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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for EricDSnider.com (2,026) on 01 Feb 2009

The creators seem to have abandoned all hope of manufacturing anything that's even coherent, let alone imaginative…

Review of Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)

By Avi Offer (997) for NYC Movie Guru (997) on 30 Jan 2009

Awkward camera angles, editing and pacing of some fight sequences gives a direct-to-video at times…

Review of Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)

By Saxon Bullock (36) for SFX Magazine (298) on 30 Jan 2009

It may be a definite upswing in quality for the series, but if you thought the previous two films were overblown goth-horror nonsense, Rise…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 30 Jan 2009

Uninspired prequel-slash-threequel that seems to have contractual obligation written all over it…

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By Robbie Collin (1,612) for News of the World (402) on 30 Jan 2009

Basically it's Frost/Nixon to Dross/Vixen. And there's plenty to be ashamed of…

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By Alistair Harkness (1,042) for Scotsman (1,471) on 30 Jan 2009

Directed by former special effects artist Patrick Tatopoulos, it is shoddily paced and appears to have been lit with a candle, presumably to…

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By Eddie Cockrell (117) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 29 Jan 2009

The numerous action sequences, while imaginative, lack a visual cohesion that allows them to be fully appreciated…

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By Ken Hanke (2,234) for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (2,247) on 28 Jan 2009

The movie isn't without its entertainment value -- of the sillier kind, which in the cases of Michael Sheen and Bill Nighy may be intentional…

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By Tim Brayton (2,283) for Antagony & Ecstasy (1,911) on 27 Jan 2009

The prequel is what's left when the shallow pleasures of the first two films have been boiled away, leaving only their worst elements behind…

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By Beth Accomando (509) for KPBS.org (509) on 27 Jan 2009

I have to say that I did enjoy seeing Tony Blair/David Frost/Michael Sheen strutting around in an action film. The incongruity was most enjoyable…

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By Liz Braun (961) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 26 Jan 2009

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans is so dark at all times and so generally dull to boot that the biggest fight of all is the viewer's struggle…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 26 Jan 2009

It is not necessary to have seen the first two Underworld films to fully enjoy the third. It might be helpful, however, to first see a bartender…

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By John Hazelton (142) for Screen International (2,241) on 26 Jan 2009

Even with Doomsday's Rhona Mitra as a replacement sultry presence, it's likely to disappoint the franchise's core audience of young males…

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By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 26 Jan 2009

Silly, convoluted supernatural prequel is partially redeemed by its Goth style and reputable lead actors…

Review of Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)

By Glenn Whipp (553) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 26 Jan 2009

The third film in Screen Gems' grimly competent, vampires-versus-wolves franchise…

Review of Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)

By Joel Brown (10) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 26 Jan 2009

Director Patrick Tatopoulos was responsible for the creature effects in the two earlier installments, but he's not great at staging fights…

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By Andrea Chase (1,182) for Killer Movie Reviews (1,182) on 25 Jan 2009

Swords clang, three-pronged arrows whoosh, and blood spurts with the same insouciant ennui that pervades the film as a whole…

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By Rob Vaux (1,125) for Mania.com (396) on 25 Jan 2009

What a strange irony that the latest and best of the three Underworld films is the only one lacking the series' biggest asset…

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By Kevin A. Ranson (644) for MovieCrypt.com (644) on 25 Jan 2009

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By Linda Cook (1,442) for Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) (1,206) on 25 Jan 2009

Never did a movie have a more descriptive title…

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