Underworld: Awakening

Also missing... most of the so-called Lycans who, their appearance in a few respectable action sequences notwithstanding, are now nearly extinct. So is this franchise.

Selene's return is a welcome one.

Once again, Beckinsale brings an impressive physicality and subzero cool to her portrayal of Selene.

Kate Beckinsale's "Selene" remains one-note, but it's a wildly entertaining note.

The combat quotient, to the movie's credit, is way up, with narrative folderol kept to a minimum.

The most generic entry of the bunch.

Underworld: Awakening sticks to its parameters but stifles its efficacy by taking the fight above ground. [Full review in Spanish]

There’s little reason for anyone outside of blindly devoted fans to seek it out.

On a weekend where virtually every film is flawed yet entertaining this is one film that is simply flawed.

A pale woman in a vinyl catsuit opened fire indiscriminately today. Among the casualties were Plot and Consistency. She should be considered armed and extremely British.