Underworld 2. 00. Wikipedia. Underworld is a 2. Len Wiseman and written by Danny Mc. Bride, based on a story by Mc. Bride, Kevin Grevioux, and Wiseman. Recall To Inferno Pdf' title='Recall To Inferno Pdf' />You kids wanna see something cool Heres a hires wireframe cutaway of the Infiniti Prototype 9, the fauxvintage electric race car concept that should be lame but. CHAPTER 7 FIREFIGHTING TACTICS Learning Objective Recall the characteristics of differentclassesoffire,thestagesofafire,andthebasic tactics and strategies to attack. Online Library of Liberty. A collection of scholarly works about individual liberty and free markets. A project of Liberty Fund, Inc. Driven by adventure, guided by our history, inspired by community, enchanted by the freedom of the open road and committed, always, to creating the worlds greatest. You have not yet voted on this site If you have already visited the site, please help us classify the good from the bad by voting on this site. The film centers on the secret history of vampires and lycans an abbreviated form of lycanthrope, which means werewolf. It is the first installment in the Underworld franchise. The main plot revolves around Selene Kate Beckinsale, a vampire Death Dealer hunting Lycans. She finds herself attracted to a human, Michael Corvin Scott Speedman, who is being targeted by the Lycans. After Michael is bitten by a Lycan, Selene must decide whether to do her duty and kill him or go against her clan and save him. Alongside Beckinsale and Speedman, the film stars Michael Sheen, Shane Brolly, and Bill Nighy. An international co production between companies from the United Kingdom, Germany, Hungary, and the United States, the film was released on September 1. Upon its release, the film received generally negative reviews from critics, but a smaller number of reviewers praised elements such as the films stylish Gothic visuals, the icy English composure in Kate Beckinsales performance, and the extensively worked out vampirewerewolf mythology that serves as the films backstory. A surprise hit, the film grossed 9. The film was followed by Underworld Evolution, released three years later, and by three other films. For generations, a secret war has been waged between vampires and Lycans, an ancient species of werewolf. Selene, a Death Dealer, a vampire specialized in assassinating Lycans, tracks two Lycans. Selenes motivation goes beyond duty she also wants revenge because, 6. Lycans slaughtered her family. CVS more. The vampires believe they defeated the werewolves many centuries ago and killed their leader, Lucian, and that they must kill the surviving Lycans. Selene locates the Lycans den and learns they have developed a new kind of UV bullet capable of killing vampires. Later, Selene arrives at the mansion of her vampire coven and, recounting these events, urges an attack on the Lycans but the vampire regent, Kraven, dismisses her proposal. Selene determines that the pair of Lycans may have been following a human, Michael Corvin, and continues her investigation. In a Lycan lair, a scientist named Singe tests blood from kidnapped descendants of the ancient Corvinus family, trying to find a pure source of the ancient and powerful Corvinus bloodline. Soon after Selene finds Michael, the pair are attacked by Lycans, including their leader, who is revealed to be Lucian. Lucian bites Michael, but Selene helps Michael escape and the two become attracted to each other. Selene discovers that Kraven was the only witness to Lucians supposed death. Sensing a conspiracy, she awakens a dormant powerful vampire elder, Viktor, who has been hibernating. Viktor is angered by his early awakening, as it was Markus turn to rule the coven. Viktor believes Kraven and orders Selene to acquiesce to the vampire hierarchy. Kraven, meanwhile, has secretly planned to kill the third vampire elder, Amelia, and her companions with Lucians help. Selene informs Michael about the feud and her past. She then binds him, fearing that he will kill innocent people after he changes into his Lycan form at the coming nights full moon. Selene captures Singe while Michael is captured by Lycans. Selene returns to the mansion with Singe, who admits to Viktor that the Lycans are trying to combine the bloodlines of the two species with the Corvinus Strain, the shared source of both the Vampire and Lycan bloodlines, to create a powerful hybrid. After Kraven flees the mansion because Singe has revealed his cooperation with Lucian, news arrives that Amelia, who was coming to awaken Markus, has been killed by Lycans. Viktor kills Singe and tasks Selene to kill Michael. While Michael is being held captive, he learns from Lucian that Viktors daughter, Sonja, and Lucian were lovers. Lucian tells Michael that the Lycans were slaves to the vampires. When Viktor learned that his daughter had been impregnated by a Lycan, he killed her to prevent any crossing of the two species, which led to the war. According to Lucian, such a crossing would create a hybrid creature that would be more powerful than both the vampires and Lycans. Selene arrives with a group of Death Dealers to kill the Lycans and Kraven for his treachery. Kraven shoots Lucian with a newly designed bullet that kills by poisoning a Lycans bloodstream with silver nitrate. Selene rescues Michael, who is shot by Kraven. Kraven tells Selene it was Viktor who killed her family. Lucian stabs Kraven in the leg and convinces Selene to bite Michael, transmitting the vampire virus into his bloodstream. Selene complies, and Kraven flees after killing Lucian. Viktor arrives and admits that he killed Selenes family, though he believes she should be grateful as he spared her and made her immortal. He reveals the truth of his love for Sonja that his choice to have her killed was to protect the vampires and that he must now kill Michael to protect the vampires. Selene eventually kills Viktor with the assistance of Michael, who is now a hybrid. Selene and Michael leave the Lycan lair, now enemies of both species. At the mansion, blood from Singes corpse seeps into the sarcophagus of a hibernating elder, Markus, a carrier of the original Corvinus Strain. Kate Beckinsale as Selene, a vampire Death Dealer. Scott Speedman as Michael Corvin, a medical student who becomes a hybrid. Bill Nighy as Viktor, the second most powerful of the vampire elders. Michael Sheen as Lucian, the leader of the Lycans. Shane Brolly as Kraven, a vampire noble who plots to kill the elders. Erwin Leder as Singe, a Lycan scientist who plans with Lucian to make a hybrid creature. Sophia Myles as Erika, a vampire courtesan who desires Kravens favor. Robbie Gee as Kahn, a vampire warrior who helps Selene. Kevin Grevioux as Raze, Lucians right hand man. Zita Grg as Amelia, a vampire elder. Scott Mc. Elroy as Soren, Kravens henchman. Wentworth Miller as Adam Lockwood, Michaels colleague. Dennis Kozeluh as Dmitri. Hank Amos as Nathaniel. Sandor Bolla as Rigel. Todd Schneider as Trix. Jzmin Dammak as Sonja. Legal controversyeditThe film was the subject of a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by White Wolf, Inc. Nancy A. Collins, claiming the setting was too similar to the Vampire The Masquerade and Werewolf The Apocalypse games, both set in the World of Darkness setting, and to the Sonja Blue vampire novels. White Wolf filed 1. White Wolfs gaming systems and the film. White Wolf, Inc. also said the script was very similar to a story entitled The Love of Monsters 1. Nancy A. Collins. In September 2. White Wolf an expedited hearing. The lawsuit ended in a confidential settlement. Box officeeditThe film grossed 5. US and 9. 5,7. 08,4. Underworld was released on DVD and VHS from Columbia Tri. Star Home Entertainment. ReceptioneditAs of January 2. Undeworld has a 3. Rotten Tomatoes, based on 1. The sites consensus reads, Though stylish to look at, Underworld is tedious and derivative. Roger Ebert said, This is a movie so paltry in its characters and shallow in its story that the war seems to exist primarily to provide graphic visuals. However, some critics were more favorable the New York Daily News praised it as being stylish and cruel, and mightily entertaining for certain covens out there. Salon reviewer Andrew OHehir gave mixed criticism and praise, stating, By any reasonable standard, this dark vampire epic all massive overacting, cologne commercial design and sexy cat suits sucks, but that. SoundtrackeditThe films soundtrack was produced by Danny Lohner and distributed via Roadrunner Records. Lohner born 1. 97. Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson, contributed several songs to the soundtrack under the pseudonym Renholdr.