Underworld: Evolution 2006

Tasha Robinson, AV Club: Underworld films are a highly specialized taste, and those who've acquired it know who they are. Everyone else should give this one a wide berth. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: The script ... isn't particularly interesting ... Read more

Gregory Kirschling, Entertainment Weekly: ... the series never expands on the promise of its one innovation. Read more

Matt Weitz, Dallas Morning News: ... Underworld: Evolution registers visually but isn't alive enough to cast a reflection or shadow. Read more

Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly: As with Underworld: Evolution's 2003 predecessor, you leave the theatre feeling as if the filmmakers are still back there, with PowerPoint flow charts, explaining the flashback-intensive plotline ... Read more

Gene Seymour, Newsday: ... this Underworld sequel has only piled on the things that made its predecessor annoying: Heavy-handed backstory and aimless, affectless mayhem. Read more

Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger: As far as gratuitous follow-ups go, it is neither evolution nor devolution. A more appropriate title is Underworld: Stagnation. Read more

Jami Bernard, New York Daily News: ... a movie that beats you over the head until you -- along with all the fanged and furry beasts of the future -- are senseless. Read more

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: There's nothing new under the sun -- or out of it -- as vampire movies go. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Underworld: Evolution is representative of the 'modern' vampire movie -- loud, violent, and raucous. Read more

Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: The plot is so convoluted that missing even five minutes at a stretch won't make any difference in your comprehension of the story. Read more

Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle: ... despite an admirable attempt to test the boundaries of the genre, the continuing saga about the war between the vampires and the werewolves is humorless, too confusing and not particularly fun to watch. Read more

Stephen Metcalf, Slate: I dare anyone to follow the plot, which manages, like some ill-baked meringue, to be both too light on the surface and too densely clotted underneath. Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: I can't even begin to divulge the storyline because it's mostly unfathomable. Read more

Joe Leydon, Variety: Pic should please a fan base that has grown during original's international theatrical and homevid roll-out. Read more

Ben Kenigsberg, Village Voice: There's no guiding power at work here; it's Evolution without a shred of intelligent design. Read more