An efficient yarn about an uprising that, though we know the grim outcome, makes for a watchable diversion, even if it leaves a bad taste in your mouth.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 15, 2023

Likely to only please fans of the first two films.

| Original Score: 2.0/4.0 | Sep 26, 2020

Energetic, dark and satisfying, it does exactly what it says on the tin.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 31, 2019

| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 18, 2011

A period piece that drips mediocrity from the minute it begins.

| May 26, 2011

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 4, 2011

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.

| Original Score: B | Jun 2, 2010

Lacks the Gothic coolness that made the original such an underground hit.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 2, 2009

...can't help but come off as an obvious high point within this progressively low-rent series...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 28, 2009

Enquanto seus realizadores contam o dinheiro que ganharam com o projeto, farei o mesmo que fiz com relao aos dois primeiros captulos: publicarei este texto e esquecerei imediatamente do filme que o tornou necessrio.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Apr 17, 2009

(Has) a fidelity to the style of the originals without the tangled, overstuffed narrative.

| Original Score: 65/100 | Apr 7, 2009

Borrows from 'Romeo and Juliet,' 'The Passion of the Christ' (there are two, count 'em, two gory scourging scenes) and, especially, 'Spartacus'...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 10, 2009

Feels like a superfluous placeholder until Kate Beckinsale and Len Wiseman are available and ready to make a true third installment in the series.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 6, 2009

At least we're spared a lot of the "legacy this" and "prophecy that" stuff that slows down both of the previous Underworld adventures.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 2, 2009

The creators seem to have abandoned all hope of manufacturing anything that's even coherent, let alone imaginative.

| Original Score: C- | Feb 1, 2009

Awkward camera angles, editing and pacing of some fight sequences gives a direct-to-video at times. If you're a fan of the last two Underworld movies and are willing to suspend your disbelief and to check your brain at the door for 93 minutes, you'll at l

| Original Score: 4/10 | Jan 30, 2009

Parental Content Review

| Jan 30, 2009

Nothing special, but it convincingly transports viewers into its Medieval realm of vampires vs. werewolves.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 30, 2009

It may be a definite upswing in quality for the series, but if you thought the previous two films were overblown goth-horror nonsense, Rise Of The Lycans really isn't going to change your mind...

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 30, 2009

Uninspired prequel-slash-threequel that seems to have contractual obligation written all over it.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 30, 2009