The Blood Wars finale takes place inside an old mansion and involves a horde of werewolves with guns shooting a coven of vampires with guns, which seems like the logical apex for this vampires-and-werewolves-shooting-each-other-obsessed series. The werewolves — while still in human form — use imposing metal riot shields, because these movies are nothing if not obsessed with cool-looking tactical gear. In fact, many of this franchise's mysteries can be explained with the words, "Because it looks cool.
Because, at least to a certain sensibility, it looks cool. Instead, it is functional, a dutiful franchise placeholder, a fix when you want it, the cinematic equivalent of Hot Pockets. At just 91 minutes, it delivers the vampires-fighting-werewolves action Underworld audiences crave in easy, compact form.
But they make money, every time, and because the budgets are small, each new installment is relatively low-risk.
She certainly elevates the material. Mitra, who plays the daughter of vampire lord Viktor, is effectively a Beckinsale stand-in; that the two look somewhat alike is actually a plot point. These are movies that may be best experienced on late-night cable, viewed in distracted fragments rather than binged all at once, as I did last weekend. At the same time, there are ways in which the Underworld franchise stands out.
On the one hand, Blood Wars flows directly out of the events of Awakening , which takes the series in a new direction but still leans heavily on the events of the first three films. What they are is consistent. Consistency is an underrated virtue in franchise filmmaking, especially with a series that switches directors so often.
The competent consistency of the Underworld movies over five movies and 14 years is likely one of the reasons the franchise has lasted as long as it has. Our mission has never been more vital than it is in this moment: to empower through understanding. Financial contributions from our readers are a critical part of supporting our resource-intensive work and help us keep our journalism free for all.
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Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email. Kate Beckinsale returns to the Underworld franchise once more in the new Blood Wars. Sony Underworld: Blood Wars , the latest installment in the now-venerable vampires-with-guns-versus-werewolves-with-guns franchise, has everything you want from an Underworld movie — namely a lot of vampires with guns fighting a lot of werewolves with guns.
Bill Nighy as Viktor in Underworld. Boring male companion Theo James? Sony As in every Underworld movie, tracking lineage and bloodlines plays an important role. Well, everything appears to be in order here. Sony The Blood Wars finale takes place inside an old mansion and involves a horde of werewolves with guns shooting a coven of vampires with guns, which seems like the logical apex for this vampires-and-werewolves-shooting-each-other-obsessed series. Why does Kate Beckinsale keep doing these movies?
Just give it to me straight: Should I go see Blood Wars in the theater? Underworld: Evolution opens in —technically the earliest scene of the entire franchise—but the bulk of the sequel takes place almost immediately after the events of Underworld. The third short film in Endless War sees Selene return to Paris once again, this time in the year to set up the events of In the time between the two films, the human race has become completely aware of both vampires and Lycans. The final film of the franchise for now!
After a third of a century on the air, 'The Simpsons' will give Smithers someone to love. Vinnie Mancuso is a Senior Editor at Collider, where he is in charge of all things related to the film 'Aquaman,' among other things. You can also find his pop culture opinions on Twitter VinnieMancuso1 or being shouted out a Jersey City window between 4 and 6 a. With her fame firmly established, she followed up with films such as Click , Vacancy and Whiteout. In , Beckinsale met fellow actor Michael Sheen and fell in love with him.
The two maintained an eight year long relationship, into which a daughter, Lily Sheen , was born. While filming Underworld , Beckinsale met and began a relationship with director Len Wiseman , which culminated in a breakup between herself and Sheen, as well as between Wiseman and his wife.
In , Beckinsale married Wiseman, who she later divorced in Beckinsale initially turned down the role of Vampire heroine Selene, believing that a film about Vampires and Werewolves wasn't the type of role she was looking for.
Director Len Wiseman later called and begged her to look at the script; motivating Beckinsale to begin looking through drawings Wiseman had sent her of Selene. Beckinsale was stunned to see that the drawings were clearly based on her own likeness, and accepted the part. From there, Beckinsale's character has become the center of the Underworld universe , and she has taken the lead role in four of the five films in the series.
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