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Underworld: Awakening (2012)

Movie"Vengeance Returns"
Audience Score
63
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R 1 hr 28 minJan 19th, 2012Fantasy, Horror, ActionUnderworld Collection PosterPart of Underworld Collection
Having escaped years of imprisonment, vampire warrioress Selene finds herself in a changed world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species. Now Selene must battle the humans and a frightening new breed of super Lycans to ensure the death dealers' survival.
StarringKate BeckinsaleStephen ReaMichael Ealy
DirectorsMåns MårlindBjörn Stein

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:January 19th, 2012
On DVD & Blu-ray:May 8th, 2012 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$70,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$160,112,671 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Skip Williamson, James McQuaide, Henry Winterstern, David Coatsworth, Eric Reid, David Kern
Production Companies:Screen Gems, Lakeshore Entertainment, Sketch Films, UW4 Productions
Underworld: Awakening on the Web:Official Website, Twitter, Facebook
Movie Tags:
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Underworld Collection

A centuries-old war is waged between vampires and lycans (short for lycanthrope, from the Greek 'luk' [wolf] + 'ánthrōpos' [human], or werewolf). It begins with a fifth-century man, the sole survivor of a plague that wipes out his village. Somehow, his body turns the disease to his benefit, and afterward, he ceases to age. After living secretly, he moves often to prevent his immunity to the ravages of time from being discovered, even marrying on occasion. After he fathers twin sons who also inherit his gift, they learn its ultimate price after they become the first vampire and lycan after one suffers a bite from a bat and the other from a wolf. Once they learn they can "turn" normal humans into others like them by inflicting their bites on them, they terrorize the nearby countryside, taking from them either victims or tribute. The vampires ultimately enslave the Lycans until love leads to the Lycans' escape, igniting a bitter war that seems destined to have no end.