Fresh
Once again, Beckinsale brings an impressive physicality and subzero cool to her portrayal of Selene.
Joe Leydon, Variety
Underworld: Awakening
Vengeance Returns
2012 · 1h 28m · R
Action, Fantasy, Horror
Directed by
Måns Mårlind
,
Björn Stein
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Måns Mårlind Director
- Björn Stein Director
- Kate Beckinsale as Selene
- Stephen Rea as Dr. Jacob Lane
- Michael Ealy as Detective Sebastian
- Theo James as David
- India Eisley as Eve
- Charles Dance as Thomas
- Sandrine Holt as Lida
- Richard Cetrone as Lycan 1
- Sanny van Heteren as British newscaster
- Jacob Blair as Kolb (Officer)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
26%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Kate Beckinsale's "Selene" remains one-note, but it's a wildly entertaining note.
Laremy Legel, Film.com
Fresh
The combat quotient, to the movie's credit, is way up, with narrative folderol kept to a minimum.
Andy Webster, New York Times
Rotten
The most generic entry of the bunch.
Tom Russo, Boston Globe
Rotten
There's not much to this movie beyond a slick procession of dark, gleaming violence.
David Hiltbrand, Philadelphia Inquirer
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