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Underworld (2003)

Not as bad as the reviews suggest...

Not to damn it with faint praise or anything: but this really ain't that bad.

Things certainly could have been worse - as it is you get solid performances (a surprise right there), an interesting story which keeps you guessing till the end, some good action sequences and some cool looking creature effects (Bill Nighy looks cool!).

Underworlds biggest fault is probably it's over reliance on a sense of style filched from better films like Dark City and the Matrix. Am I the only one out there who is bored with characters skulking round blue lit, rain soaked streets in figure hugging black PVC, dark sunglasses and trench coats? Well worth a look if you need to see vampires fighting werewolves, and definitely a lot better than it probably should have been.