Underworld: Awakening
2012 · Directed by Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein
Original language: English
- fantasy
- action
- horror
The story
Having escaped years of imprisonment, vampire warrioress Selene finds herself in a changed world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species. Now Selene must battle the humans and a frightening new breed of super Lycans to ensure the death dealers' survival.
What it’s like
Cold, desaturated blues and sickly greens dominate, with the industrial glow of fluorescent-lit labs and rain-slick city streets punctuated by the sudden orange of fire and muzzle flash. The camera is restless but legible: fast handheld tracking through corridors, slow-motion slashes, and a glossy digital finish that makes every wet surface gleam. Sound leans on a thudding, electronic score and heavy percussion, with gunfire and snarls cutting through near-silence in the quieter stretches. The mood is grim, sleek and urgent, a kind of cold-steel gothic that tilts toward post-apocalyptic paranoia. It suits a late-night action binge or a loud evening alone, and fits viewers who want stylised genre spectacle with a steady pulse of menace. Violence is frequent and bloody, with stabbings, shootings and creature gore throughout, and the horror is more about visceral savagery than lingering dread. Its emotional register stays hard-edged, with the heroine's fierce, lonely defiance at the centre, and the pacing rarely lets up. Not suited to anyone wanting something gentle.
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