A prequel centered on the origins of the centuries-old feud between the race of aristocratic vampires and their former slaves, the Lycans.A prequel centered on the origins of the centuries-old feud between the race of aristocratic vampires and their former slaves, the Lycans.A prequel centered on the origins of the centuries-old feud between the race of aristocratic vampires and their former slaves, the Lycans.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Alex Carroll
- Young Lucian
- (as Alexander Carroll)
Timothy Raby
- Janosh
- (as Tim Raby)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRhona Mitra auditioned for the role of Selene in Underworld (2003) but lost it to Kate Beckinsale. For this film, when Mitra was thought of as an option, concerns were brought up that there was too much of a physical resemblance between the actresses. Those concerns were quickly dropped when it was mentioned that the very reason Viktor turned Selene into a vampire was due to her resemblance to Sonja. Therefore, the resemblance was not only justified but vital.
- Goofs(at around 18 mins) When Sonja is riding out to greet the human nobles and receives her "sharpened" sword from Lucian, you can see she doesn't know how to properly wear/carry the sword while on horseback and the sword actually falls out of its scabbard. There is a quick cell-change as this happens and the sword magically puts itself back in the scabbard and rights itself.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Star Trek/Rudo y Cursi/Next Day Air (2009)
- SoundtracksBoard Up the House (Renholder Remix)
Written by William Jordan, Mookie Singleman, Michael Sochynsky
Performed by Genghis Tron
Courtesy of Relapse Records
Featured review
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans : In this prequel we get little of Romeo and Juliet and a dash of Spartacus. The vampires have bred themselves a race of Lycan slaves to guard them during the daylight hours, but when Lucian, the favored pet of Viktor the ruling vampire, falls in love with his daughter things go bad rather quickly. The CGI werewolves are leaps and bounds better than their previous incarnations in this series and the only CGI complaint I have is to the occasionally bad CGI blood spray. Rhona Mitra makes for a hot vampire, and Bill Nighy and Michael Sheen return to chew up some nice scenery. After watching the big battle one is forced to ask the question that pops up after watching any of the Underworlds movies, "How did the Lycans lose the war?" Seriously, the vampires in these films are as fragile as a 1978 Ford Pinto.
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- Also known as
- Underworld 3
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $35,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $45,802,315
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $20,828,511
- Jan 25, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $92,158,961
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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