Underworld (2003)

My rating 6.5/10

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A vampire warrior, Selena is on the front line of a violent war between vampites and werewolves. She starts to fall for a man named Michael only to find that the werewolves are hunting him down for unknown rreasons.

I will openly admit that the only reson I gave this a chance was to see Kate Beckinsale in a leather outfit. I will also admit that I also really enjoyed the movie as a whole when I looked past that. Sure, some of the acting isn't great and some of the dialogue is a bit daft, but as a modern action / horror movie it's great fun.

Kate is wonderfully sexy as Selena and Michael Sheen and the always excellent Bill Nighy give great performances. The over use of CGI is quite annoying and often takes you out of the moment, especially some of the werewolf transformations which really haven't aged well, but there's some decent gore along the way and some of the fight scenes are well done. I also like the cinematography and the film does look great. I'd give this a definate recommendation.

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