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They Actually Made It!! The Trailer For UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS Is Here!!
Merrick here...
Apple has posted a trailer for UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS.
Bill Nighy is back, but Len Wiseman isn't directing this installment because he was busy screwing up DIE HARD & attaching himself to numerous projects he should probably stay away from.
Patrick Tatopoulos directed this instead - Geeks may recall that he's a designer/FX lord of many high-profile films. Some of his earliest work was back in Emmerich & Devlin's STARGATE and INDEPENDENCE DAY. He later went on to other stuff like PITCH BLACK, AvP, and much more.
Also not returning is Kate Beckinsale - the fetishistically agreeable female personage this time around is Rhona Mitra (DOOMSDAY).
I can't quite put my fingers on why, but something about this trailer screams '80s. Maybe it's shamelessly over-the-top lines like "We can be slaves, or we can be Lycans!". Maybe it's the idea that a dude who turns into a friggin' werewolf is loudly asserting that he isn't an "animal". I think I get the distinction they're going for here, but...ya know?
SEE FOR YOURSELF!!!
SEE FOR YOURSELF!!!
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who cares.
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The first movie was really good. New concept, good effects, good story, Becksindale in spandex, and Bill Nighy. The sequel was just terrible. The whole time the father of both races was just watching the two? It made no sense whatsoever. Although I will admit I did enjoy Nighy's performance in the sequel even better than his in the first.
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Until I started reading the reviews.
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is beter than 5th
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I dont care.
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I dont care.
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I honestly thought the first one was mildly entertaining but I got a kick out of the sequel, which ramped up the action and delivered the kind of bloody carnage that was missing the first time around. I don't really know what to say about this one other than it looks like more of the same. I guess the UNDERWORLD movies are guilty pleasures of mine.
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but i will not see this movie.
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just sayin
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Why the fuck do they need swords or guns or kung fu or horses? They're vampires and werewolves. They should fight like motherfucking pitbulls, just tearing into each other. Oh and the dialogue is fucking painful. Can someone else do a vampire vs. werewolf movie that's not "Underworld" or "Van Helsing?"
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Honestly I liked the first one, but the only thing that made me watch the 2nd was Kate. God I love her. And this sounds bad. Yet another prequel...Yawn.
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Fuck you. Live Free was MUCH BETTER than With A Vengeance, even with the Mac Guy.
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The first one was alright, couldn't make it through the second and I have no idea what the hell is going on in that preview.
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to finger paint on Rhona's costume.
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I don't care if she bites and scratches durring the process
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Which none of you asked for this movie?
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I enjoyed the first one. It had a solid cheese factor but it still held promise. The second dropped the ball. Who knows, maybe this will have some redemption value. Fun concept. It looks like a nice afternoon at the movies.
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By hollywood standards.
I hope she has a long career.
With lot o' nudity early on and a bit later gets a director that really pushes he and they both win oscars.
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Oct 23, 2008 10:36:34 PM CDT
Holy shit, was that a werewolf on the ceiling??? IT WAS!!!..
by the dum guy
First one was gay (in a sorta homo way). Werewolves on ceilings, "monsters" not being monsters, I think the lead singer from Creed was in it... I could go on, but I will only say that before the movie came out I remember a friend saying that it looked like it would be cool. I replied that it was possible, but they could have thought "Hey, we got werewolves and vampires, with guns. How can it not be cool?", and I was right. That fat bastard never had good taste in movies.
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Surprised to see Beckinsale's ex Michael Sheen back, you would think he would be somewhat bitter towards the franchise that nicked his girlfriend.
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...can't make this turd look good.
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The woman looks good, the Grecian Formula seems to be working fairly well for those old guys from the previous movies, I'll see it.
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REALLY?
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to the color blue.
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With all of those same sex couples walking around, making out everywhere. Yuk! Who wants that!?
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Cause we haven't seen a movie in a whole year with Eurotrash Vampires!!!!! Wwwweeeeee!!!!
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and confirmed my earlier statement... Nothing says 1000 years ago like PERFECTLY manicured eyebrows.. Jeez these movies are bad.. This check better get more naked than Kate did.
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...have "rise" or "rising" in the title?
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Nip/Tuck, anyone? This woman is fierce!! RAWR She was pretty great as Kit.
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he was the coolest....
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yeah he pretty much sucks turds
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Man it's getting tough out there.
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BILL NIGHY IS THE MAN! His 2 minute appearance in Underworld 2 was the only reason I bought that piece of shit movie for 4 bucks! And it as worth it! And I'll buy this one someday, just the same.
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and actually, yes. you are an animal. duh. srsly.
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Lots of people I know enjoyed this film--it was fun and full of crazy action. For a PG-13 action flick, it was HEADS above the genre competition--Wiseman did a fine job with it. But, this debate was exhausted long ago...
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...just to listen to Rhona Mitra fart over the phone, but i will NEVER watch this movie. Why can't anyone make a movie about vampires and werewolves that isn't completely retarded? I mean, there is such a gold mine of material here, literally centuries of mythology to play with, and yet they keep making these movies.
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Without her, count me out. The mythology isn't that interesting--it needs its centerpiece to work. It's like 24 carrying on without Jack Bauer...
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Looks shit as expected. Has Mitra ever been in a good movie? Someone get her into Wonder Woman! She's too hot to waste on a piece of shit like this.
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The Max Payne trailer music is the new crappy action movie generic trailer music. Good to know.
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Kate Beckinsale has a vagina made of cocaine...ahh sweet heaven.
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(rimshot) or beckensale's. can't say i have a preference, as long as they bring their catsuit.
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AN ASS LIKE HEROIN I TELL YA!!
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Kate Beckinsale's husband Len Wiseman should just have her play an original super hero, this over stuffed Matrix wanna-be vampire thing, on a shoe string budget, is long in the tooth!!!
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Who doesn't want to root for the hairy boys, when the other option is fey and boring British vamps. Also, the 80's vibe works, in a guilty pleasure kind of way.
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in the climax of part 2 when the main baddie was pulling the helicopter downwards by pulling on a rope/chain attached to the chopper? Shouldn't he be pulling himself upwards or climbing the rope instead of pulling the chopper downwards?? He didn't seem to hold on to anything else and his feet looked like they were simply standing on the ground and not anchored anywhere. It really bugged me.
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what is the great werewolf and vampire movie that this doesn't live up to?
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"Matthew Broderick did not kill Godzilla. He killed a big, dumb lizard that was *not* the real Godzilla."
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total guilty pleasures of mine, yes you could tear em apart like a hungry werewolf but fuck it, they're just fun to watch
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I've not seen the first two but this doesn't look too terrible in a camp "Sword And The Sorcerer" kind of way.
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of Die Hard With A Vengeance is better than the whole of Live Free and Die Hard.
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Bruckheimer, Michael Bay and the Wachowskis are to blame.
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She did that one with the Roswell guy, Skinwalkers, which wasn't as bad as I expected. And she was decent as Mad Maxina in Doomsday (tell me it wasn't a rip off..but I dug the hell out of it anyway). Funny how Underworld and it's sequel were treated as toilet paper by critics everywhere, yet here I read some talkbackers actually enjoying them for what they were. I can give or take them, but Rhona..in spandex, ripping it off as she starts baying at the moon? Hmmmm...that is a nice image right there. BY THE WAY...Die Hard 4.0 (as it is called downunder)...vs Vengeance?? What the fuck!? Vengeance has got mutha fucking Sam Jackson in it! And is fucking tough as nails, none of this PG bullshit. Vengeance wins hands down. Geeze. It is part of the TRUE Die Hard universe. No cheap shit.
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I remember reading that Kate Beckinsale was doing web cam strip teases for her husband. SHIT ME! Can someone please hack every 'puter on earth until they are discovered and broadcast that shit. Oh my god!
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because i find her hotter than Beckinsale myself.
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Once again he's taking everyone to war!!
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Underworld flicks are serious action films with cool looking vamps and werewolves fighting to the death. I’m glad that someone is making decent films with vampires and werewolves. If you like the genre but think these films suck, just what films to you hold in higher regard? Blade?
The fight sequence with the winged vampire attacking Speedman and Beckinsale in a speeding truck was just plain awesome, and most of the other action scenes are very good as well. I also like the blue tone look of the films and thing the film are shot beautifully
I've enjoyed the 1st two a bunch, and this one looks the same caliber from the trailer.
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idiot
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she'd be great as Diana of Themiscira.
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and a wasted opportunity. Resident Evil= Shit and a wasted opportunity. And Mundungus, you're damned right I hold blade in higher regard than both Unerworld films.
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the other night while I watched this trailer. I slapped him in his fat chops and said "I hated the first two movies but this one looks ok doesn't it bitch?...now go get me some more fucking grapes!"
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Hotter than most other actresses today and she can even act!
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How the fuck can people still be so optimistic about that turd of a movie. It was a dumbed down, kid friendly PG-13 rip off of itself. Also Justin Long? Really, after we got Sam fucking Jackson we get him? Seriously wtf???
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Monsters beating the heck out of each other... hot women in tight leather, with swords... what's not to like?
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They are guilty pleasures. Admit it. Most of us will bitch about them but if another sequel comes out, most of us will see it.
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Oct 24, 2008 6:30:33 AM CDT
Live Free and Die Hard other than the bit with the JET the movie
by j2talk
a real honest to god action movie....what movie did you see......sure it was missing the swearing,but big deal....hope they make another....
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a true jump the shark moment, but other than that it delivered....Plus it had Kevin Smith in a perfect casting choice so it gets Bonus Points
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but they need to Keep Kate Beckinsale and Len Wiseman...and start exploring more of whats out there
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One pinch of 'The Matrix', another of 'The Crow'. A Least Kate looked hot in the rubber gear. They were cool flicks in a pop video kinda' way I guess. My biggest complaint was the lousy editing and the lack of plot clarity. Patrick's a great designer, so there's some hope he may make a good a director. If Cameron and Fincher could change roles I don't see why he shouldn't try. From what I see in the trailer it looks to have kept the look. As long as the story makes sense he'll have topped the first two for me I'm sure.
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So I will have to see this just to see Tony Blair/David Frost getting savage :)
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All the Die Hards have ridiculous moments. DH had McClane falling down an elevator shaft then grabbing on to an air vent. And swinging from the roof on a firehose. DH2 had McClane duking it out on the wing of a jumbo jet that was taking off. DH3 had McClane in a train carriage as it takes out a station, outrunning a wall of water (and shooting up an exit hatch) and swinging from a bridge to a ship on a rope attached to a car. My point is that ALL the Die Hards have ridiculous moments that could never happen in real life. But they’re fun anyway. Sure, DH4 was the weakest, but I still enjoyed it more than a lot of other action films recently. Over and Out.
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They need to kill her character, by staking her out in the sunlight, while Lucius is chained up and watching, according to the first movie. If not, forget this movie.
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Oct 24, 2008 7:02:45 AM CDT
And to be fair. Live Free Or Die Hard was the best part...
by derlanghaarige
...of the whole xXx-Series! It was a stroke of genius to get Bruce Willis and name his character after the guy from Die Hard. I just missed Samuel L. Jackson, but I guess they just didn't want to explain, why he suddenly plays Augustus Gibbons and not Zeus Carver.
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those weren't grapes
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Was just keeping it censored for the kiddies. I won't tell you what he likes to do with my bot bot.
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Am I the only one who realized it was supposed to be funny?
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hot babes in a variety of wipe-clean fabrics, all manner 'o beasties opening all manner o' medieval whoop-ass. Hawt! This movie is more anticipated on this forum than that chick from the Harry Potter movies' coming-of-age. Word.
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Oct 24, 2008 7:26:05 AM CDT
SOmeone said they championed Rhona Mitra for Wonder Woman
by cletus van damme
I'd champion her friggin' brains out!
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They needed the weapons because silver bullets and swords kill, fangs don't. It was that simple.
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He'll be thrilled. He watches Van Hesling all the time too. Normally, I'd criticize somebody with this kind of taste in movies, but for 90 year old he's keeping up with the times pretty well. So I don't bust his chops.
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There's no Kate Beckinsale. That was the predominate reason to watch the first two films. As it turned out, they weren't bad films. Especially when you considered they were films showcasing Kate Beckinsale...in tight leather outfits...and elevator shoes. So, again. What's the point. Rhona Mitr is no Kate Beckinsale. Not by a long shot.
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Shows what I know.
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Why are "dark" movies these days so blue? They're like black & white, just dark blue and light blue.
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about the eye thing. havent watched the first two in a while but i dont recall any mention of the "eye changing" thing being related to pure vampires or those turned. to steal an Angel phrase, i think they're eyes just turn that freaky blue when they have their game face on. Gotta say though, Nighy's eyes are so blue they practically glow, they werent THAT blue in the first two movies. maybe he caught the blue eye disease that Dr. Evil and Mini-Me caught in the 3rd Austin Powers.
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Is this considered his "property"?
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Vamps vs weres. What's not to love? Lighten up fellow geeks. Eat your fucking popcorn and enjoy the fucking show.
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Square jaw. Heavy brow. Man-face!
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Oct 24, 2008 8:52:22 AM CDT
Hey malificus, you know what this film needs? More blue!
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
I blame Soderbergh. He used a lot of filters stylistically in Out of Sight and Traffic as a way of separating time and/or storylines. He had a genuine reason to do so and it worked. No doubt it's been used before but he stands out in my mind. So, now two-bit directors completely devoid of an original thought in their head use it as a replacement for 'style'. But we are talking about Underworld 3 here. Over and Out.
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Really really great first trailer.
I like Lucian's rage and desperation.
Good to see Raze again.
Nice to not have to put up with gunfire, just straight up werewolf and vampire action...and swords.
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dude seriously...anyone who says Live Free was better than With a Veng is a total jack off dick rag. at the very leat WAV was rated R unlike that other fucking abortion.
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it might be entertaining.
Anyway, Bill Nighy is in it.
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Yeah...I just made a mess.
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seriously...the fact that die hard 4 didnt get an R, that is what your issue with the film is?
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Oct 24, 2008 9:37:09 AM CDT
I'm not Spandau's Grandfather, but I love these movies as well
by stuntcock mike
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Some people hate it, and some like it.
My guess is more people like the Underworld series than hate it, or else, a third movie would not have been made.
The problem is the internet grants people a great amount anonymity which they happily abuse by coming into message boards to say the stupidest tackiest things or attack others. Things they would never do in their everyday life.
It's really sad.
Today, filmmakers cannot make a movie without the worry of being dissected by the internet months before a movie is released, and worst is people who have nothing to say except insult someone's work.
It's embarrassing, you make yourself and this website look stupid.
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The old guy vampire and the leader of the wolves dont die.
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is the color of low budget special effects
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i rather enjoyed the first Underworld, i heard it was REALLY low budget and they did a great job considering...but for some reason, the second...while more stylish, with better CGI and overall better production values just dosen't hold up to the first one, i ALWAYS fall asleep half-way through the second movie...ALWAYS...i don't know if its the colors used in the film, alot of blacks and different shades of blue...but that movie is visual Ambien.
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loved it. thought it was alot of fun and while it borrowed ALOT from other, FAR superior films i get the impression that was VERY intentional...the whole film felt like homage to the GREATS (Aliens, The Road Warrior, Gladiator, and even Excalibur).
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Man, Prime Minister Tony Blair is PISSED
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Rhona is three inches taller, with twenty pounds more muscle. She's a believable Death Dealer. (Check her out in 'Doomsday'). The strength of this film is that there is real motivation behind the Lycan hatred; remember (Sonia) Rhona gets brutally killed, by her father's orders.
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Some villian gets sliced in half. Like the ending of most screen gem movies.
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Showing how a coordinated attack on our electronic infrastructure will seriously fuck things up > Wild goose chases masterminded by stuttering Jeremy Irons
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Just with some more blood splatters and F-words.
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You are not alone...
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jumping and catching and airlock from a moving elevator and jumping off a FLYING PLANE and coming away completely unharmed. Fuck that movie. Just fuck it, fuck it, FUUUUUUCK IT! Also fuck Wiseman and his hack writers for fucking up the Holly/McClane duo, it was obvious at the and of vengeance that they would get back together.
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AN ASS LIKE HEROIN. That's the best line I've heard all day.
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McClane leaves Holly hanging on a phone call. How the hell is that "obvious they would get back together." Here's a tip. Women don't like that. But you missed my point, even though i declared it "my point"... IT'S ALL COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS! Elevator shaft, ejector seat, wall of water, jet... I'm not sure how one can be seen as more realistic than another.
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I enjoyed both of them, though the second one wasn't as good as the first one (despite Sir Derek Jacobi). This one looks like it might be better than the first one. Bill Nighy is the man. Rhona Mitra is the sexiest woman alive, shame she's going to be killed at the end of the movie. And Tony Blair is pissed off .. Hey, did anyone see that movie "The Deal", the prequel, if you will, to "The Queen", where Sheen also plays Blair?
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Although incredibly cheesy and far more "MTV" than I usually like, I've really enjoyed the movies so far. And the presence and focus on Bill Nighy insures that I'll be there to see this one too.
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Looks like the action will be good. Special effects s/b pretty cool too. However~~~ I am getting tired of the whole "Goth Vampire" look. Vampires should not look like a bunch of "depeche mode" wanna be teenagers who have no life, so they have to make one up and imagine they're vampires...
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Yet... Wait until Michael Bay gets his hands on it.
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but fuck this movie
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Oct 24, 2008 3:36:30 PM CDT
Underworld. Best watched after you are deemed a spastic.
by damien chowder
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Didn't realize Val Kilmer was playing the female lead. I never liked these movies. Dull, plodding scripts, that washed-out look to the film, a weak/lame mythology, and an unbelievable desire to emulate THE MATRIX. Kate Beckinsale was the only reason to see watch. Pass.
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i lovew the idea of a prequel and this look like it might be really cool...but where the hell i spart three of the trilogy..evolution kinda left us hanging and i was hopoing we would at least get the story wraped up in a third film
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What a jackass thing to say. But typical of the brain trust that runs this site. It was a solid action movie and WAY BETTER than the Kung Fu Flying Dragon Daggers shit that gets all the ass kissing here. The most ridiculous thing I've ever ever ever read was all the morons here crying because the movie wasn't rated R ...huh? What? Are you kidding me ??? Geez oh wait...I know, it didn't have whats his name Rogen and Apatow wasn't involved, so it by Aint It Cool standards it sucks. Go learn something and then come back and talk, you idiot. Geez I;m fucking stunned at the idiocy that runs rampant here!
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The period bit looks somewhat interesting. If they can do UW3 like that, why can't there be a decent D&D film made that's a little reserved about how much magic and weird armor and swords are used (i.e. no swords that look like something you would find in a head shop)? A little magic in these things goes a long way. That's why I never got into Harry Potter. That's why I was turned off the D&D game in the 90's. Just make something like Dragonslayer or Ladyhawk of the 80's, i.e., looks like half-way plausible medieval period, with only "some" magic or fantasy creatures in it. Then there's less temptation to create an eye-candy piece, and instead make something that actually has to rely on character development and a good story.
In the 1980's, I didn't like a lot of the fantasy flicks, because half of them were some kind of rip off of Conan. I guess it's easier to do wardrobe if it just consists of fake fur boots and underwear, and leather wrist bands, than full plate mail. -
They take themselves too seriously. If you don't mind that kind of thing then the films are fine. But if you prefer (or, by rights, demand) a bit more dry humour in your vampire/werewolf tales, Underworld is pretty but not much else.
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dangerous ground they're treading
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Anyone who would pick Kate Beckinsale over Rhona Mitra is a boy loving child molester. Since, Kate Beckinsale has a flat ass and no tits. It's either that or you are just a gay man who doesn't know what a hot woman is. Beckinsale is NOT hot at all!
Rhona Mitra has great big breasts and a great ass. I would ask out Rhona Mitra in a second to go on a date. Beckinsale anyday.
Beckinsale is not an A-list actress who is on the scale of Halle Berry or Nicole Kidman. She should have at least done a cameo in this movie for the fans of Sci-Fi who actually know her name. This movie is not going to suffer because Beckinsale is not in it. If anything it may just make more money since they have a hotter actress who is probably on the same level of acting.
The only thing that sucks are Mitra's costume. What are the studio heads gay. They have a woman with a body like that and you can't even see it. Have they ever thought of the word "eye candy"
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It's pretty simple. Which one do you prefer: "Yippie-ki-yay, motherfucker." OR "Yippie-ki-yay, mother-ka-blewie."?
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If you saw Beckinsale and Mitra in a room and had the chance to talk to one of them than you know you would pick Mitra over Beckinsale.
Beckinsale is a flat chested stick with no feminine curves which is disgusting.
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this is gonna rule! Rhona Mitra, Nighy, werewolves.... great, I love these movies!
Also: Doomsday was an amazing action movie; R or not, Live Free was better than With A Vengeance; and Beckinsale is still hot, just not nearly as much as Rhona. -
we're ALL - all of us - the sad fucks who've seen all these films and more, love em or hate em - and we'll see this one too!
Personally I enjoyed the Underworld films and Rhona gave me a "Beckinsale turned this down" vibe in Doomsday - I'm sure I'll probably feel the same way about this.
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Which one do you prefer: "Yippie-ki-yay, motherfucker." OR "Yippie-ki-yay, mother-ka-blewie."? i expected to hear that line, so as soon as he said it i gowned and didn't even realize that he didn't actually say "motherfucker"
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i hope they make more films like that, i loved it. and rhona is so god damned smoldering hot.
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by anakin's melting fruit...
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No Beckinsale is tough for me to take, but my She-Devil loves these movies, so I'll probably be seeing it.
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he's made two of the most original vampire films in the past decade. and, i thought the latest die hard was tremendous fun. so, merrick, you can go cry in the corner now...
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What the heck, shouldn't there be some kind of mandatory buffer period between a song being used in trailers? As soon as the M.M. tune started in, I stopped thinking about Underworld and started seeing images of Mark Wahlberg surrounded by slo-mo shattering glass and Valkyries.
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.. is the trailer makes me want to go get some popcorn and coke and sit down on a nice comfy seat and watch this movie!!! I need help!!!
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Oct 25, 2008 9:37:04 PM CDT
Wiseman movies - overdose on blue tones and wire-fu and slow mo
by tallboy66
Hack. Fuck him. Next.
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There's a army of wanna-be noir movies under this river...
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