Underworld Awakening (2012) Movie Review

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

Underworld Awakening has enough and more spellbinding action to keep you engaged. Frightening stunts and special effects are worth that theatre ticket.....Read Full Review

Kate Beckinsale is back in fighting and spandex form in the vampire-werewolves series. "Awakening" the best movie in the burgeoning "Underworld" franchise or the worst, depending, I suppose, on how deeply you value the series' previous strained attempts at myth-making.....Read Full Review

What’s Good: The action sequences; the visual and special effects; Kate Beckinsale’s performance.

What’s Bad: The lack of emotional connect between the audience and the film’s characters; the wafer-thin plot; the excessive violence and bloodshed that may put off some viewers.

Verdict: Underworld: Awakening is a good action fare that will do fair business in select multiplexes in the Indian cities.....Read Full Review

Alas, even the sight of Beckinsale in her black catsuit ceases to delight after a while, since most of Underworld: Awakening is shot in the dark, made all the more so by the damned 3-D glasses.....Read Full Review

Death is in vogue in Underworld: Awakening, but only insofar as it can be leveraged to shock and awe the desensitized living. The only thing that manages to outpace Underworld: Awakening's ineptitude is its utter soullessness, its nihilistic glamour amounting to little more than trendy feminism and lip service to maternal drive....Read Full Review

Watch the film if you've been a fan of the franchise, but be prepared for a lot of ho-hum moments between the actions sequences. And if slashing, biting and stabbing floats your boat, you might just end up enjoying this one. Sadly, my boat is still struggling to stay afloat.....Read Full Review

If you’re a fan of the first Underworld film, but thought the sequel (Evolution) and the prequel (Rise of the Lycans) were diminished efforts, you won’t find redemption in this fourth installment. However, if you’ve enjoyed all of the films for what they are, you’ll probably get a bit of enjoyment out of this one as well.....Read Full Review

Underworld: Awakening could have been head and shoulders better than the other entries in the series. Instead, it’s just marginally better, which to fans and action enthusiasts will probably be as fulfilling as watching a few Lycan throats get ripped out, MacGruber style....Read Full Review