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Last night I finally got to watch a movie I have wanted to watch for some time now, and the movie is "Underworld: Rise of the Lycans". I am a big fan Sci Fi and Fantasy genre films of which the "Underworld" films are a part of. I will tell you also that I was not disappointed with this film, but I was a little surprised what a great prequel.

The first two "underworld" movies are about the epic war between the Lycans and the Vampire coven that had created them. Throughout both of these action packed adrenaline pumping films you get little snippets and flashbacks of the ancient history that surrounds this blood feud, but you never get the whole story.

"Underworld: Rise of the Lycans" answers the primary question, which is why. The reason why these two immortal races are warring is not entirely because one of them is oppressing the other; it is because of a tragic Romeo and Juliet type of love story as well. This love story proves to be the catalyst for the awesome conflict between the races.

The story begins when the leader of the coven Viktor who is played by Bill Nighy spares the life of a male baby born of a female Lycan that has human features. The young Lycans name is Lucian who is played by Michael Sheen. As Lucian grows he displays many talents that ultimately prove to be coveted by Viktor who breeds a race of these Lycans using Lucians DNA.

As Lucian grows he also becomes desirable to Viktor’s daughter Sonja who is played by Rhona Mitra. As Sonja grows into a fierce warrior known as a death dealer Lucian grows into and ultimately becomes the daytime protector of the coven as well as a great weapons smith. The relationship between the warrior daughter and the forbidden slave also grows into a romantic relationship as well.

However over time Viktor not only learns of Sonja and Lucian’s secret affair. Unfortunately after Lucian and his Lycan brethren escapes Lucian returns to save Sonja and is recaptured after a battle before the covens own gates and Sonja reveals to her father that she is pregnant with Lucian’s child. This proves to be more than Viktor can bear and he sentences his own flesh and blood to death.

After Viktor has his own daughter executed right in front of Lucian, Lucian again escapes and calls both the pure blood Lycans and the coven created hybrids into battle. What follows is a wholesale slaughter on both sides, but the coven ultimately loose the battle and all but the three coven elders and their scribe Tannis played by Steven mackintosh survive. It is also in this story that we meet Raze played by Kevin Grevioux a human turned Lycan who is Lucian’s strong right hand.

One of the very cool things about this movie is that it reunites members from the original cast that were killed in the first "Underworld" film. Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy, and Kevin Grevioux were all in the first film and it was awesome to see them reprise their roles from "Underworld I" for "Underworld III". Rhona Mitra was also an excellent choice for the part of Sonja. At the end of the film we also get to see Selene who is played by Kate Beckinsale for the first time.

If you are into action, adventure, fantasy, and a little romance as well I would highly recommend that you see this film if you haven’t already. I am also including the trailer for the film in this post for you to watch. I really hope you enjoy not only this post and the trailer, but the movie as well. Have a great day my friends and Simple Man Entertainment will be back again soon CIAO4NOW!!!!!