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(1 - 23) of 23 OFCS Rating: 30% Rotten Page   1   "Storytelling here runs completely on autopilot, sailing through a series of jittery action sequences while hitting every cliched high note along the way."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   A. J. Hakari 2.5/5 "Lacks the Gothic coolness that made the original such an underground hit."   Cut Print Review   Anders Wotzke 3/4 "Left with only a small pocket of timeline to embroider, the prequel manages to develop a breezy, bloody, operatic experience. Even better, it wipes away the toxic awfulness of Evolution. It's now safe to return to the Underworld."   Sci-Fi Movie Page   Brian Orndorf C- "Director Patrick Tatopoulos is in over his head with a movie that should, but probably won't, put a final nail in Underworld's monochromatic coffin."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 2.5/4 "...can't help but come off as an obvious high point within this progressively low-rent series..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 1/4 "Looking like a low-rent, fraction-of-the-cost cousin to the previous two efforts, the franchise's latest (and hopefully last) entry is muddy-looking, undistinguished, and frustratingly minimal in scope."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman C- "The creators seem to have abandoned all hope of manufacturing anything that's even coherent, let alone imaginative."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider D- "Every bit as inane and tedious as its predecessors."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2/4 "The storyline essentially replicates that of Underworld and Underworld: Evolution, meaning that if you've seen one or both of them, there's no compelling reason to spend your hard earned dollars on the third."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli "Parental Content Review"   Screen It!   Jim Judy .5/4 "Bad even for a movie about vampires and werewolves, this "Underworld" prequel should, at the very least, be the final nail in this franchise's (ahem) coffin."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 2/5 "o mehri tora production designer tis seiras, me to Rise of the Lycans soy dinei kai mia anapterosi stis elpides soy oti to Underworld tha mporoyse na ginei aksiologotato franchise, an kapoioi to epairnan liiiigo sta sobara"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 3.0/4.0 "... bookends the original with its sequel (Evolution) so well that the three films presented together are actually better than each of the trilogy's three individual parts."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 3.5/5 "For all you guys who were dragged kicking and screaming to Twilight last year, here's your chance to show your woman what a real vampire movie is all about."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr "Silly, convoluted supernatural prequel is partially redeemed by its Goth style and reputable lead actors."   Film Journal International   Maitland McDonagh 2.5/4 "Feels like a superfluous placeholder until Kate Beckinsale and Len Wiseman are available and ready to make a true third installment in the series."   TheMovieReport.com   Michael Dequina 3/5 "Not deep or particularly good, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans is the kind of innocuous fluff that will appeal to fans of the earlier entries. Everyone else can safely skip it."   Mike Bracken's Horror Films   Mike Bracken 1/5 "Enquanto seus realizadores contam o dinheiro que ganharam com o projeto, farei o mesmo que fiz com relação aos dois primeiros capítulos: publicarei este texto e esquecerei imediatamente do filme que o tornou necessário."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 1/5 ". . .a prequel that discards Beckinsale's character altogether (all the better to keep the budget down) while providing an origin story chock-full of the kind of ponderously uninteresting backstory that practically no one was clamoring for."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski B "What a strange irony that the latest and best of the three Underworld films is the only one lacking the series' biggest asset."   Mania.com   Rob Vaux 2.5/5 "At least we're spared a lot of the "legacy this" and "prophecy that" stuff that slows down both of the previous Underworld adventures."   FEARnet   Scott Weinberg 2/10 "The prequel is what's left when the shallow pleasures of the first two films have been boiled away, leaving only their worst elements behind."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton 3/4 "Michael Sheen certainly makes the most out of his role as Lucian. He's the center of attention and relishes in it. Fans of the monster-film genre will not be disappointed."   BlackFilm.com   Wilson Morales  (1 - 23) of 23 OFCS Rating: 30% Rotten Page   1