By Taylor Pilgrim

It’s been six years since the release of Underworld: Evolution, the second Underworld movie, which continued the story of Selene the vampire.  Later, there came a prequel to all the movies. Then on Jan. 20, 2012 another Underworld movie premiered. Underworld: Awakening is the fourth installment in the series, and it wasn’t too shabby.

The movie was filled with action from the beginning, with Selene (Kate Beckinsale) running from gunfire and explosions. I could tell I was in for an action packed movie. It seemed that about 75 minutes of the 88 minute movie were just action and fighting.

This fourth installment wasn’t exactly up to par with the other movies in the series. It seemed to be more about the action instead of any actual story line. The whole story could be summed up in about two sentences and you would know everything that happened.

The action scenes were great though as where the 3D effects but I felt kind of shocked when it ended. As it ended my friends said, “wait…that was it? Why was it so short?” And we left, a disappointed group. I mean you’re paying about $13 for a 3D movie and then it’s only an hour and twenty minutes? That’s kind of a waste of money in my opinion.

My advice is to wait until it comes out on home video and rent it. Watch the movie on rental before adding it to your collection; make sure that you feel you would be getting your money’s worth.

[Underworld: Awakening is rated R for strong violence and gore and for some language.]