Synopsis
Having escaped years of imprisonment, vampire warrioress Selene finds herself in a changed world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species. Now Selene must battle the humans and a frightening new breed of super Lycans to ensure the death dealers' survival.
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Cast
- Kate BeckinsaleSelene
- Stephen ReaDr. Jacob Lane
- Michael EalyDetective Sebastian
- Theo JamesDavid
- India EisleyEve
- Charles DanceThomas
- Sandrine HoltLida
- Sanny van HeterenBritish newscaster
- Jacob BlairKolb (Officer)
- Robert LawrensonWaterfront Cop
Recommendations
- 70
Variety
Once again, Beckinsale brings an impressive physicality and subzero cool to her portrayal of Selene. - 70
Time
Not quite in the class of the first film, Underworld 4 is still the most enlightened girl-power film of the week, nosing out Gina Carano's "Haywire" by the length of Pinocchio's proboscis. - 70
Village Voice
The entire production is single-mindedly, earnestly devoted to serving up feats of BADASS, and it succeeds in this devotion to the exclusion of everything else. Allegedly in 3-D, though I didn't notice at the time. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
Why are they fighting again? Never you mind. Just sit tight till the next action sequence (it won't be long), and get ready to laugh - with equal parts scorn and fanboy joy - as Beckinsale strikes another Rodinesque pose under a slo-mo shower of inhuman innards. - 50
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Anyway, "Children of Men" this ain't, though the inert directing of Len Wiseman (who helmed the first two films and has a producer credit here) has thankfully been replaced by Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein, who seem to have a lot more verve and even some visual whimsy. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
More aggressively violent and thankfully less mythology driven than previous installments, Underworld: Awakening is strictly for the converted. - 40
Empire
Not a complete disaster, but also not the vampire / werewolf mash we've always wanted. - 35
Movieline
Murky and perpetually bluish in tinge, Underworld: Awakening does and gets little with the 3-D in which it's being offered, and ends by shamelessly setting up a further and fatally unnecessary installment.
