Should you watch Underworld: Rise of the Lycans?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Film · 2009
A prequel to the first two Underworld films, this fantasy explains the origins of the feud between the Vampires and the Lycans. Aided by his secret love, Sonja, courageous Lucian leads the Lycans in battle against brutal Vampire king Viktor. Determined to break the king's enslavement of his people, Lucian faces off against the Death Dealer army in a bid for Lycan independence.
The sides of Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
- A werewolf slave in a vampire castle
- A secret love with the king's daughter
- A slave revolt
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans is good for you if…
- you like a gothic world of vampire lords and werewolf slaves.
- you want sword fights and werewolf battles around a castle.
- you like a forbidden love between Lucian and the vampire king's daughter.
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans is bad for you if…
- you can't stand beheadings and bloody battles.
- you need some light. The whole film is a grim gothic war between masters and slaves.
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