Okay, so you’re a fan of the Underworld series and you’re wondering "Is this another wonderful addition to the already stellar franchise"
I'm curious to know who is looking forward to this and who considers this franchise a fitting one to continue? I'll be honest and say that I haven't dabbled with all the Underworld films. Just the 03' original and the 06' sequel "Evolution" and I called it quits after that and don't bother checking out the other films, the 09' prequel "Rise of the Lycans" and the 12' "Awakeing" as the response to those films are even worse than the first two.
Now on to the blood sucking of enjoyment that is Underworld: Blood Wars
So, I know what you’re thinking, there's got to be something decent about this flick, I mean it has Vamps, Werewolves, Guns, Swords, Blood, Guts, Horrible CGI!! and ACTION! YEAH!
So, the vamps?!
These vamps are your typical emo/goth leather wearing dudes & dudet’s, honestly the costume design for the vamps were weak. It looked like the costume designer took a field trip to my old high school and just picked random emo kids and gave them a fake gun and BAM! Vamp!
Werewolves!! Those were cool right?! like the transformation scenes must have been gnarly, right?!
No. Probably some of the worst wolf transformation I've ever seen, a horrible mix of cheap looking CGI and an odd mix of costumes that are used rarely. I mean there was a scene with the wolves running away and I could bet money that the animations were copied and pasted and simply multiplied by like 7 to increase the number of on-screen wolves.
Guns! What about the damn GUNS!?
Okay this is a serious question WTF are these people shooting at and how come they can barely shoot anything? There was seriously a scene with a lead character shooting a turret with two baddies and after 15 seconds and about three clips he shoots nothing in that frame... hands down some of the worst shoot out scenes I've ever seen.
Sword play was choreographed well though? right?
*sigh* the only thing worse than the gunplay was this.
Blood & Guts come onnnn!
Do you like CGI blood and guts? This one doesn’t make sense. Out of all the things I hoped for I thought surely some gruesome deaths would be in store. Wrong. The deaths were all just quick cuts and heavy CG that took any joy from the deaths. It was all weightless and visually boring.
CGI!?
There is CGI everywhere! So, if you’re learning beginner level CGI work this actually might interest you, especially if you’re trying to master some copy and paste animation work, or just the art of mediocrity
AND finally, The action.
It was confusingly edited and shot. It was like a TV movie's level of action but the worst kind of TV movie action. Incoherent and sloppy.
So... Was there anything good from this movie?
Nope. There is nothing that I can point to that I enjoyed or thought that was entertaining.
So, in ending
1/10- Putrid
Another terrible addition into the annals of bad films and bad film franchise's Underworld: Blood Wars continues that legacy to disappoint in literally every aspect & to remind us that there are people with too much money to waste that swear someone wants more of these.
Are you a fan of the Underworld series? Speak up in the comments!
P.S I know I'm grammatically challenged so any corrections is welcomed, thanks!