MOVIE REVIEW: UNDERWORLD - RISE OF THE LYCANS

Edwards Theatre Manchester Center Location on Saturday, February 7,2009 7:30pm Showing

It was a dark and overcast night. The moisture and cold were dominating the air when we got our tickets at the movie theater. You thought I meant the movie, no silly. We, a friend of mine we will call "Justice Man" (We'll get into that story another time) and me, just arrived from a nice dinner of fish tacos and decided to see a movie of his choosing being the prequel in the Underworld movie storyline called Rise Of The Lycans.

This is the third movie to come from a story developed by Kate Beckinsale's husband, Les Wiseman. The first two films, Underworld and Underworld: Evolution, were directed by Wiseman, but the prequel was directed by Patrick Tatopoulos, who supervised over creature designs of the first two films.

The movie begins where Victor the Head Death Dealer or Vampire, played by Bill Nighy, spares the life of a baby crossbreed of warewolf (lycan) and human he named Lucian. As he gets older, Lucian, played by Michael Sheen, starts to realize his place in Victor's matriarch world while falls in love with Victor's daughter, Sonja, played by Rhona Mitra. The movie goes at a good pace by keeping a very good timeline and staying true to the story which gives credit to Tatopoulos directing skills and leads us to the first Underworld movie. The look of the film also stays true to the first two thanks to Tatopoulos which made me think while watching it when is the black metal band Dimmu Borgir going to pop out and play one of their songs praising satan. Not a great thought but that was all I could think about while watching it.

Overall, I enjoyed the film and wouldn't mind seeing the first two over again. Plus the Underworld series of movies are not like the typical horror films genre. You get to see more story than gore and reasons why certain actions happen. Its more like an action/horror film, not pop out and scare you every single blasted minute (which I personally hate). Go and see it without the kids. AND!!!!!!! TURN OFF OR PUT ON SILENT YOUR CELL PHONE!

A Change

Since I have nothing better to do than to play with my blog, I decided put a picture of my favorite drums, DW Drums, in my title heading. Plus I made an addition to the title in case you don't notice. But I will change that picture to a good photo of my actual drumset made by DW Drums plus Sabian Cymbals, Ziljdian Hi-Hats, Evans Drum Heads, and Vater Stick Holders. Let me know what you think but then I don't care....ok I do.

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