Underworld: Awakening

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Movie
German title Underworld: Awakening
Original title Underworld: Awakening
Underworld Awakening Logo.png
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2012
length 88 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
JMK 14
Rod
Director Måns Mårlind
Björn Stein
script Len Wiseman
John Hlavin
J. Michael Straczynski
Allison Burnett
production Tom Rosenberg
Gary Lucchesi
Len Wiseman
Richard S. Wright
music Paul Haslinger
camera Scott Kevan
cut Jeff McEvoy
occupation
synchronization
chronology

←  Predecessor
Underworld: Evolution

Successor  →
Underworld: Blood Wars

Underworld: Awakening is a fantasy / horror - action film from the year 2012, the directors Måns Mårlind and Bjorn Stein. It is the fourth installment in the Underworld film series and the third installment starring Kate Beckinsale and is set about 12 years after the events of Underworld: Evolution . The film opened in German cinemas on February 2, 2012.

action

After the events of Underworld: Evolution , humans discovered that two mutations of Homo sapiens evolved and lived undetected on Earth for centuries. A warlike cleansing operation of humans against vampires and lycans ( werewolves ) begins , which ends with their almost complete extinction. While on the run, Selene is captured and cryopreserved with Michael .

When Selene, referred to as "Subject 1", awoke from the freezing cold twelve years later, she saw some events through the eyes of her liberator, "Subject 2". She escapes from the facility called “Antigen”, begins a merciless search for the background and ends up underground in the city. There she meets a chasing vampire, David, and a horde of Lycans on the hunt. Again she sees through the eyes of the hunted liberator. Assuming it is Michael, she intervenes and chases the werewolves away for a short time. Instead of the hybrid Michael, however, she finds a scared girl named Eve. On the further flight from the Lycans, Eve knows how to defend herself impressively despite a deep wound. Selene realizes that the girl is hers and Michael's daughter and must therefore also be a hybrid being.

David leads Selene and the girl to an order led by his father who lives in a grotto under a dam. On the way there, Eve is getting worse and worse. The two suspect that she could not heal herself, which is a mistake, as they later learn from the healer in the grotto: Eve was only very weak, and as a result the healing proceeded extremely slowly. After the healer nourishes her with blood, to everyone's amazement, Eve heals much faster than ordinary vampires.

Because of her past, Selene is undesirable with the vampires in the grotto. A little later, Lycans, who, contrary to the suspicions of the vampires, are more powerful than ever, penetrate the underground cave system and kill numerous vampires, including David. Selene is incapacitated in a fight with a mighty, overpowering Lycan. When she wakes up, David's father has already handed Eve over to the Lycans. Before Selene sets out to free her daughter, she brings David to life with her blood and a heart massage.

To find the whereabouts of her daughter, Selene gets in touch with the human police officer Sebastian. He was married to a vampire who fell victim to the purges. From his information it becomes clear that Eve is again being held captive in the laboratories by "Antigen". The institute's scientists were tasked with creating a vaccine against vampires and lycans. In fact, however, the genetic laboratory is controlled by Lycans who pursue their own goals with the hybrid creature Eve. The Lycan Dr. Jacob Lane has already succeeded in producing a vaccine from Eve's blood that makes his son Quint an almost invincible Lycan.

With Sebastian's help, Selene penetrates the building of "Antigen" and discovers Michael, who is still frozen. With a well-aimed shot, she initiates the defrosting process, but then rushes to the rescue of her daughter. In the underground car park there is finally a fight between Selene and Quint Lane and between Eve and Jacob Lane, who has also been vaccinated in the meantime. The badly battered Selene ultimately succeeds in destroying the far superior Quint with a silver grenade placed in his body. Eve kills Jacob by ripping his throat out.

Back in the lab, Michael has disappeared. With the help of Eve, who can now see through his eyes after Michael's awakening, they follow him to the roof of the house. But he cannot be found here either. The film ends with Selene's vow to find Michael and reclaim the world of vampires from humans and Lycans.

production

Filming began in March 2011 at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby , British Columbia . Underworld: Awakening is the first part of the series, which was recorded in 3D . Scott Speedman , who appeared as Michael Corvin in the first two films in the series, can only be seen in flashbacks from archival footage. His character can also occasionally be seen from a distance.

Film music

Score

The score was released on February 14, 2012 on Lakeshore Records .

Track list
  1. "The Purge"
  2. "Underworld Awakening Main Titles"
  3. "Raiding the Army Surplus Store"
  4. "Non-Human Aggressor"
  5. "I Was Subject 2"
  6. "Arriving at the Coven"
  7. "I've Never Seen a Child Like This"
  8. "This Is Not One of Us"
  9. "I Know Exactly What You Are"
  10. "If You Knew Him as I Did"
  11. "Prepare the Armory"
  12. "The Uber-Lycan"
  13. "Resuscitation"
  14. "Then Came the Purge"
  15. "Selene Returns to Antigen"
  16. "Find Her and Destroy Her"
  17. "The Lycan Van Escape"
  18. "I Heal Instantly"
  19. "You Came Back"
  20. "Reclaiming the World"
  21. "The Melancholy of Resistance"
  22. "A New Dawn"
  23. "Corner" (Justin Lassen Remix) - Blue Stahli
  24. "Under Your Skin" (Deadbeat Remix) - Aesthetic Perfection
  25. "Sunrise" - fishing spot

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was released on January 31, 2012 on Lakeshore Records.

Track list
  1. "Made of Stone" ( Renholdër Remix) - Evanescence
  2. "Heavy Prey" - Lacey Sturm of Flyleaf featuring Geno Lenardo
  3. "Blackout" (Renholdër Remix) - Linkin Park
  4. "Apart" (Renholdër Remix) - The Cure
  5. "Killer & a Queen" - Stella Katsoudas of Sister Soleil featuring Geno Lenardo
  6. "Watch Yourself" (Renholdër Remix) - Ministry
  7. "Trip the Darkness" (Ben Weinman Remix) - Lacuna Coil
  8. "Young Blood" (Renholdër Remix) - The Naked and Famous
  9. "It Rapes All In Its Path" - Black Light Burns
  10. "The Posthumous Letter" - William Control
  11. "How'm I Supposed to Die" - Civil Twilight
  12. "Consolation Prize" - & SONS
  13. "Liar" (Revenant mix by 8MM) - 8MM
  14. "You Won't See the Light" - Ryan T. Hope of The Lifeline featuring Geno Lenardo
  15. "Bottle of Pain" - Combichrist
  16. "Intruder" - Collide
  17. "Exit Wounds" ( Justin Lassen Remix) - Justin Lassen featuring Silent Fury

synchronization

The German synchronization was for a dialogue book and the dialogue director of Andreas Pollak .

actor speaker role
Kate Beckinsale Marie Bierstedt Selene
Stephen Rea Peter Reinhardt Dr. Jacob Lane
Michael Ealy Martin Kautz Detective Sebastian
Theo James Alexander Doering David
India Eisley Marie Christin Morgenstern Eve
Sandrine Holt Debora refuses Lida
Charles Dance Rudiger Evers Thomas
Scott Speedman Dennis Schmidt-Foss Michael Corvin

reception

The film received medium to poor reviews in America. The website Metacritic gives a Metascore of 39/100 based on 17 newspaper reviews . The Rotten Tomatoes website scored 29% of 59 reviews as positive. In summary it says: " Underworld Awakening offers more bland action and less story than its predecessor, which creates a feeling of insignificance."

“More speed, more exploding heads and filleted opponents, less myth, sense and understanding: Mårlind & Stein stage the fantasy actioner“ Underworld: Awakening ”like a video game for the big screen - visually quite appealing, but empty in terms of content and without substance. The end of the series is still not in sight, "Underworld 5" is already hinted at in the last scene. "

- movie starts

"Underworld Awakening" goes perfectly with Kate Beckinsale's sexy outfit: Don't think about it, just look and have fun! "

- Cinema

“With the introduction of people as equal, no less violent actors and their merciless extermination campaign, the series reaches a new high point of brutality and mercilessness. After Selene's escape from the high-security laboratory at the latest, there is loud shooting after the other, which is monotonous and tiring in the long run. One almost has the impression that “Underworld Awakening” wants to surpass its predecessors in terms of furiousness and gruffness. The turbulent excitement is pretty cold; because after the departure of Bill Nighy as Viktor and Martin Sheen as Lucian, who caused dramatic friction in the previous films, there are no dazzling antagonists to identify with. Scott Speedman, who had given the hybrid Michael something like gentleness and doubt and with this counterweight ensured a few moments of pause, appears only a few seconds. Instead, the Swedish directing duo Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein introduce a mutated werewolf that is almost as big as Godzilla and that leaves a trail of devastation behind. This penchant for the monumental and spectacular seems more ridiculous than attractive. "

- Michael Ranze : film service

Despite the reviews, the film, which cost around $ 70 million to produce, started at number one on the US box office and grossed over $ 150 million by March 2012.

Remarks

  1. ↑ In the original text of the review, the name Martin Sheen is given, although the role was played by Michael Sheen .
  2. ↑ Godzilla is 50-100 meters tall, the mutated werewolf is a maximum of five.

continuation

The fifth film in the series, entitled Underworld: Blood Wars , was released in German cinemas on December 1, 2016.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Underworld: Awakening . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2012 (PDF; test number: 131 150 K).
  2. ↑ Age rating for Underworld: Awakening . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ CCI | Underworld: Awakening Stakes Out New Territory «Spinoff Online - TV, Film and Entertainment News Daily . Spinoff.comicbookresources.com. August 10, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
  4. ↑ Is Scott Speedman Back for Underworld Awakening? . ShockTillYouDrop.com. Archived from the original on June 20, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 30, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.shocktillyoudrop.com
  5. ^ Underworld Awakening (score) . soundtrackinfo.com. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
  6. ↑ Underworld Awakening Soundtrack . soundtrackinfo.com. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
  7. ↑ a b Underworld: Awakening. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on February 15, 2012 .
  8. ↑ Rotten Tomatoes: Underworld Awakening
  9. ↑ Film review "Underworld: Awakening" . Film starts . Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  10. ↑ Film review "Underworld: Awakening" . Cinema.de . Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  11. ↑ Film review "Underworld: Awakening" . film service . Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  12. ↑ Box Office: Vampire Beckinsale guarantees top spot. In: Spiegel Online . Der Spiegel , January 23, 2012, accessed on February 15, 2012 .
  13. ^ Underworld: Awakening - Box Office Data, Movie News, Cast Information. In: the-numbers.com. The Numbers, accessed February 15, 2012 .
  14. ↑ Anna Foerster: Underworld: Blood Wars. January 6, 2017, accessed December 4, 2016 .