Review of Underworld: Evolution (2006) by Alex R — 06 Feb 2011

Considering that the first Underworld film was a highly entertaining blend of action and horror, one could hope that the sequel, Underworld: Evolution would be a better film than the first. Alas, it is not.

The film ventures the same territory as the first, but lingers on sloppy, dull ideas that seem to be forced and totally developed. What I mean is the film seemed rushed and the ideas though interesting seemed tired and uninspired.

The film looks great with gothic overtones, much like the first one, but the film suffers from a bad direction in story. The film takes a look at the origin of the blood feud between Vampires and Lycans, which is a cool idea, but fails because like I've said, the film feels like its rushed a bit simply for the sake of appealing fans of the first one.

Underworld: Evolution had enormous potential to be a terrific sequel, instead it's the exact opposite. I remember going in the theatre with high hopes, as I thoroughly enjoyed the first one, and came out very disappointed.

The film felt too long and after a while I lost interest and kept wishing it was over. One thing that stood out of the first film was the whole back story of it all, boy was it interesting, the detail and the why the Vampires and Lycans waged a 1000 year long war.

Truly original. But in this entry, the film was badly written and poorly conceived. The ideas were there but they didn't come to fruition whatsoever. Fans of the first film might be disappointed in this sequel as what made the first sequel so good is omitted for something that doesn't make sense most of the time.

Underworld: Evolution is a missed opportunity to have done something great, but unfortunately it wasn't the case. The felt more boring than anything and was practically a rehash of ideas seen from the first film.

Instead of elaborating on the ideas and story seen in the first film, we are given essentially the same film with a different tone and mood, and the end result is disappointing. Even if at times it's entertaining, it's fairly mediocre.