Underworld: Evolution (2006)

Movie

Rating: R (pervasive strong violence and gore, some sexuality/nudity and language)
Length: 106 minutes

Video

Widescreen 2.40:1 Color (Anamorphic)

Audio

ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1

Captions

English, French

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Plot

This starts off where Underworld left off. Selene (Beckingsale) and Michael (Speedman) are traveling together avoiding the Vampires that are hunting them. They're pretty much a couple now and as the movie progresses, more of the past history of Vampires and Lycans is revealed. If you haven't seen Underworld, it would be advantageous to do so before watching this sequel.

Pros

There are even more special effects than the first movie. There is a really cool scene involving a vampire and a truck. For those of you hoping to see more of Beckingsale, you will but don't get your hopes up, you won't get to see everything. :-)

Cons

This just didn't have the feel of the first movie. This movie was all about special effects and fight scenes and less about the story. They could have also dropped all of the flashbacks to the original movie.

Extras

Director and Filmmakers' Commentary
The Hybrid Theory - Visual Effects Featurette
The War Rages On - Stunts Featurette
Making Monsters Roar - Creature Featurette
Building a Saga - Production Design Featurette
Music and Mayhem - Music and sound Design Featuette
Music Video - "Her Portrait In Black" by Atreyu

Recommendation

This is a fun movie, certainly worth the time watching. Hopefully they will end this franchise here, unlike another popular Vampire franchise that just had to do a third movie ("Underworld: Trinity" anyone?).