Kate Beckinsale kept it simple for her Underworld: Awakening photocall in Madrid—simply hot. She smoldered in this red Michael Kors number from his Spring 2012 line. No accessories to be seen, she let the dress (and that resiliently fabulous hair) do the talking. Perhaps she was channeling the mastery of her bombshell Donna Karan look from her appearance on Letterman. Kate Beckinsale At last week's LA premiere, she went all out in one of Jenny Packham's glitzy masterpieces. Typically a gown would easily trump a cocktail dress, but surprisingly I much prefer the sleekness of Kate's crimson MK style.
Film Review – Underworld: Awakening 3D
One cannot deny the appeal of a hero battling it out against the likes of vampires, werewolves or zombies in an escape from film-land’s more serious feature films. We’ve seen the likes of Wesley Snipes as vampire-battling Blade and Milla Jovovich‘s Alice tackling zombies in their own franchises and the return of another other-worldly defender see’s Kate Beckinsale back in the familiar leather attire of Selene for Underworld Awakening 3D. Unfortunately a welcome return it is not.
Once again we follow the path of vampire Selene (Kate Beckinsale) who finds herself captured following ‘The Purge’, in which the humans attempt to eradicate all signs of vampire and Lycan (werewolves) life to restore peace and prosperity to everyday life. Frozen in a container and separated from her lover Michael, a half vampire, half Lycan hybrid, she escapes 12 years later and attempts to relocate her one true love.
On her journey she finds that the vampires have taken refuge underground as well as a new batch of Lycans, ready to once again overthrow the humans. As well as these revelations, Selene discovers she also has a daughter, a young girl named Eve (India Eisley) who is heavily sought after due to her unique DNA, a combination of hers and Michael’s. As the Lycans close in on Eve, Selene calls on the help of fellow vampire David (Theo James) and human Detective Sebastian (Michael Ealy) to ensure that no harm comes to her highly valuable child and the Lycans are once again thwarted in their plans to be the dominant race.
In this fourth instalment of the Underworld saga we find ourselves witness to an unnecessary and highly dissatisfying entry into the vampire sub-genre. Lacking any real structure, the film jumps from one action scene to the next hardly giving itself time to breathe and reveal the full extent of its actual plot. From the word go we are thrust into an ensemble of scenes where we witness Selene kicking backside with relative ease, backed by a seriously ear piercing soundtrack which makes for more uncomfortable viewing. Jumping from one to the next, each supposed adrenaline-fuelled sequence is split by a rather rushed and poorly put together exploration into the world we are immersed in.
Indeed the world is simplistic, it’s Humans vs Vampires vs Lycans, but it is almost brushed over in favour of providing more splashing blood and gunfights than you can throw your hat at. Mix this in with the 3D element and things take a turn even further south. With an insistence on providing some impressive 3D moments, directors Björn Stein and Måns Mårlind sadly enter the realm of repetitiveness and insist on featuring smashing glass flying out of the screen a little too often and offer few other instances of the extra dimension.
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