Underworldis far from the critically beloved franchises likeHarry Potteror the MCU , but it ’s something of a religious cult serial and it has a huge fanbase of its own . Those fan may be left disordered after Kate BeckinsaledoubtsUnderworld 6will ever happen , but five motion-picture show is right smart more than most moving picture serial could ever dream of gain .

In the serial , Beckinsale play the iconic Selene , a lamia who is a part of a war between lamia and werewolf . At their best , theUnderworldmovies are misunderstood medieval masterpiece , and at their bad , they ’re so - bad - they’re - good supernatural melodramas .

Underworld: Blood Wars (2016) - 5.7

Blood Warsis the last motion picture in the dealership , and it had the potential to end on a high note . Unfortunately , it ended up doing the exact opposite and became the lowest - rated movie of them all . The epical end to a five - motion-picture show saga had a comparatively low budget compared to its predecessors , and it had the lowest box office gross of them all too , making just $ 85 million worldwide .

Though the finale did n’t exactly have to beaBladeandUnderworldcrossover , which is really something that Beckinsale had been want herself , it could n’t even deliver on its smallest promises . The movie was more often than not criticized for somehow having worse digital effects than the first movie from 13 years earlier and lacking any sort of fun .   According toThe Hollywood Reporter , beforeBlood Warsentered pre - production , the original programme was to bring up the series , and that might have been the good idea .

Underworld: Endless War (2011) - 6.1

Hades : Endless Waris to theUnderworldfranchise whatThe Animatrixis toThe Matrixfranchise . The 2011 button is an animated 18 - second inadequate picture that comprise three stories , each taking place in a dissimilar period and depict the long - be given war between lamia and Lycans . The movie drive to expand the mythology of the repulsion series .

But whereThe Animatrixis deliberate by some to be the best moviein   its series , the same ca n’t be said forEndless War . The 2011 handout   is n’t as flesh out as it could have been , it ’s right smart too short , and with lore   that runs so deep ,   there ’s so much voltage to recount more stories . The unforesightful motion picture does n’t take advantage of that . However , the vivification does look not bad , and it has more of the same aesthetic as the original movie , which is one ofUnderworld’sbiggest appeals .

Underworld Awakening (2012) - 6.3

After being absent from the third movie in the franchise , Beckinsale repay to the serial and repeat her role of Selene inUnderworld Awakening , and that ’s most likely why the motion picture made almost double that of its predecessor . Selene is the most interesting part in the series , and having anUnderworldmovie without her would be like have aPirates of the Caribbeanmovie without Captain Jack Sparrow .

However , despite score almost $ 70 million more than the Beckinsale - absentRise of the Lycans , Awakeningisn’t really as well - liked . WithUnderworld Awakening , the serial was starting to forget its roots , as the fourquel is more of a vapid action mechanism movie than a gothic horror with element of action at law . And that was obvious from the fact that the studio apartment exchange the photographic film into 3D after the picture was shot . That mean that not only did it feature lousy action , but that hearing had to watch it in the bargain version of 3-D too .

Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans (2009) - 6.5

Underworld : Rise of the Lycanssubverted fans ' expectation in more way than one . The flick is a prequel or else of a sequel , and there ’s no Selene to be find .   And as the serial is generally about how   the vampires are the good guys , Rise of the Lycansflipped that on its head , But   that made the war between the vampires and werewolves more three - dimensional .

While critic chop-chop made up their nous about the movie and it has been criticized for being formulaic and incomprehensible , it ’s still like by lover of the series , and it work up on the mythology in interesting way . But   most surprising of all , Selene was n’t missed , and though it ’s a brisk 89 minutes , Michael Sheen and Bill Nighy do well to carry the movie without Beckinsale .   However , that did n’t help its box government agency figure , as the film made a miserable $ 91 million , which was the series ' lowest performance yet .

Underworld: Evolution (2006) - 6.7

Underworld Evolution , the second ledger entry in the serial , is worse than the original motion-picture show in almost every style , as it is n’t as   severely - hitting , graphic , medieval , or as scarey as its precursor . However , it ’s still a more than desirable follow - up , and though it does n’t tend as operose into the leather or rainfall , it ’s still more engaging , and audiences deal more about the characters than they did in the first picture show .

Though   the 2006 tone ending   has a strange blue filter that is n’t remotely in line with the aesthetic of the first flick , and viewers have to suspend disbelief at the sight of some distinctly CGI fang , it ’s a sport and creepy action moving-picture show . And it ’s by far the most realised of the serial publication in term of cobwebby scope and ambition .

Underworld (2003) - 7.0

It all started with 2003’sUnderworld , a fair straightforward and thrilling repugnance - action popcorn flick . At this point in time , even the author plausibly did n’t get it on how   bogged down the series would get in its own mythology . Underworld’swonderfully gothic aesthetic , leather - clad type , and rainy metropolis   were influenced by other 2000s movies , and it ride   on the coattails ofThe MatrixandBlade .

But   the movie still   somehow managed to outlive the both of them , at least up until the loss of last year’sThe Matrix Resurrections .   There ’s no denying how irresistibleUnderworldis , and the gruesome scenes of lamia getting their heads slice in one-half make it place upright out from the sea of other 2000s vampire movies .

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