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A collection of all four UNDERWORLD films in the franchise, includes; UNDERWORLD, UNDERWORLD EVOLUTION, UNDERWORLD AWAKENING and UNDERWORLD û RISE OF THE LYCANS. UNDERWORLD - A young man who has pledged his life to helping others finds himself in a pitched battle between two gangs of supernatural villains in this blend of horror story and action thriller. Michael Corvin (Scott Speedman) is a medical student who is heading home after a long day of school and work when he unexpectedly finds himself in the middle of what appears to be a rumble between two well turned-out street gangs. What Michael doesn't know is he has witnessed a skirmish between two deadly underground communities, unknown to the mortal world, who are battling for supremacy -- the Death Dealers, a tribe of vampires, and the Lycans, a band of werewolves. Selene (Kate Beckinsale) is a leading member of the Death Dealers who hears through the grapevine that the Lycans have plans to capture the aspiring doctor who witnessed their battle. Certain something is in the air, Selene begins following Michael around the city, and she finds herself growing emotionally attached to him. As Selene becomes more attracted to Michael, she becomes more convinced that the Lycans are planning a major attack against the Death Dealers, although vampire kingpin Kraven (Shane Brolly) is certain she's crediting the Lycans with more intelligence than they can muster. As Selene shadows Michael, she finds herself wanting to protect him, but her longing becomes a handicap when he's attacked by Lucian (Michael Sheen), the leader of the werewolf community, and the man she wants to save has now become a sworn enemy. UNDERWORLD EVOLUTION - Tribes of vampires and werewolves battle for supremacy among the undead in this follow-up to the horror hit Underworld. Tracing the bloody history of the ongoing war between the Death Dealers, a gang of upper-crust vampires, and the Lycans, a pack of scruffy werewolves, Underworld: Evolutionfinds beautiful Death Dealer Selene (Kate Beckinsale) and hunky Lycan Michael (Scott Speedman) exploring their own pasts as well as those of their comrades in hope of uncovering the secrets of this centuries-old conflict. As Selene and Michael deal with their bloody legacy as well as their forbidden romance, the violence between the Death Dealers and the Lycans escalates in what may be the final face-off between them. UNDERWORLD AWAKENING - Kate Beckinsale returns to the Underworld film series for the fourth installment, which finds fierce vampire Selene (Beckinsale) escaping captivity and taking up arms against humans after mankind discovers the existence of vampires and lycans, and launches a massive war aimed at wiping out the creatures of the night. UNDERWORLD û RISE OF THE LYCANS - The Underworld series gets the prequel treatment with this third outing that fleshes out the story of the ancient war between the vampiric Death Dealers and their wolfman counterparts, the Lycans. F/X technicia
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Entertainment Weekly - [UNDERWORLD - AWAKENING] Why are they fighting again? Never you mind. Just sit tight till the next action sequence (it won't be long), and get ready to laugh - with equal parts scorn and fanboy joy - as Beckinsale strikes another Rodinesque pose under a slo-mo shower of inhuman innards., Philadelphia Inspirer - [UNDERWORLD û EVOLUTION] A monster chiller sequel that is visually spectacular., Variety - [UNDERWORLD û EVOLUTION] Overall package is potent. A few rock-the-house scenes of slam-bang derring-do -- are nothing short of sensationally exciting., Charlotte Observer - [UNDERWORLD] It carries us into a well-constructed, convincingly scary world worth visiting., USA Today - [UNDERWORLD û RISE OF THE LYCANS] The highlight of this fantasy/horror hybrid is watching a pair of the best British character actors --- Bill Nighy and Michael Sheen -- shed their thespian respectability and unleash their inner beasts., Christian Science Monitor - [UNDERWORLD] At heart, this is an old-fashioned monster flick decked out with Hollywood's full battery of high-tech visual effects., Village Voice - [UNDERWORLD - AWAKENING] The entire production is single-mindedly, earnestly devoted to serving up feats of BADASS, and it succeeds in this devotion.