A very action-orientated and focused chapter in the series, and that and a more badass Selene is a welcomed freshness. Still more miss than hit in the action-sequences though, and the plot isn't much to care about. *Preview*: #12#, popcorn, 'pt1-3', Kate B/7-3.

It’s not a good movie to start with, but the 3D sure made it worse. It’s just more of the same here, but with almost no plot at all. I don’t even really remember what happened in the film anymore. Very little, as I recall. There were a couple of kinda cool action shots, but nothing we haven’t seen before. I found myself bored. Pretty much the only good thing was Kate Beckinsale. And I don’t mean her acting, which was completely void of emotion. I just mean how hot she is in skin-tight leather.

Disappointing run-time and ending, but decent fight scenes (even they don't feel like enough) which is all I ask of an Underworld movie. Definitely needs some more interesting characters besides Selene, because she ain't cutting it whenever she's not killing something.

If it wasn't for its visuals, I would have rated it even lower. Kate's character became an over the top kickass assassin while getting increasingly more powerful. The lycans, as usual looked down upon, continue to be dumb and easy to beat. The plot in itself is passable, and I thank the director for keeping it slightly over an hour long because, by the end of the film, I couldn't take it anymore; it was just too retarded how little sense things make overall. Disappointed!

More of the same from the series. You know if you like it by this point.

It's a cool idea to take the series somewhat away from vampires versus lycans and turn it instead towards the battle of both against humanity once they are discovered. At least on the surface (DUN DUN DUN!). I was really digging it, it gives you the action you want, it has a storyline you can work with even if you're not a big connoisseur of the series, the CGI is forgivably crummy in places but it has characters that I feel are worthy of empathy. A bit quick & a bit short but worth your time.

not that bad, i taste like the first movie.

eng; [Underworld: Awakening]; bei ihrer flucht wird das liebespaar getrennt und die vampirin erwacht 12 jahre später mit einer geheimnisvollen tochter.; (sehr blutig);

It will be a 'Cinema Series' I presume. Finish the story already! The first one was ok, and that was it!

I fucking hate shit like this.

This is actually better than the previous (dreadful) installment of this franchise. Kate Beckinsale still can't act and her co-stars are all terrible but it does have moments of high camp value. The Lycans hopping around trashing cars is amusing and so is every acrobatic gun scene which ends with a sexy pose. That's to be expected but there are gloriously preposterous moments of gore such as a silver dust grenade gibbing a werewolf from the inside out. Watch it in 3d if you must.

Great effects.

As a fan of the Underworld franchise, I was pretty let down with this one.

The action is okay. But who cares? The best reason to watch crap like this and the 'Resident Evil' franchise is that Kate and Milla are gorgeous. So I guess it doesn't really matter that this is pretty damn bad. And the filmmakers even have the good sense to leave out unnecessities like plot and keep the running time mercifully short. So thanks for that.

Awakening has more action than the previous Underworlds, at the expensive of story and mythology that made the first films passable

Can't say I expected even a mediocre movie. Question now is, whether they can make even worse sequel to this.

Short and full of action. I thought the 10 mins of action at the start really dulled the senses rather than setting anything up, and it couldn't grab me once the film slowed down and tried to tell a story. Selene is pretty unlikeable in this really, streets away from the first movie which I still like a lot. Plenty of gore and action, but it ultimately felt hollow with nothing supporting it.

Not so good

Just stop. The first one was good but it just gets worse and worse every time.

The good: Kate Beckinsale running around in a latex catsuit kicking ass was fun. The bad: plot was uneven & dumb.

Can manage to follow the plot even missing the first half by accident. A film that is good if you just want to see mostly senseless fighting, but don't look too hard for plot development.

While not awful this is easily the worst in the series and I wasn't even a fan to begin with. It has some good music though but the rest of it struggles to get above simple mediocrity. The film doesn't even have a proper conclusive ending.

All that damn smoke at the beginning when Kate fell out the ice you couldn't see anything.

Action packed, but a bit touching and all that. I'd say it's missing one thing: small talk. I'd loved it all the more if the series had that instead of vamps loading guns without saying a word.

The long-winded narration that opens each film now sounds like a reminder of mediocrity 2 come by this point. Having said that, this is 1 of the better sequels if 4 no other reason than it's short & the latex-clad Beckinsale's back. There r actually some surprising plot twists as well & the non-stop action sequences r decently staged. The film only derails when it stops 4 a ridiculously clichéd discussion about whether it's better 2 hide from persecution or fight back, but it's thankfully brief.

Ok.. pretty much a standard action movie with a weak story. But you gotta admit, you're not gonna just let it go by without watching it :). It's a must see for that reason, and only for that reason.. because after you watch it, you tell yourself "I knew it" and "I told you so" it's not going to be anything special anyway :). Great special effects. More of the same.

not the best, still want more tho

Sentimental ranking. *hangs head in shame*