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Michael Sheen as Lucian in the movie Underworld.Related content
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I DEFINITELY would not mind gettin bitten by Lucian
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THIS IS FREGGIN AWESOME, but to someone who hasn't watched it, they might think that he's raping michael corvin
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Well he sort of is....
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Wow, this is awesome! As if the still pic would have been made B/W and effected a little. Really convincing. My favourite parts are the teeth and eyes of Lucian. *fav fav quick*
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i was going to attempt to draw this but...im sure it would look ridiculous next to this. 
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This is my favourite scene with Lucian! ^___^
Awsome work!!
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Wow, beautiful. What medium, just pencil?
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Underworld: Evolution
Underworld Evolution is a 2006 action/horror film, directed by Len Wiseman. It is a sequel to the 2003 film Underworld, and follows on from the plot of the first film, continuing the conflict between vampires and lycans, also highlighting the beginnings of the feud.
Directed by Len Wiseman
Produced by Lakeshore Entertainment
Sony
Written by Danny McBride/Len Wiseman
Starring Kate Beckinsale,Scott Speedman,Tony Curran,Michael Sheen,
Derek Jacobi,Bill Nighy
Music by Marco Beltrami
Distributed by Screen Gems
Release date(s) January 19, 2006 (Aus)/January 20, 2006 (USA)
Running time 106 minutes (Australia Cinema release)
Language English
Budget $50,000,000
Preceded by Underworld
Followed by Underworld 3
Plot
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Underworld Evolution is an immediate followup to Underworld (2003). Therefore, the events of Evolution take place during the same night of the first film's finale, and the next few days after.
The film begins with a flashback scene that brings revelation to the nature of the relationship between Marcus and the other Elders, which was not established in Underworld.
It is revealed that Marcus is cheated in his deal with Viktor, the leading Elder, to capture his brother, William, who is the first and most powerful Lycan. Against Marcus' wishes, William is ambushed and captured to be locked away for all time. Viktor's betrayal earns Marcus' hatred towards him and all those loyal to him, and as a result, Marcus swears revenge.
In present day, Kraven immediately executes his final bid for power, as he returns to the Orghodaz mansion to attempt to assassinate the last remaining Elder, Marcus, after witnessing the death of Viktor, the foremost threat to his plans.
Unknown to Kraven, the blood of the Lycan, Singe, has dripped into Marcus' resting chamber, and has not only awakened him with full knowledge of Kraven's treachery, but also granting him newfound powers as a Hybrid.
As Kraven enters the Elder Room with his soldiers, Marcus breaks through the floor and effortlessly kills all of Kraven's men, leaving Kraven, himself, for last. However, before killing Kraven, Marcus drinks his blood, thereby absorbing his memories and learning of the operation to lock up William, in addition to Selene's ties to a mortal family that was murdered under Viktor's order, in connection with the construction of William's prison, which was unilaterally kept a secret from him.
As the final piece of the puzzle, he discovers that the key to William's cell is now in the hands of Selene.
The opportunity for Marcus to reap his revenge has come, and he uses his new powers to destroy Viktor's entire coven.
Immediately afterwards, Marcus engages to find Selene and the key to ultimately free his imprisoned brother, the first and most powerful lycan, with an infinite capacity and insatiable appetite for destruction.
Meanwhile, hours before sunrise, Selene and Michael head for a Vampire safehouse in the mountains.
In the safehouse they find a dead Lycan and new ammunition.
Selene tells Michael to stay while she goes to the mansion to plead for sanctuary; they do not know yet that Marcus destroyed the coven.
Selene explains to Michael that his life has changed and can never go back to his human ways.
Selene leaves the hideout while Michael stays to drink the cloned blood.
Inconsistencies and Retcons
Viktor, in the first film, was proven a master of deceit.
Throughout the second film, his character has been used as a kind of
Deus Ex Machina.
In other words, all information he provided in the first film can be dismissed as lies, therefore validating any alterations in plot.
This, however, does not cover all contradictions:
According to what we learned in the first film, Viktor's schedule of rule was before Amelia and after Marcus.
Since Amelia ruled for the entire 20th century, and Marcus was to rule the 21st, it stands to reason that Viktor would be in power, supposedly, during the 2100s, 1800s, 1500s, and 1200s, assuming the chain had started at that time.
It is also proved in the first film that key events in the plot
(execution of Sonja, death of Selene's family, etc.) took place during Viktor's rule; this was very plausible, especially since Selene proved to not be alive long enough to know any truths whatsoever.
However, even though it was never disclosed in the first film exactly how old Selene was, she stated in the second that she was 600 years old, which would place her mortal life and turning during the 1400s.
It is also implicitly stated that the execution of Sonja and Lucian's fake death both took place around the same time.
We are left with an open question of when the chain started and who was first in the progression, but know that Viktor was awake for many key events.
When Selene states the war has been raging for
"the better part of a thousand years", she confirmed that the execution of Sonja/escape of Lucian happened between 1000 and 1500, presumably during Viktor's rule.
In the first film, Selene narrates that Lucian was presumed dead
"6 centuries" ago, which was also how old she was in the second film.
This implies she was not alive to witness the capture of Lucian, but was merely told of it.
The progression of events is confusing, and widely open to interpretation, but only contradictory under certain interpretations.
Although it was only implied the Corvinus Clan was long dead and partially forgotten, they all proved to be alive in the second film.
It is almost unacceptable to believe an entire family of immortals lived, died and fell into legend among other immortals within two centuries, but the intentional deception of all vampires (excluding the elders) by Viktor can explain this.
On the other hand, it cannot be denied that a lot can happen in two centuries, immortal or not.
Up to ten generations of Corvinuses could've been born and even asassinated.
Furthermore, the birthdates of the Corvinus brothers and the dates of their prospective bites were never confirmed, only adding doubt to any depiction of Underworld history.
So in the first film, a lot can happen in very little time, while in the second film, very little can happen in a great amount of time.
Why is Selene so suprised that Alexander Corvinus was alive?
It is implied that the Elders (such as Markus) knew that he was still around, but who did she think was doing all the cleaning up after the battles? Alexander Corvinus states that he has been using his resources to help conceal the Vampire/Lycan conflict for centuries, it seems odd that the most prominent Death Dealer had never been privvy to this information.
It is never quite explained how an elder, or any vampire for that matter, would be bled and essentially mummified and still be capable of resuscitation. Also, the rules behind viral transmission and genetic memory are only brushed.
In the first film, a lycan can bite and infect a human with his own memories, while a vampire can acquire memories through the drinking of blood.
Selene also mentioned that most humans die from an immortal's bite, yet this seemed to only occur when convenient (Tanis).
Andreas Tanis is a character created to "fill in the holes" for Selene to help her with her objectives.
Tanis was the official vampire historian, who could've very well have been just as old as Viktor himself.
In the first film there is no mention of the primal breed of permanently transformed lycans that preceeded the lycan adaptation of changing during the full moon, which is odd.
Note: According to Greg Cox in his prequel novel, Lucian developed the first lycan ability to change upon demand.
It is painfully clear that the pendant worn by Lucian in the first film is not the same pendant in the second.
If the pendant/key was as important as the second film depicts, it is puzzling how its whereabouts is not an overwhelming concern for Viktor when Lucian is presumed dead.
Greg Cox, who novelized the first film, also wrote a prequel that not only was loyal to the information provided in the first film, but solidified many dates and events in the story.
He was even good enough to take liberties in the novelization of this film.
For example, he included a small thought on Selene's part concerning the Cleaners: "She had heard of these so-called Cleaners before; the Death Dealers had been aware for centuries that a secret society of mortals was determined, for reasons unknown, to conceal the existence of the immortals from their fellow humans.
The origins and motive of the Cleaners had been the subject of constant rumor and speculation, but the Elders had always discouraged Selene and the other Death Dealers from probing too deeply into the matter."
Spoilers end here.
Cast
Actor/Actress Role
Kate Beckinsale Selene/Scott Speedman Michael Corvin/ Tony Curran
Marcus Corvinus/Derek Jacobi Alexander Corvinus /Bill Nighy Viktor
Shane/Brolly Kraven/Michael Sheen Lucian/Zita GΓΆrΓΆg Amelia/Scott McElroy Soren/Steven Mackintosh Andreas Tanis/Brian Steele William Corvinus
Sophia Myles Erika/John Mann Samuel
Production
Filming took place in Vancouver, Canada, and is a departure from the setting of Underworld, which was filmed in Budapest, Hungary, and also had a
much larger budget than the first film.
It was originally set to be released in late 2005,
however it was delayed until January 19, 2006.
Response
The film was pre-viewed in a panel at Comic-Con in San Diego,
in July of 2005.
It was well received as hundreds of fans waited hours to see a clip of the film as well as Kate Beckinsale and the other stars of the movie.
The film opened with a weekend box office (January 19 - 21 2006)
intake $27.6M.
As of March 12, 2006, the film grossed a total of $62.3 million dollars in the domestic box office and $111.3 million worldwide.
It was released on DVD on June 6, 2006 and has so far grossed
47.9 million dollars in rental sales.
Classifications
MPAA: R (restricted) for pervasive strong violence and gore, some sexuality/nudity, and language.
Australia: MA15+ (strong horror violence, strong scenes)
UK: 18 (no one under the age of 18 can watch at cinemas)
The Netherlands: 16 (violence, sex and drugs usage)
Soundtrack
1. The Undertaker (Renholder Mix) - Puscifer
2. Morning After - Chester Bennington vs. Julien-K
3. Where Do I Stab Myself In The Ears (The Legion of Doom Remix) - Hawthorne Heights
4. To The End (RnR Cheryl Mix) - My Chemical Romance
5. Vermillion pt 2 (Bloodstone Mix) - Slipknot
6. Burn (Alleged Remix) - Alkaline Trio
7. The Last Sunrise (Dusk Mix) - Aiden
8. Bite To Break Skin (The Legion of Doom Remix) - Senses Fail
9. Her Portrait In Black - Atreyu
10. Washing Away Me In The Tides - Trivium
11. Eternal Battle - Mendozza
12. Our Truth - Lacuna Coil
13. Cat People (Putting Out The Fire) - Gosling
14. Why Are You Up - Bobby Gold
15. Suicide - Meat Beat Manifesto
16. HW2 - Cradle of Filth
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Underworld (2003 film)
Underworld is a 2003 horror/action movie about the secret history of vampire and werewolves, where the latter are referred to as "Lycans" as an abbreviated form of lycanthrope.
While the film and its sequel opened to mixed reviews they have developed somewhat of a cult following, as films of their kind are rarely
(despite their flaws) as ambitious.
The main plot revolves around Selene (Beckinsale) a female vampire
"Death Dealer", one who hunts Lycans.
She finds herself attracted to a medical intern, Michael Corvin (Speedman), after saving him from the lycan master Lucian who bit him infecting him with the lycan virus, and must decide whether to do her "duty" and kill him or to risk her life to save him.
Directed by Len Wiseman
Produced by Robert Bernacchi/Gary Lucchesi/Tom Rosenberg
Written by Kevin Grevioux/Len Wiseman/Danny McBride
Starring Kate Beckinsale/Scott Speedman/Michael Sheen/Bill Nighy
Shane Brolly
Distributed by Screen Gems (Sony)
Release date(s) September 19th, 2003
Running time 116 Min/128 min (Special edition)
Language English
Corvinus Strain
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
In the Underworld mythos, Vampires and Lycans are not mystical creatures, but rather the product of a virus.
Sixteen centuries ago a man named Alexander Corvinus was the only survivor of a plague that wiped out his village.
Somehow the man's body was able to mutate the virus and he became the first true immortal. Later he had three sons, one of which did not inherit his father's immortality and was simply human.
The other two were bitten, one by bat and one by wolf, creating the Vampire and Lycan lines.
Corvinus' third son also carried the Corvinus Strain, hidden away in his genetic code
β an exact duplicate of the original virus, passed along to his human descendants through the centuries.
This, according to Singe, is the key to creating a Hybrid.
Plot outline
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
An unnamed European metropolis (which is probably Budapest) in the present day appears to be the setting against a backdrop of a centuries-old war between vampires and lycans
(abbreviated form of lycanthropes, or werewolves);
a war gone unnoticed by human society at large.
The movie opens with Selene, our narrator, perched on a tower ledge overlooking the city.
Through narrations, she tells us that six centuries ago, the Lycan leader Lucian had finally been killed, a turning point in the war.
The Death Dealers
(vampire warriors charged to fight and kill the Lycan enemy)
have been trying to wipe the Lycan race out completely ever since, a mission that is supposedly almost complete.
Selene mentions that older Lycans can control their transformations, as opposed to younger Lycans who are affected by the full moon.
She also comments that once the Lycans are extinct, she will no longer have a reason to live.
While scoping out the streets with a fellow Death Dealer, Rigel, she spots two Lycans; a large black man, Raze, and his smaller white companion, Trix.
Rigel takes photos before the two drop off the towers and onto the streets; the hunt is on.
While a third Death Dealer, Nathanial, stays behind as lookout, the other two follow the Lycan pair into a subway station, where Selene is briefly distracted by a handsome young man.
It is clear the Lycans are after this particular human, but the vampires haven't noticed.
When Raze senses the vampires nearby, he and Trix open fire.
Trix hits Rigel, who is instantly killed, burned to ashes from the inside out by strange bullets containing a blue light.
Selene fires back and hits Trix in the shoulder.
Nathanial shows up and begins shooting at Raze, who soon runs out of ammo.
Both Lycans escape (first Trix, then Raze) down the tunnel.
Selene goes after Trix, but not before picking up Rigel's camera.
Nathanial goes after Raze, but once both are out of human sight, Raze transforms and tears Nathanial to bits.
Trix temporarily loses Selene, managing to pick the burning silver bullet out of his shoulder; apparently he couldn't transform because of it.
Selene tracks him down a sewer where she empties her gun into his torso, killing him.
She picks up his gun and examines the glowing bullets inside.
But Raze is not far behind. Selene fends him off with four silver bladed mechanized shuriken, then flees.
While hiding, she hears shouting and roaring from a pipe, correctly deducing the noise as a large Lycan den.
Unfortunately, Selene does not have the opportunity to investigate.
There is a gladiator-type fight going on between two fully transformed Lycans, Pierce and Taylor, which is broken up by the den's leader.
A bearded man, he is considerably more sophisticated and dignified than the rest.
Once the two fighters revert to human form, the leader suggests they put some clothes on.
Selene manages to escape the tunnels and makes it home:
a large old manor, home to the dozens of members of her coven, civilians and Death Dealers alike.
She immediately reports to the Death Dealersβ weapons expert, Kahn, about their "serious problem" and presents Trix's gun.
Kahn examines the bullets and concludes they contain a liquid that emits ultraviolet radiation; "daylight harnessed as a weapon."
Later in the film, Kahn copies this design and constructs silver nitrate bullets; "straight into the bloodstream and nothing to dig out.
" Selene is not aware Nathanial is also dead and despite the lack of any evidence is convinced the city sewers are crawling with Lycans;
she insists that the Death Dealers be gathered to scour the tunnels.
Kraven, apparently the man in charge, doesn't believe a word Selene says and dismisses her suggestions.
There are a few important elements to the plot that are either slowly or subtly addressed in the film:
the vampire world is ruled by three Elders; Viktor, Markus and Amelia.
They take turns ruling (with a council) for a century each while the other two hibernate in mummified stasis in a special crypt.
Amelia has ruled for the whole 20th century, and is about to be replaced by Markus.
Being Selene's sire, Viktor has been a surrogate father to her for her entire vampire life.
She deeply resents the fact that Viktor is asleep while she has to tolerate Kraven.
Kraven was left as regent of Viktor's household as a reward for slaying the infamous Lucian, leader of the Lycans, six centuries ago.
Kraven is now obsessed with Selene, who despises him for his hedonism and lack of honor.
Erika is some kind of subordinate of Kraven's, who repeatedly attempts to seduce Kraven, who is not the least bit interested.
Later that night, Amelia's envoy is expected at the manor.
Instead of preparing to be a gracious host, Selene reviews Rigel's photos.
She notices that the handsome man from the subway keeps appearing in the photos, just a few paces in front of the Lycans; she realizes they were following him.
She tries to inform Kraven, but he is again skeptical.
Back in the Lycan's lair, a scientist, Singe, is working in his lab.
There are live humans hung up like meat slabs and a bulletin board covered in IDs and articles.
The name "Corvinus" appears often.
Singe is performing blood tests for an unknown purpose.
We find out the man from the subway is an American medical intern named Michael Corvin.
Raze returns to the lair with Trix's body.
The bearded leader scolds Raze for losing the "candidate" and then leaves to fetch Michael himself.
While Kraven is entertaining the guests, Selene bails.
We see on her computer Michael's ID and address.
Selene breaks into his flat and begins rummaging.
Meanwhile, two cops (actually Pierce and Taylor in disguise) show up at the hospital to ask Michael about the shooting earlier that night, but Michael already left for home.
Selene finds several photos of Michael's family, friends, and girlfriend, when he shows up.
Selene pins him to the wall and demands, "Why are they after you?"
On cue, several fully formed Lycans show up, and Selene starts shooting. Michael escapes out into the hallway and onto the elevator.
On the ground floor, the Lycan leader is waiting for him.
Before anything can happen, Selene makes it down the stairs and shoots up the bearded Lycan on sight. He collapses onto Michael and bites him on the shoulder infecting him with the Lycan virus.
Selene, not aware of what just happened, drags Michael out from under him. The Lycan spits Michael's blood into a vial, then concentrates on expelling the silver bullets from his body.
One by one he pushes the bullets out of his flesh. Once done, he then catches up to Selene's car and jumps on. He begins stabbing the roof with an arm mounted, spring loaded blade until he hits Selene in the shoulder.
She finally throws him off, then rams him with her car. He lands on his feet, unharmed.
Once she loses him, Selene soon passes out from blood loss and crashes the car into the river.
Michael is left to save both their lives. He drags Selene under a pier and performs CPR, before passing out himself.
The bearded leader returns with the blood sample, pleased he marked Michael as a Lycan.
Singe tests the blood; it is "positive"...
Selene wakes up under the pier in broad daylight.
Although her shoulder is completely healed, she's not going anywhere till sundown.
Michael is unconscious all day, having nightmares of an event out of chronological order, unable to make sense of it. He continues to have these nightmares throughout the film.
He wakes up in Selene's bedroom the following night, only long enough to hear her name before passing out again.
Erika asks why Selene brought him home, which she replies,
"He saved my life."
Kraven is raging, not only at her insubordination, but at the presence of the very uninvited guest.
Selene pleads for Kraven to listen, but he keeps yelling,
"Lucian wouldn't be the slightest bit interested in a human!"
Selene notices this slip, and is immediately suspicious.
Erika is left alone with Michael, where her curiousity gets the best of her. While examining him, she sees his shoulder bitemark and is horrified.
Michael wakes up to a terrified Erika, clinging to the ceiling and hissing like a cat.
Michael, equally scared, jumps out the window and escapes.
Kraven slaps Selene for bringing the non-vampire to the manor, then subsequently allowing him to escape.
When Kraven leaves the manor, Selene breaks into the long-deserted library to investigate Kraven's history.
She breaks into a locked cabinet to extract a particular chronicle.
While reading about the fall of Lucian, she finds in between the pages a mounted piece of skin with a "V" (for Viktor) branded into it, supposedly the skin of the late Lucian.
Selene then spots a portrait of Lucian.
Although his face is ripped off the page, she recognises the distinctive pendant around his neck, the same pendant worn by the bearded Lycan.
Erika finds Selene and tells her Michael is a Lycan.
Selene refuses to believe her.
Selene's suspicions are confirmed: the bearded Lycan is actually Lucian himself.
Kraven and Lucian faked his death
β the latter allowing the former to carve away the patch of skin bearing the 'V' brand as 'proof' β
Kraven for political advancement, and Lucian for strategy.
Kraven, however, is in the dark about Lucian's plans for Michael.
Plus, this arrangement may not be completely played out yet.
Selene decides she has no choice but to awaken Viktor.
She sneaks into the crypt to feed him her blood.
She comments on how only Elders have the skill to organize their memories into a cohesive vision, and as far as she knew, Selene is the only non-Elder to attempt an awakening by herself.
Not only is her blood supposed to awaken him, but he can acquire all her memories through it; Selene is counting on this.
Michael tries to seek medical attention at his hospital, but Pierce and Taylor show up to arrest him.
Luckily, Michael escapes; he realizes Selene is the only person who can help him now.
He goes back to the manor and demands to speak to Selene via the intercom at the gate.
Kraven threatens to banish her if she goes to him, but Selene fires back that Viktor will decide now he is awake.
It's not until Selene's gone when Erika tells Kraven that Michael is a Lycan. Kraven finds Viktor walking in his crypt, his whole body being fed purified blood through several IVs.
Viktor criticizes Kraven for being an incompetent leader, until Kraven informs him he has been awakened a whole century ahead of schedule.
Outside, Selene picks up Michael in a new car and sees that Michael has indeed been bitten.
Selene explains the war to Michael and that she has the right to kill him for what he is, but she needs to find out why Lucian wants him first.
Selene takes Michael to a safe house in the city where Lycans are tortured and interrogated.
Michael mentions his nightmares and Selene explains they are actually Lucian's memories.
When Michael asks her why she hates the Lycans, she explains that when she was human, her parents, sister, and nieces were all killed by Lycans one night and Viktor fought them off and saved her.
She tells Michael to stay put while she goes back to talk to Viktor, but Michael doesn't want to her to leave him alone.
She impulsively kisses him, then cuffs him.
She reminds him that it's a full moon tomorrow night and she can't let him loose to kill and feed.
Lucian has charged Singe to lead a battalion to follow Selene and capture Michael.
They wait for her at the manor while she faces Viktor.
He asks her why she thinks Lucian is alive. Selene insists that her memories provide all the evidence Viktor needs.
He replies that her memories were unorganized and incoherent and he couldn't make sense of them.
Selene is shocked that he doesn't believe that she shot Lucian.
She begs Viktor for a chance to prove herself, but instead of listening to her, he focuses on the fact she broke sacred laws and is fraternizing with a Lycan, which in his mind is reason enough not to believe her.
He informs her she will be under arrest until Amelia and the council arrive tomorrow night to judge her.
While Kraven is locking her in her room, he refers to her as his "future queen", which Erika overhears; she is livid.
The next evening, Kraven informs Kahn that Soren, Kraven's right hand thug, and his team will pick up Amelia and the council from the train station, which Kahn is usually supposed to do.
At the station, Amelia's train is ambushed by Lycans, while Soren turns his back.
Meanwhile, at the manor, Erika shuts off the electricity.
In the dark and commotion Erika enters Selene's room with two guns and keys to a car.
When Selene asks why she is helping her, Erika replies,
"I'm not.
I'm helping me."
Selene rushes to get to Michael before the full moon rises, with Singe in hot pursuit.
Just as she reaches the safe house, a half dozen Lycans come up behind her. Shooting commences.
Michael is forced to jump out the window, and surprisingly lands squarely on all fours like a cat.
Pierce and Taylor pull up in a police car and throw Michael in before speeding off.
Selene is left with a single surviving Lycan: Singe.
In the car, Michael is in bad shape.
The full moon rises and Michael begins to change.
Taylor pulls over so Pierce can inject Michael with something.
At the train station, Amelia is damaged, but alive.
Raze appears, pulls out a syringe and extracts blood from her neck.
When Kahn realizes Amelia is late, he sends his team to find her.
They arrive at the station to find everyone dead.
Back at the manor, Viktor has completely regenerated.
Kraven informs him Selene has fled and that it wasn't his fault.
Just then, Selene arrives with Singe in custody.
He is chained to the floor where Selene tortures him into talking.
He explains that he had been trying to combine the two bloodlines, which proved impossible.
So he did some research:
Alexander Corvinus was a Hungarian warlord in the early 400s, who was the sole survivor of a plague that wiped out his entire village.
He apparently had a unique genetic trait that allowed viruses and other alien DNA to mutate within him to his benefit; he became the first true immortal. Years later, he had three sons: one was bitten by a bat, one by a wolf, while the third had a mortal life and descendants.
Viktor dismisses this whole story as a legend, and states that Markus is actually a descendant of Corvinus.
Singe goes on to explain he needed the original Corvinus Strain to make a vampire/Lycan union possible, which they found in Michael.
Viktor is infuriated at the idea, and Singe defies him by saying Lucian is alive and will mutate himself to become a hybrid.
By this time, Kraven has already fled, exposed as a traitor.
Singe goes on to describe a powerful being: the best of both species and none of the weaknesses, which Lucian aspires to become.
Viktor is horrified.
Just then, Kahn comes in to inform Viktor of Amelia's fate.
In a rage, Viktor kills Singe in one blow, spilling his blood all over the floor. Viktor then turns to Selene and tells her all she has to do is kill Michael and she will be exonerated.
Michael wakes up strapped to a slab in Singe's lab.
He is greeted by Lucian, who explains he was given an enzyme to stop the change.
Lucian then extracts blood from Michael and injects it into himself.
While Michael watches him, he recognizes the pendant Lucian wears, and all of a sudden his nightmares make sense: a blonde girl wearing the pendant is chained to a column in a room similar to the Elder's crypt.
In front of her is Lucian chained to the floor being whipped, while a group behind bars yell in protest.
Viktor and the council witness the whipping, then leave the room.
The ceiling is opened up to let in the sunlight, and the girl on the column immediately screams and burns.
Lucian cries out "SONJA!!". Later that night, Viktor returns to pick the pendant off her carbonized corpse.
He looks sad. Just then, the full moon rises, and Lucian and all the people behind the bars transform.
Lucian breaks his chains, grabs the pendant, and escapes.
Michael snaps out of it and says her name.
"They forced you to watch her die."
Lucian explains Lycans were once slaves to the vampires, their daylight guardians, and Lucian was born into it.
He didn't hate vampires then, in fact he married one.
Viktor caught them both and intended to kill them both for their abominable union.
Sonja was Viktor's daughter, and Viktor is nothing more than a hateful racist.
Kraven and Soren's team show up, apparently having nowhere else to go.
Lucian's men escorts Soren's into a chamber while Kraven and Lucian talk.
Kraven is worried, but Lucian assures him he will soon rule the vampire nation and have "an ironclad peace treaty with the Lycans."
Lucian is frustrated that Raze hasn't shown up with Amelia's blood yet.
Then, Selene and Kahn's team attack the lair, with Viktor in tow.
When Lucian turns his back, Kraven pulls out Kahn's silver nitrate gun and shoots Lucian.
A very long, huge, complicated battle takes place.
Raze shows up too late.
He retaliates by attacking Soren, who pulls out silver whips, but that can't hold back Raze fully formed.
Selene, initially leading the group, leaves Kahn to lead so she can find Michael. Lucian comes to; apparently a single round of silver nitrate isn't enough to kill him.
Selene has to shoot her way through the Lycans in her path.
Kahn is eventually taken down with his team.
Kraven is trying to escape, but has to constantly dodge the line of fire.
Selene eventually finds Michael and unties him.
Lucian, crawling, sees them together, invoking a sense of deja vu.
Michael tells her everything he learned.
When Raze is done with Soren, he goes after Viktor, but even at his peak, Viktor easily breaks Raze's neck and impales him on his sword.
Countless vampires and Lycans are killing each other left and right.
Selene and Michael are looking for a way out when they come across Kraven, who pumps Michael full of silver nitrate.
He is dying slowly.
Out of spite, Kraven tells Selene the truth about Viktor: he slaughtered and fed on Selene's family all those years ago and there wasn't a Lycan anywhere close.
Viktor is a closet hedonist who criminally indulges in human blood, and Kraven was his confidant.
Viktor just couldn't kill Selene because she reminded him of Sonja, the daughter he executed.
Just then, Lucian crawls up behind Kraven and stabs him in the leg with his arm blade.
With Kraven distracted long enough, Lucian manages to say to Selene,
"Bite him!" She remembers Singe's words, and bites Michael. Kraven gets to his feet just so Lucian can taunt him with ultimate victory,
"You may have killed me, cousin, but my will is done regardless."
Kraven replies by emptying his gun into Lucian, killing the Lycan.
Kraven finally flees before Viktor shows up to kill Michael.
He tosses Selene aside, picks up Michael and throws him through a wall into a flooded courtyard beneath.
Selene sees Viktor for who he really is and confronts him with everything. Despite his guilt, he defends all his actions to the ground.
He believes granting Selene immortality was payment enough for wronging her, and Sonja was having Lucian's baby; Viktor didn't hesitate to "protect the species."
While this confrontation is happening, Michael is changing.
His whole body has become black and his eyes are obsidian as his bone structure morphs into something never seen before.
When Viktor turns to finish Michael off, he meets his match:
a creature so fast and so strong, Viktor is actually scared.
But despite Michael's power, Viktor, as one of the oldest living vampires, gets the upper hand.
He throws Michael across the courtyard so the Elder's bodyguards can shoot him.
Selene is in a state of shock while all this is happening, but the sound of gunfire wakes her up.
She rushes to defend Michael and drops the Death Dealers, her own kind. Viktor blindsides her with a vicious punch and she hits the ground.
Michael roars in anger and rushes Viktor, only for Viktor to get him in a vice grip.
He's about to snap Michael's neck when Selene snatches Viktor's sword off the ground and slices Victor's head in half in one sweeping blow.
The battle ends abruptly.
No vampire or Lycan is fool enough to come near them after what just happened.
Selene picks up Sonja's pendant and gives it to Michael to keep.
They walk out together, speechless and numb.
Off camera, Selene narrates that she "cannot predict the future", but reminds us that Markus is the only vampire Elder left alive and that the vampire nation will react to all that has happened.
Selene believes she will become a target now that Viktor is dead.
Back in the crypt, Singe's blood had poured across the floor till it reached Markus's sarcophagus, where it seeps through, all over Markus's body.
His eyes flutter open, at first vampire blue, then hybrid black...
Casualties
The following list is designed to help by describing who kills whom.
Several major characters die throughout the film and not all fight scenes are given spotlight attention.
Because of this, some often wonder what happened to a specific character.
Singe is wounded by Selene in a gunfight and ultimately killed by Viktor.
Amelia is wounded in the Lycan ambush but is drained of all her blood by Raze.
Raze kills Soren in a duel.
Viktor kills Raze by breaking his neck and impaling him with his sword.
Kahn is killed when unnamed Lycans attack him along with two other vampires.
Kraven shoots Lucian with silver nitrate bullets.
Selene semi-decapitates Viktor.
At the end of the film, the following major characters are still alive:
Selene, Michael, Kraven and Erika.
Marcus and Alexander Corvinus are spoken of but with the exception of the final shot showing Marcus's eyes, neither feature in the film.
However, they both play major roles in the sequel.
Spoilers end here.
Cast
Actor Role
Kate Beckinsale
Selene
Scott Speedman
Michael Corvin
Michael Sheen
Lucian
Bill Nighy
Viktor
Shane Brolly
Kraven
Erwin Leder
Singe
Sophia Myles
Erika
Robbie Gee
Kahn
Wentworth Miller
Dr. Adam Lockwood
Kevin Grevioux
Raze
Zita GΓΆrΓΆg
Amelia
Scott McElroy
Soren
Todd Schneider
Trix
SΓ‘ndor Bolla
Rigel
Hank Amos
Nathanial
Tobiasz Tomczynski
Georgio DeLuca
Details
Runtime
116 minutes
(1 hour, 56 minutes)
On May 26th, 2004 the "Unrated Extended Version" was released on DVD.
It has a total run time of 128 Min (2:08)
Genres
Action, Fantasy, Thriller, Science fiction
Ratings
MPAA: R for strong violence/gore and some language.
Australia:MA,Canada:18A, France:U, Netherlands:12, Norway:15, Philippines:R-18, Singapore:NC-16, South Korea:18, Spain:18, Sweden:15, Switzerland:16, Ireland:15, UK:15, USA:R, Japan
(the original 121 Min cut was released with the rating 16, the extended "uncut" edition was released rated 18)
Trivia
The movie was entirely filmed in Budapest, Hungary.
It also seems to be set there, visible on car licence plates and signs.
The movie was the subject of a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by
White Wolf, Inc. and Nancy A. Collins claiming the setting was too similar
to the Vampire: The Masquerade and Werewolf: The Apocalypse games
both set in their World of Darkness setting:
White Wolf filed 17 counts of copyright infringement, and claimed over
80 points of unique similarity between White Wolf's game systems and
the movie.
White Wolf, Inc. also claimed the script was very similar to a story entitled The Love of Monsters (1994) which they published and was written by
Nancy A. Collins.
In September, 2003 a judge granted White Wolf an expedited hearing;
this was the last White Wolf's press releases had to say about the case.
Given that there has never been any further news of this case,
and Sony has proceeded to release DVDs and a sequel,
it is possible that it was settled out of court under terms that prohibited
any further discussion of the matter.
Amy Lee of Evanescence sang in some of the songs by Renholder,
but her voice was cut off the official soundtrack, due to legal problems with her record company.
Director Len Wiseman opted to shoot several action scenes live,
without the use of computer generated imagery.
One such scene involves the Lycan werewolf Lucian seemingly running at high speed behind a speeding car.
The scene was shot with actor Michael Sheen running upon a heavy cloth which was in turn being towed by the car he was chasing.
The phrase "what the fuck is goin' on", said by Corvin as he leaves his apartment building immediately before the Lycan/car chase scene was used by Israeli Psytrance producer Astrix on "Techno Widows",
the fourth track of his Artcore album.
No special audio effects were used to alter Kevin Grevioux's voice.
Grevioux's voice is naturally that deep.
Actor Scott Speedman won the Face of the Future Saturn Award for his role as Michael Corvin.
The name of the main character, Selene, is indicated in Greek mythology as being associated with the moon.
Sequels
The follow-up story, Underworld: Evolution, was released January 20, 2006. Another film is also planned.
It's unclear whether it will be prequel, sequel, or midquel to Underworld: Evolution.
It will likely be released around 2007 or 2008.
Soundtrack
Main article: Underworld (Soundtrack)
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This is amazing beyond belief, but one thing...
YOU SPELLED LUTIAN'S NAME WRONG! It's spelled Lut... wait... i already spelled it...
Anyway, I THINK you spelled it wrong. I'll check, and if I'm wrong, and you're right... I'll hang myself...
(Note: I make OC's for all the stories I know, and my OC for Under is Lutian's lost daughter)
Anyway, gotta go. BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
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AWESOME! .... i'm at a lack of words at how great it is!
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omfg 
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this is beautiful
captured the moment purrrrfectly
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I bet alot of people who haven't seen Underworld have mistaken him for a vampire. Any way nice work...putting it in my favs
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Lucian!! Oh my, my, my...this is fantastic! 
This drawing is perfect, in my book...Bravo!
-Jojo
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You're incredible. keep on going..... your work is fantastic!!!!!!!
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I just watched that movie yesterday...... for like the thirteenth time! lol
I love your shading skills. Great job!
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i love this movie and i love this pic! great job!
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I haven't seen that movie. He looks creepy though. Great job! 
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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
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