Underworld 5: Blood Wars

My first – and probably last – Underworld. Because apart from the beautiful Prague and Selene, who I just have to admire even as a woman, there wasn't really anything to watch. The film is completely lacking in any kind of suspense, so it was not at all easy to keep my mind on the film. I wouldn't even rate the action scenes as above average. In short, if I wasn't in the theater I probably wouldn't have watched it. 1.5 stars (13.12.2016)

Chaos and mayhem with the ever-so-attractive Kate Beckinsale, who unfortunately has nothing to work with, so she only looks good. The Prague locations will please any local, but the creators didn't get much out of it except for some panoramas of the city and the Hluboká palace. There is little to say about the atmosphere and build-up of the plot, and the whole thing is very dull and repetitive in the same patterns of intrigue and twists. I sincerely hope this is the last installment of the series, because I'm still searching in vain for that original and somewhat Matrix-like style from the first one. (19.03.2017)

(UCI Kinowelt, Potsdam, Deutschland, 7.12.2016) Blood Wars, auf das ich als langjähriger Underworld-Fan schon lange gewartet habe, hat mir von den bisherigen fünf Teilen am wenigsten gefallen. Meine Bewertung liegt zwar immer noch in der goldenen Mitte, ist aber in diesem Fall mit drei Sternen am schwächsten. Manchmal fand ich die Handlung zu überzogen und überstürzt, und im Vergleich zu anderen Werken fehlte es an charismatischen Bösewichten. Auch einige ungenannte Plot-Twists sind leider aufgrund des schwächeren Drehbuchs ins Leere gelaufen. Kate Beckinsale bleibt ihrem Ruf als Badass treu und hält den Film einigermaßen zusammen. Fünfter (und natürlich nicht letzter) Ausflug in die Welt der Vampire und Lykaner, der zwar nichts Neues bringt, aber nach einer leichten Ausschaltung des Hirns immer noch gut anzuschauen ist. (21.12.2016)

The only reason why I’m not giving this a “Boo” this time is Kate Beckinsale, who is fighting a losing battle with the script, direction, logic, and the like. She stubbornly refuses to give up and I can’t help rooting for her in her desperate attempts. Everything else is a sheer disaster, including Theo James's performance, a vampire get-together that looks like a typical German swingers party, vampire Valkyries, and, wait for it, vampire mirror reflections. (18.04.2017)

The film Underworld: Blood Wars tries to get you excited about the action, but it's just boring. It's too full of special effects, too slow-motioned, and there isn't actually a single scene that would truly stick in your memory. Yes, it's very bloody in places, but that's just to get you out of the horrible boredom. It didn't work out so well for me. Underworld: Blood Wars is a big disappointment for me, and I hope that the hints of a sixth episode that were in the ending are not confirmed. (05.03.2017)