Product Details

• Actors: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Shane Brolly, Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy
• Directors: Len Wiseman
• Writers: Kevin Grevioux, Len Wiseman, Danny McBride
• Producers: Danny McBride, Gary Lucchesi, Henry Winterstern, James McQuaide
• Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
  PLEASE NOTE: Some Region 1 DVDs may contain Regional Coding Enhancement (RCE). Some, but not all, of our international customers have had problems playing these enhanced discs on what are called "region-free" DVD players. For more information on RCE, click here.
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: January 6, 2004
• Run Time: 121 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (624 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000VAFO0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,090 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #81 in Movies & TV > DVD > Fantasy
  • #98 in Movies & TV > DVD > Science Fiction
• For more information about "Underworld (Widescreen Special Edition)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

SELENE, A BEAUTIFUL VAMPIRE WARRIOR, IS ENTRENCHED IN A WAR BETWEEN THE VAMPIRE & WEREWOLF RACES. ALTHOUGH SHE IS ALIGNED WITH THE VAMPIRES, SHE FALLS IN LOVE WITH MICHAEL, A WEREWOLF WHO LONGS FOR THE WAR TO END.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good fun action flick that shines on Blu-ray, October 30, 2007

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Michael Lynn (Abbeville, Alabama United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Underworld (Unrated) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

Being a fan of the Underworld series as well as the lovely Kate Beckensale, I had to purchase this movie on blu-ray. I have this movie on every format except vhs. All I have to say is that this movie looks and sound awesome on blu-ray. If you want good demo material get this movie, you will not be disappointed.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Underworld Unrated rocks on Blu-Ray!, September 27, 2007

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J. Torres (Bay Area, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Underworld (Unrated) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

This movie really looks great on Blu-Ray with an AVC encode and the PCM lossless audio is excellent. By the way this movie is also region free (Regions A, B & C) so people can import this if they want to.

49 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie, but not exactly what I expected, September 21, 2003

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CreepyT "CreepyTendencies" (Colorado, United States) - See all my reviews
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I had been looking forward to the release of this movie all summer long, and it was a great movie! It was just a little different from what I had thought it would be.

The movie, as most of you probably know, is about a war that has been going on between werewolves and vampires. And it is THIS that is the primary focus of the plot (as opposed to the vampires and werewolves themselves). The werewolves have been researching their bloodlines and discovered a human who shares a common ancestor with both the werewolves and the vampires. The werewolves seek out this human, and this is noted by Selene (Kate Beckinsale), who decides to make it her mission to discover the importance of this particular human.

Unfortunately, the writers decided not to delve too deeply into vampire and werewolf lore. I was pretty disappointed by the fact that the supernatural abilities of these supernatural beings were not really emphasized. Instead, the writers chose to merely stick guns in the hands of the vampires and werewolves. In addition, the mythology was slightly different from what I've read and seen before in previous vampire and werewolf books and movies. I don't necessarily have a problem with that, but if you are going to change things from what people are used to, then it should be explained in slightly more detail.

Another thing that was a little disappointing were the effects. The previews led me to believe that the movie would be comparable to the "Matrix" in that department. Unfortunately, the best effects (with the one exception of the werewolf transformations) were all shown in the previews.

All of this aside, the movie was still pretty incredible. The plot was exceptional, which is not necessarily always the case with most action movies, and the action kept me entertained throughout the movie's entirety. The make-up and costumes were also outstanding, as was the acting. I actually saw this movie twice, and the second time around (once I got over the intial let-down of it being slightly different from what I expected) it was MUCH better. I anxiously await the sequel (and based on how the movie ended, there WILL be a sequel) as well as the DVD release!