Movie review: Underworld Awakening

This is the fourth instalment of the Underworld Saga about the two feuding species: The Vampires and the Lycans. This marks the return of Kate Bekinsale who plays Selene, a vampire death dealer, who hunts down the Lycans.

After learning that Vampires and Werewolf were living among the human population, a mass cleansing has commenced to get rid of the new species. Selene was about to meet Michael in docks when they were cornered by the human trying to captured Michael. Selene was eventually captured.

12 years later, Selene was in a lab awakened by someone who she thought was Michael. Her captors let her escaped believing that Selene would lead them to subject 1. Selene finally found subject 1 and later found out that she was a Lycan-vampire hybrid just like Michael. The hybrid’s name is Eve. They share a connection and allowed Selene to see what Eve is seeing. It is then revealed that they had a connection because Selene is her mother.

Just as Selene was searching for Eve, she met David one of the last surviving vampires. David belongs to last existing coven as far as the story goes. David and Selene was about to take Eve to safety when they were attacked by Lycans who were believed to be extinct. Capturing Eve seems to be of great importance for them to come out of hiding for more that a decade.

They were able to get to safety but Eve was bitten by a Lycan and it was revealed then that she is a hybrid. When they reached the Coven, one of the vampire elders and father of David, Thomas, refused to give them refuge. Thomas believes that the best way for them to survive is to hide and wait for them to grow in numbers.

Selene and Thomas agreed that they would leave as soon as Eve is strong enough. They Lycans however found the coven and attacked them killing a lot of vampires including David. Selene also encountered a Lycan hybrid larger that any Lycan that she has encountered and is almost immune to Silver.

Thomas handed Eve over with exchange for their lives. He blames Selene for the deaths including his Son’s. Selene then cut her palm and squeezed David’s heart and he was resurrected again.

Selene then headed over back to the city to retrieve David. But before that she solicited help from Detective Sebastian. Sebastian did not believe that all Lycans were dead since his partner discovered evidence that the 200 suspected Lycans during the purge tested negative. This evidence was sent to him two days after his partner allegedly committed suicide.

They went back to Lab to retrieve Eve. They soon found out that the Lab was guarded by Lycans. The head of the research Dr. Jacob Lane was a Lycan as well. He plans to harvest Eve’s DNA to learn more about the Hybrid and create serum that would make them immune to silver. During the testing, they discovered that the serum has side-effects that cause the Lycans to grow bigger, stronger and heal faster. He used his son, Quint Lane as was one of his test subjects giving him multiple injections and the new Lycan Abilities. He was the Lycan that Selene encountered in the Coven. During Selene’s raid on the Lab, she found Michael still cryogenically frozen. Selene shot one of the canisters and started the defreezing process. Selene could stay since she still has to save Eve. She then caught up with Dr. Jacob trying to evacuate Eve to a different location for the harvesting procedure. With the help of Detective Sebastian and David they were able to kill the Lanes and save Eve. They then went back in to get Michael but he was already gone. Eve learned that he has a connection with Michael and she has visions of what Michael was seeing.

 The writers did a great job in connecting the story with the ending of Underworld Evolution. That is what enjoy watching the Underworld series. I am very much satisfied after watching this movie. The next movie is set to be released next year. I can't to see how this story is unfold.