
Rated 29 Apr 2012
snazzSnazz
Rated 27 Apr 2012
60
50th
All Selene. All Action. All The Time! Telling a story was definitely not one of the goals for the swedish director duo who took on the 4th movie in the franchise. Instead it seems they wanted to make up for the 3rd movie lacking Kate. If you enjoy a bunch good supernatural fight scenes, then Underworld Awakening is one to watch. On the plus side, Underworld has for me always been the only franchise to successfully copy the look and feel of The Matrix, that we all love so much.
Rated 27 Apr 2012
vandelay1Vandelay1
Rated 27 Apr 2012
35
28th
Not so good
Rated 27 Apr 2012
tavingtonTavington
Rated 25 Apr 2012
0
2nd
Can't say I expected even a mediocre movie. Question now is, whether they can make even worse sequel to this.
Rated 25 Apr 2012
entrapmenentrapmen
Rated 22 Apr 2012
63
34th
not that bad, i taste like the first movie.
Rated 22 Apr 2012
nutcrackrnutcrackr
Rated 22 Apr 2012
60
16th
Don't really blame Speedman for staying away from the series if this is what they produce. It redeems itself during the second half but is mostly horrible. Atrocious dialogue, large sections of nothing and some dumb action sequences. They tiptoe around Speedman's character being in the film, but he's not played by the same actor. That says enough. The only thing that saves the film is Kate looking bad ass in leather.
Rated 22 Apr 2012
naurunauru
Rated 22 Apr 2012
44
38th
The story is a mess and there are a lot of things which seem to come out of nowhere and go unexplained. But the action and effects are of high quality and basically carry the film. Overall, Underworld: Awakening does not live up to the standard maintained by the first three films in the series; the whole project feels like it was made on a budget 30-40% smaller than the preceding installments.
Rated 22 Apr 2012
zimpanxZimpanX
Rated 18 Apr 2012
55
10th
While not awful this is easily the worst in the series and I wasn't even a fan to begin with. It has some good music though but the rest of it struggles to get above simple mediocrity. The film doesn't even have a proper conclusive ending.
Rated 18 Apr 2012
nathandarkoNathanDarko
Rated 11 Mar 2012
30
9th
Saying this was bad would be a lie. Saying that UW Akakening is boring bullshit? Bullseye! Ridiculous action scenes and a non present story destroys the (in my mind) good prequel movie, which appeared in 2010 "Rise of the Lycans". This was almost nothing.
Rated 11 Mar 2012
trash_puppetTrash Puppet
Rated 10 Mar 2012
7
49th
Sentimental ranking. *hangs head in shame*
Rated 10 Mar 2012
damildamil
Rated 29 Feb 2012
25
4th
It's not a good movie to start with, but the 3D sure made it worse. It's just more of the same here, but with almost no plot at all. I don't even really remember what happened in the film anymore. Very little, as I recall. There were a couple of kinda cool action shots, but nothing we haven't seen before. I found myself bored. Pretty much the only good thing was Kate Beckinsale. And I don't mean her acting, which was completely void of emotion. I just mean how hot she is in skin-tight leather.
Rated 29 Feb 2012
chrispalmChrisPalm
Rated 27 Feb 2012
70
25th
not the best, still want more tho
Rated 27 Feb 2012
spaceflohspacefloh
Rated 26 Feb 2012
40
19th
eng; [Underworld: Awakening]; bei ihrer flucht wird das liebespaar getrennt und die vampirin erwacht 12 jahre später mit einer geheimnisvollen tochter.; (sehr blutig);
Rated 26 Feb 2012
eric_janeric-jan
Rated 22 Feb 2012
60
13th
Ok.. pretty much a standard action movie with a weak story. But you gotta admit, you're not gonna just let it go by without watching it :). It's a must see for that reason, and only for that reason.. because after you watch it, you tell yourself "I knew it" and "I told you so" it's not going to be anything special anyway :). Great special effects. More of the same.
Rated 22 Feb 2012
thedicemanTheDiceman
Rated 15 Feb 2012
50
35th
Great effects.
Rated 15 Feb 2012
luna6ixLuna6ix
Rated 11 Feb 2012
74
48th
More of the same, only this time it's in 3D, and this is the first 3D movie I've gone to that I didn't even notice was in 3D. Much like Kate Beckinsale, everyone's talking about how hot she is, I didn't really even notice in the movie and now it's over I completely forgot what she looked like. This series will always get a couple points up from me simply because I have an undue bias toward werewolves.
Rated 11 Feb 2012
bigzekibigzeki
Rated 02 Feb 2012
91
99th
Action packed, but a bit touching and all that. I'd say it's missing one thing: small talk. I'd loved it all the more if the series had that instead of vamps loading guns without saying a word.
Rated 02 Feb 2012
audriusAudrius
Rated 25 Jan 2012
2
17th
Kind of boring movie. Effects were fine but except that the movie was shallow and not interesting to watch. I'm glad I brought some popcorns with me... Only the graphics saved this movie's score.
Rated 25 Jan 2012
obdurateObdurate
Rated 23 Jan 2012
65
30th
Kate Beckinsale, vampires, werewolves, cool action scenes, pretty good visuals and atmosphere... check. But then I felt like the movie fucked me because the movie set up a sequel in the worst possible way ever... by lacking content. I mean c'mon, you were doing SO GOOD, add another half hour onto this short as hell movie and then I probably have no complaints. Entertaining but that really irked me. Still see it, though.
Rated 23 Jan 2012
jordanligejordanlige
Rated 22 Jan 2012
100
51st
really good 10 out of 10
Rated 22 Jan 2012
indyatmnINDYATMN
Rated 21 Jan 2012
80
59th
The long-winded narration that opens each film now sounds like a reminder of mediocrity 2 come by this point. Having said that, this is 1 of the better sequels if 4 no other reason than it's short & the latex-clad Beckinsale's back. There r actually some surprising plot twists as well & the non-stop action sequences r decently staged. The film only derails when it stops 4 a ridiculously clichéd discussion about whether it's better 2 hide from persecution or fight back, but it's thankfully brief.
Rated 21 Jan 2012

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