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      Underworld: Awakening

      R Released Jan 20, 2012 1 hr. 29 min. Fantasy Action Horror List
      25% 77 Reviews Tomatometer 62% 50,000+ Ratings Audience Score In the years since she and her human-lycan lover, Michael, defeated Elder Marcus, vampire warrior Selene (Kate Beckinsale) has been taken captive by humans, while they wage an all-out war against both lycans and vampires. Awakening after more than a decade, Selene discovers that Michael is dead, but that she has given birth to his daughter, Eve. Shunned by nearly all surviving vampires, save one (Theo James), even Selene seems powerless against her latest opponent: a genetically enhanced lycan. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Apr 23 Buy Now

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      There's more vapid action and less story in Underworld Awakening than previous installments, making the whole affair feel inconsequential.

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      KerryWhite's S Rating: 7/10. 79/100 Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/24 Full Review craig_ m Loved it!! Pure action! Good plot, alot more gory.Awesome fighting scenes and the lycans are the best werewolves Ive seen. Got it on on ray Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/12/23 Full Review Kamilla A Love this franchise but miss Michael Corvin... Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/11/23 Full Review Jack O After the third installment of Underworld: Rise of the Lycans which I wasn't expecting it to be a prequel and it didn't follow up to a sequel which I found to be mediocre as hell. Now as mediocre then I thought and that is without further ado, Underworld: Awakening. Yes, that's right. This is actually sequel follow up to Underworld: Evolution not Rise of the Lycans where you thought there's no Kate Beckinsale as Selene and you was saying "Hello, where the f£$k are you?" This is the same f£$king reaction that I was going to get! Anyways, lets move on. After the events of Evolution, Selene is shooting bad guys and she and Michael is been captured by humans of Dr. Jacob Lane played Stephan Lea, imprisoning Selene in the cryogenic suspension. After many years of being frozen, Selene escapes and it turns out that she thinks that Michael has escaped too. She can tell because she can see the flashbacks through her eyes. Um, okay then. As she escapes, a young vampire called David joins in with her and found a child named Eve. Along the way she got bitten by one of the Lycans. When Eve wasn't healing she and David had one to the coven of the Death Dealers to get her recovered then the coven is under attack by Lycans. Now this is a brutal action horror flick unlike the prequel and CGI is a little overly dated making the movie unwatchable. The fight sequences are enjoyable and brutal and they are just as brutal, violent and gory as the others unlike the prequel though but the delivery is quite poor. When Selene says that the humans kidnapped Eve, she has just said that they kidnapped Eve who is actually her daughter so when Selene sees her own flashbacks of Eve, she had just realised that she is her daughter so the Lycans had intended to use her DNA to enhance themselves, primarily to make themselves immune to silver and to further enhance their own fast healing. After the end battle sequence and the sirens arrived, Selene and her friends are still looking for Michael so I guess the Lycans are looking for him again so I guess I have to watch another film of Underworld called Underworld: Blood Wars. Underworld: Awakening is not as good as the others for a certain extent but had to agree that is entire mediocre. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 06/22/23 Full Review Red_Fives 2 A bit more straightforward than the others, but very entertaining nonetheless (I think it's my favorite so far). I enjoyed Selene's development and there's some cool new characters I hope to see more of, but they did my boy Michael dirty in this one! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Liam D There is some dumb fun to be had with it and I did enjoy that fun but by the end the coolness and the dumbness are a bit too much Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/30/22 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Matt Singer Time Out Chicago Also missing... most of the so-called Lycans who, their appearance in a few respectable action sequences notwithstanding, are now nearly extinct. So is this franchise. Rated: 1/5 Feb 1, 2012 Full Review Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com Selene's return is a welcome one. Rated: 2.5/4 Jan 27, 2012 Full Review Joe Leydon Variety Once again, Beckinsale brings an impressive physicality and subzero cool to her portrayal of Selene. Jan 23, 2012 Full Review Iván Kazi EscribiendoCine Underworld: Awakening sticks to its parameters but stifles its efficacy by taking the fight above ground. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 4/10 Jun 21, 2023 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review There’s little reason for anyone outside of blindly devoted fans to seek it out. Rated: 0.5/4 Feb 23, 2023 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com On a weekend where virtually every film is flawed yet entertaining this is one film that is simply flawed. Rated: 2.0/4.0 Sep 26, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis In the years since she and her human-lycan lover, Michael, defeated Elder Marcus, vampire warrior Selene (Kate Beckinsale) has been taken captive by humans, while they wage an all-out war against both lycans and vampires. Awakening after more than a decade, Selene discovers that Michael is dead, but that she has given birth to his daughter, Eve. Shunned by nearly all surviving vampires, save one (Theo James), even Selene seems powerless against her latest opponent: a genetically enhanced lycan.
      Director
      Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein
      Executive Producer
      David Kern, James McQuaide, David Coatsworth, Eric Reid, Skip Williamson, Henry Winterstern
      Screenwriter
      Len Wiseman, John Hlavin, J. Michael Straczynski, Allison Burnett
      Distributor
      Sony Pictures Entertainment
      Production Co
      Lakeshore Entertainment
      Rating
      R (Strong Violence and Gore|Some Language)
      Genre
      Fantasy, Action, Horror
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jan 20, 2012, Wide
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jul 4, 2012
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $62.3M
      Sound Mix
      SDDS, Dolby Digital
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