Underworld Rise of
the Lycans 2009
- Director: Patrick Tatopoulus
- Based on the book: no
- Cast: Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy, Rhona Mitra, Steven Mackintosh, Kevin Grevioux
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Michael Sheen – Passengers, Far from the Madding Crowd, Doctor Who, Frost/Nixon, Blood Diamond, The Queen, Kingdom of Heaven, Bright Young Things, Wilde, Mary Reilly, Underworld
- Bill Nighy – The Bookshop, Their Finest, Hotel Marigold 1&2, Pride, About Time, Jack the Giant
Slayer, Total Recall, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2, Doctor Who,
Glorious 39, The Boat that Rocked, Valkyria, Pirates of the Caribbean,
Underworld + Evolution, Hot Fuzz, Notes on a Scandal, Gideon’s Daughter, The
Constant Gardener, The Girl in the Café, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,
Shaun of the Dead, Love Actually, Kiss Me Kate, Black Books, Longitude, Still
Crazy
- Rhona Mitra – SGU Stargate Universe, The Life of David Gale
- Steven Mackintosh – Robot Overlords, The Thirteenth Tale, Our Mutual Friend, Twelfth Night, Karaoke, Prick Up Your Ears, Underworld Evolution
- Kevin Grevioux - Underworld
- Seen: 11 July 2020
Several in my FB film groups have said
that this is the best of the five.
It goes back to tell the story of the
beginning of the war between the vampires and the Lycans/werewolves a thousand
(or whatever) years ago.
It’s fun to see Nighy, who is such a
sweetie, as the villainous tyrannical head of the vampires and Sheen as the
long-haired lovesick - enamoured of Nighy’s daughter Sonja (Mitra) - and leader
of the rebellious Lycans.
That’s about it though. A question: why
are there no women Lycans?
Nighy and Sheen together grant the film
1
* of 5 (I talked Hal into giving it ½ * because it’s not the worst film we’ve
seen).
PS
Do we need to watch the last two? Bill Nighy isn’t in them.
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