Underworld: Blood Wars
Screen Gems | Release Date: January 6, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
23
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
6
Negative:
11
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoJan 8, 2017
Underworld: Blood Wars is the kind of mainstream horror I want to champion, but lackluster technical aspects nullify Kate Beckinsale's kick-ass performance. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKimber MyersJan 6, 2017
The fifth film in the series still executes creative kills; if only the same attention were paid to the rest of the movie. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyClark CollisJan 6, 2017
While the film may justify its title in terms of the viscera on display, it is badly in need of a funny bone. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawFeb 13, 2017
This has been a regular payday for Beckinsale and she certainly gives it her all, but you have to wonder why she bothers, certainly now that we know what she can do with more interesting material. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsEdward DouglasJan 6, 2017
Blood Wars concludes with the threat of further sequels, but this is clearly one franchise that's been fully drained of its blood. Read full review
40
VarietyOwen GleibermanJan 6, 2017
There’s a story, and a mythology, and a prestige actress who knows how to push moodiness to the point that, in this series, it’s just about her only mood, but none of it, in the end, gets in the way of the splatter. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyJan 9, 2017
Too rote to be trash, it has to make do with being mere junk, impatiently exposing more incoherent machinations and more condo-board-like council meetings involving the dullest vampires in moviedom. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovJan 11, 2017
For the majority of filmgoers, Beckinsale is Selene. It’s not the worst legacy for an actor, and she’s managed to keep her character prideful yet vicious, film after backstabbing film. (Did I mention the catsuit? Va va voom!) Read full review
30
Village VoiceChuck WilsonJan 10, 2017
Menzies should be just the spark to bring Underworld back to life, but it doesn’t happen. Screenwriter Cory Goodman (The Last Witch Hunter) isolates Marius from Selene and the other major players so that Menzies is left adrift, like a great fighter without a worthy sparring partner. Read full review
25
Movie NationRoger MooreJan 10, 2017
The action beats are barely passable — glitchy, pixelated jerks in the digitally-augmented jumps, punches, etc. The production design — dark on dark, all the better to hide the bored actors. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiJan 6, 2017
The only notable aspect of the film is that it marks the feature directorial debut of Anna Foerster, a rare example of a woman being allowed to direct a reasonably large-scale franchise film. Alas, all it proves here is that a female director can make a film of this sort that is just as listless, derivative and perfunctory as one made by a man. Read full review
20
EmpireKim NewmanJan 12, 2017
Blood Wars is tragically bereft of the pulp verve this nonsense needs to be tolerable. Read full review
20
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergJan 6, 2017
This film is so heavy with exposition that you would think that the director, Anna Foerster, and the screenwriter, Cory Goodman, had set out to complete a dissertation instead of a sequel. Read full review
20
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeJan 6, 2017
Selene seems ready to put this story behind her for most of Underworld: Blood Wars, and it’s hard not to wish that for Beckinsale, as well. Read full review
20
Time OutJoshua RothkopfJan 6, 2017
If you like sexy vampires or ferocious werewolves, you can do much better than this exhausted, computerized sequel. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJan 6, 2017
The action is nearly relentless, only occasionally interrupted by humorless, tedious exposition, but despite the freneticism it’s almost all completely boring. Read full review
12
Rolling StonePeter TraversJan 6, 2017
Like the four franchise fillers that preceded it, Underworld: Blood Wars is undoubtedly impervious to bad reviews. What it needs is a stake through the heart. Read full review
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