The third film in the Subculture saga

The 3rd film in the Underworld saga goes back masses of years to give an explanation for the origins of the feud between the vampire Death Dealers and the werewolf Lycans.

Taking over directing obligations from Len Wiseman in Rise of the Lycans blu-ray, is rookie Patrick Tatoupolos, renowned for his creature-designing needs in Godzilla (1998), I am Legend ( 2007 ), and the 1st 2 films in this series.

Less an action-horror film than an old-fashioned “sword-and-sandal” film with monsters, Rise of the Lycans blu-ray finally gets to the root of why those vampires and werewolves actually can’t stand each other.

Ruled by Viktor ( Bill Nighy, Valkyrie ), the classy, vampiric Death Dealers keep the wolflike Lycans as slaves. When a captive Lycan girl births a human boy, Viktor resists the need to kill it, instead naming him Lucian and keeping him as a pet.

Lucian ( Michael Sheen, Frost/Nixon) grows up to be a blacksmith with the facility to change between human and wolf and starts a surreptitious love with Viktor’s girl, Sonja (Rhona Mitra, Doomsday). Viktor learns of this banned love and takes extreme steps to ensure that Sonja will never be ready to see Lucian again.

Lucian, in retaliation, leads a Rise of the Lycans blu-ray slave revolt, resulting in an all-out assault on Viktor’s dominion. Though spectators who have skipped the first two installments of the saga may feel a little left out when it comes to the mythology of the series, Rise of the Lycans blue ray dvd hits the ground running and does not permit much time for queries.

While Glaze has been praised for his work in more historically dramatic films, here he gives his all to each snarl and war cry. Mitra is an appealing presence as Sonja, and Nighy is visibly relishing the opportunity to glower in his blue contacts and gnaw the moonlight-bathed view.

If you have had enough Oscar-nominated oatmeal, and you are in the mood for a gigantic bowl of sweet cereal with no nutritive content, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans blu-ray is prepared for you to sink your fake fangs into it. While Alfred Hitchcock and more not long ago M. Night Shyamalan have teetered between if to pen roles for themselves into their own scripts, there’s no tottering for Subculture personality writer Kevin Grevioux.