Underworld: Evolution

[Anarky]

We remember, in 2003, someone thought that it was a neat idea to send a female vampire out to kill some lycans (aka. Werewolves) and save a guy from death, thus creating a new race. The result was a more or less mediocre movie featuring Kate Beckinsale in a really cool look and a huge guy with a very deep voice as a lycan. In the end, they created said new race and everybody was apparently happy.

I can't remember that movie all too well, since I was pretty drunk towards the end of the movie (hey, it was cinema Monday, where you only pay 11 bucks for a ticket, and really cold outside. So we went to see this). Also, I had to go out of the theater every five minutes because I had to pee so bad. That probably wasn't the most clever thing I ever did, since the movie looked more or less interesting.

Anyways, someone has decided to make a sequel. This time, it's about said new race from the first movie and it's supposed to explain the roots of the vampire/lycan conflict. An IMDB-text goes as follows:

Underworld: Evolution continues the saga of war between the Death Dealers and the Lycans. The film goes back to the beginnings of the ancient feud between the two tribes as Selene (Kate Beckinsale), the beautiful vampire heroine, and Michael (Scott Speedman), the lycan hybrid, try to unlock the secrets of their bloodlines. This will be a modern tale of action, intrigue and forbidden love, which takes them into the battle to end all wars as the immortals must finally face their retribution.

Judging by the trailer, it looks like a lot more of the same stuff that Part I has given us. Hell, they even took the same song as in the trailer for the first movie ("Red Tape" by Agent Provocateur) to tell us that fans of the original probably won't be disappointed.

The movie is said to open either on Jan 6th or Jan 20th. I'm more or less excited, more a sort of a "Meh"-feeling. But I'd prefer that one over a lot of the other stuff that I've seen lately. And I must say, whoever does the photography and the character designs does a good job. Selene looks visually appealing without running around half naked all the time.

So, what are your thoughts on this? Are you going to see it?

Oh yeah, there's a terrible flash-atrocity of an official website up and running and once you figured out how to turn off the sound and got over the intro, it should give you more information about the movie. Oh, the downloads aren't working, but who the heck cares?