Rotten
'Your incompetence is most taxing,' says the chief vampire (Bill Nighy). A line that pretty much nails this rusty Blade.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Underworld
An immortal battle for supremacy.
2003 · 2h 2m · R
Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Directed by
Len Wiseman
Overview
Vampires and werewolves have waged a nocturnal war against each other for centuries. But all bets are off when a female vampire warrior named Selene, who's famous for her strength and werewolf-hunting prowess, becomes smitten with a peace-loving male werewolf, Michael, who wants to end the war.
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30%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The sort of movie in which the head vampire telegraphs his evil by using a cell phone and dressing like the Kinks' Ray Davies in the early '80s.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten
Dark Shadows for the Playstation 2 generation.
Scott Von Doviak, Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Fresh
I've been waiting a long time to see a Shakespearean werewolf vampire movie and here it is.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
125 minutes is a long time to stare at a movie that's basically in bleached blue-and-white with occasional splotches of brick red.
David Edelstein, Slate
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