Underworld is no Shakespeare, but it's a well-made and entertaining popcorn flick. Selene falls for Michael, even though he's been bitten by a werewolf, and their forbidden love develops during elaborate vampire political machinations and the re-emergence of the Lycan clan. Vampire death dealer Selene (a leather-clad Kate Beckinsale), on the hunt for werewolves in a gothic city that seems to be in the grip of a perpetual thunderstorm, is curious as to why the Lycans are after a mortal human, Michael Corvin (Scott Speedman). It seems that the vampires have enjoyed the upper hand in this battle for some time. The movie's premise involves a millennia-old war between vampire clans and werewolves (here christened Lycans). Underworld deposits the viewer right into an elaborate action sequence at the get-go.
I'll add my two cents worth on each movie individually below. Several reviewers have already expounded their views of these Underworld ventures here at DVD Talk, and they can be found using our site's reviews search engine. Now, with the prequel Underworld: Rise of the Lycans about to show up on theater screens, Sony dives into the Underworld pool again for this 2-disc Underworld & Underworld: Evolution collection timed to help sell the latest entry in the series. Then came a 2-disc "unrated extended cut" a little while later. First, the distributor released a "widescreen special edition" of this modern popcorn delight. werewolves action horror franchise (that bears more than a passing similarity to Resident Evil), seems to be bound on a similar track by Sony. Just recently, it appeared yet again in stores as part of the Resident Evil Trilogy box set that coincided with the computer-animated Resident Evil: Degeneration.
Resident Evil has been like a cat with nine lives on home video, appearing twice on its own in different editions as well as packaged with its sequels and other horror movies. The Resident Evil film series is a prime example. In other words, they love to "double dip," "triple dip," and "quadruple drip" into their back catalog, with new editions timed for sequels and prequels to their successful genre franchises.
Sony has a history of repackaging their content on home video when it's commercially desirable.
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