Screen Gems, Lakeshore Entertainment, Saturn Films,

Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, Michael Ealy, Theo James, India Eisley, Charles Dance

Now that humans have learned of the existence of both they Lycan and Vampire clans, they started a war of cleansing to wipe out both species. Both clans have moved into hiding and are struggling to survive. Selene (Kate Beckinsale), a vampire warrior has been frozen and kept hidden deep inside a lab for experimentation. She was captured 12 years ago, but someone has suddenly thawed her out and she escapes to the outside, and begins a war of survival against the Lycans who now have found a way to eliminate their main weakness to silver, and as a consequence have grown to 2 or 3 times the size and power. Selene finds out the the one who freed her was the other specimen who is a very, very special little girl.

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you will probably know that I’m not much of a super-hero fan. I typically am not too interested in films of this genre. But for some reason, this franchise is really excellent. So I went to the theater opening weekend to give this one a shot. I was very pleasantly surprised. The action is intense, as always, but the story is very good. It has a lot of surprises, and it’s raw energy from start to finish. As Selene is figuring out what’s going on, so are we. It’s a very entertaining film, never boring, and a pleasant surprise. Underworld still has it. Kate Beckinsale is one of the best female superheroes. I really enjoyed it.

EdG – EdsReview Dot Com – A Movie Review Blog

 

 

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    Ed's Review Dot Com » This Week on DVD – 5/8/2012 said

    May 8 2012 @ 11:04 am

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