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Underworld: Awakening

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26% Tomatometer 76 Reviews 62% Popcornmeter 50,000+ Ratings
In the years since she and her human-lycan lover, Michael, defeated Elder Marcus, vampire warrior Selene has been taken captive by humans, while they wage an all-out war against both lycans and vampires. Awakening after more than a decade, Selene discovers that Michael is dead, but that she has given birth to his daughter, Eve. Shunned by nearly all surviving vampires, save one, even Selene seems powerless against her latest opponent: a genetically enhanced lycan.
Underworld: Awakening

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Critics Consensus

There's more vapid action and less story in Underworld Awakening than previous installments, making the whole affair feel inconsequential.

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Matt Singer Time Out Chicago Feb 1, 2012
1/5
Also missing... most of the so-called Lycans who, their appearance in a few respectable action sequences notwithstanding, are now nearly extinct. So is this franchise. Go to Full Review
Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com Jan 27, 2012
2.5/4
Selene's return is a welcome one. Go to Full Review
Joe Leydon Variety Jan 23, 2012
Once again, Beckinsale brings an impressive physicality and subzero cool to her portrayal of Selene. Go to Full Review
Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Feb 23, 2023
0.5/4
There’s little reason for anyone outside of blindly devoted fans to seek it out. Go to Full Review
Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 26, 2020
2.0/4.0
On a weekend where virtually every film is flawed yet entertaining this is one film that is simply flawed. Go to Full Review
Johnny Gayzmonic Fanboys of the Universe Nov 4, 2018
5/10
A pale woman in a vinyl catsuit opened fire indiscriminately today. Among the casualties were Plot and Consistency. She should be considered armed and extremely British. Go to Full Review
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George P Jan 20, 2019 Another phenomenal installment to this epic franchise!
Theodore L Dec 26, 2018 frankly the best of all the selene saga returns and returns in a very epic and involvidable way more powerful than ever, is a perfect antihero in this action adventure. See more
Poe W Oct 30, 2018 They better bring Michael back in the next films!!!!!! have watched on my boxxy software .always find all movies and serials there and for freee See more
Kylo R Jun 6, 2018 After the third installment of Underworld: Rise of the Lycans which I wasn't expecting it to be a prequel and it didn't follow up to a sequel which I found to be mediocre as hell. Now as mediocre then I thought and that is without further ado, Underworld: Awakening. Yes, that's right. This is actually sequel follow up to Underworld: Evolution not Rise of the Lycans where you thought there's no Kate Beckinsale as Selene and you was saying "Hello, where the f£$k are you?" This is the same f£$king reaction that I was going to get! Anyways, lets move on. After the events of Evolution, Selene is shooting bad guys and she and Michael is been captured by humans of Dr. Jacob Lane played Stephan Lea, imprisoning Selene in the cryogenic suspension. After many years of being frozen, Selene escapes and it turns out that she thinks that Michael has escaped too. She can tell because she can see the flashbacks through her eyes. Um, okay then. As she escapes, a young vampire called David joins in with her and found a child named Eve. Along the way she got bitten by one of the Lycans. When Eve wasn't healing she and David had one to the coven of the Death Dealers to get her recovered then the coven is under attack by Lycans. Now this is a brutal action horror flick unlike the prequel and CGI is a little overly dated making the movie unwatchable. The fight sequences are enjoyable and brutal and they are just as brutal, violent and gory as the others unlike the prequel though but the delivery is quite poor. When Selene says that the humans kidnapped Eve, she has just said that they kidnapped Eve who is actually her daughter so when Selene sees her own flashbacks of Eve, she had just realised that she is her daughter so the Lycans had intended to use her DNA to enhance themselves, primarily to make themselves immune to silver and to further enhance their own fast healing. After the end battle sequence and the sirens arrived, Selene and her friends are still looking for Michael so I guess the Lycans are looking for him again so I guess I have to watch another film of Underworld called Underworld: Blood Wars. Underworld: Awakening is not as good as the others for a certain extent but had to agree that is entire mediocre. See more
Rey L Jan 15, 2018 Kate Beckinsale is back! "Underworld Awakening" is a good continuation from Underworld Evolution and it tells a pretty interesting story where the humans are hunting the Vampires and Lycans. The CGI is better than the previous installments and the action is still just as fun. It was great to see Kate Beckinsale back as Selene. See more
Albus M Nov 8, 2017 Dumb bad underworld movie.
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Synopsis In the years since she and her human-lycan lover, Michael, defeated Elder Marcus, vampire warrior Selene has been taken captive by humans, while they wage an all-out war against both lycans and vampires. Awakening after more than a decade, Selene discovers that Michael is dead, but that she has given birth to his daughter, Eve. Shunned by nearly all surviving vampires, save one, even Selene seems powerless against her latest opponent: a genetically enhanced lycan.
Director
Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein
Producer
Len Wiseman, Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Richard S. Wright
Screenwriter
John Hlavin, J. Michael Straczynski, Allison Burnett
Distributor
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co
Lakeshore Entertainment
Rating
R (Strong Violence and Gore|Some Language)
Genre
Fantasy, Action, Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 20, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 4, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$62.3M
Runtime
1h 29m
Sound Mix
SDDS, Dolby Digital
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