Underworld: Blood Wars

It plays better than it reviews — the watch lands harder than the write-ups suggest.

• “The fifth film in the series still executes creative kills; if only the same attention were paid to the rest of the movie.”

  Kimber Myers, Los Angeles Times · 50

• “Underworld: Blood Wars is the kind of mainstream horror I want to champion, but lackluster technical aspects nullify Kate Beckinsale's kick-ass performance.”

  Matt Donato, We Got This Covered · 50

• “While the film may justify its title in terms of the viscera on display, it is badly in need of a funny bone.”

  Clark Collis, Entertainment Weekly · 42

• “There’s a story, and a mythology, and a prestige actress who knows how to push moodiness to the point that, in this series, it’s just about her only mood, but none of it, in the end, gets in the way of the splatter.”

  Owen Gleiberman, Variety · 40

• “Blood Wars concludes with the threat of further sequels, but this is clearly one franchise that's been fully drained of its blood.”

  Edward Douglas, New York Daily News · 40