Above, Rhona Mitra as Sonia.
by Armand Vaquer
I saw Underworld: Rise of the Lycans last night and enjoyed it, despite not having seen the previous two entries. Rhona Mitra as Sonia was definitely easy on the eyes.
The story, I am told, is more of a prequel (the previous movies were set in modern day) in which an aristocratic vampire coven (led by Viktor, Sonia's father played by Bill Nighy) enslaves the Lycans (some sort of hybrid of humans and werewolves) to work for them and to provide protection against the full-blooded werewolves who live in the nearby forest.
Viktor is a ruthless leader (I won't give away any plot points) who will stop at nothing to protect his coven and his power.
A Lycan (Lucien, played by Michael Sheen) is born to a captured werewolf and the vampires raise him to adulthood. He and Sonia fall in love, which is apparently a "no-no", that leads to an uprising of the Lycan slaves against the vampires.
There's a lot of action and the movie's slower points don't cause any boredom.
Directed by Patrick Tatopoulos (Godzilla (1998)).
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