Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

I think I liked this movie better than Victoria did. But it wasn’t much more than good, campy fun. I think anybody going into it expecting more than that will be disappointed. This is the kind of movie you watch on a big screen TV through a surround sound system with the volume cranked up. Otherwise, there’s no real point. But I think it fits in well with the other Underworld movies. If you liked the others, you’ll like this one.
There’s not much else I can say about it. This movie fills in the backstory of the other movies. As prequels go, it does its job, filling in some of the blanks about the war between the vampires and werewolves. If that’s your kind of thing, you’ll like this movie. If I have any real complaint, it’s that Rhona Mitra just isn’t the ass-kicker in this movie that Kate Beckinsale was in the others.
3 out of 5 stars