#StokerScore 3/10
International film distribution is a matter of pot luck in my opinion. Herte in Indonesia we sometimes get movies well in advance of the release dates in The UK and US, at other times we can be a long way behind. Still, whenever we get the advance screenings I can't help feeling a little priviledged, well, in most cases that is.
I can never remember if the Underworld franchise began as a movie that became a comic book, or a comic book which became a movie but what I do know is this; Kevin Gervioux, a Canadian actor and screenwriter-cum-bodybuilder with a voice that reminds one of a cross between the Bald Eagle on the Muppets and walking on loose gravel, created a visually excellent if not particularly well written account of a war between vampires and werewolves...and he was the writer!
Coming out five years before the drivel that was the Twilight, Underworld had blood and battles, a fancy steampunk-ish/celtic visual, Matrix-style, fetishistic black leather and pvc costumes and Kate Beckinsale. The story, as I said earlier, was a little bit confusing with some plotholes and narrative devices that didn't warrant too close a scrutiny but dammnit the first couple were FUN.
With Blood Wars the whole thing just seems to be a mess. Internal politics in the Lycan and Vampire ranks are messy, the dialogue is messy, the plot is messy, and it's just NOT FUN anymore. I can tell this because none of the cast, even Cahrles Dance and Lara Pulver hamming it up, seem to be having any fun any more either. It's as if the whole oh-no-we-have-to-rid-the-world-of-vampires-/-lycans-again thing has just become too much for everyone and the end of the movie comes as a relief for both audience and cast alike. Sure they've left the door open for may more movies but I hope they can agree not to.
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