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Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
MEANRANK
60/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4028
- IMDb #3368
- Google retired #1640
- Rotten Tomatoes #3925
- Metacritic #3472
- Letterboxd #4340
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4725
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3125
- Metacritic Critics #3996
- Metacritic Audience #2312
- Criticker #2897
- Douban #1735
- Kinopoisk #3069
- AlloCiné #3579
- Trakt #2627
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 30, highest is Google on 88. Critics average 37, everyone else 64.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →This prequel reveals the origins of the centuries-old war between the Vampires and the Lycans. It tells the story of Lucian, the first Lycan werewolf, who is born into slavery under the cruel vampire king, Viktor. He falls in love with the king's daughter, and their forbidden romance sparks a rebellion that leads to a bloody uprising as the enslaved Lycans fight for their freedom.
Details
- Director
- Patrick Tatopoulos
- Writers
- Danny McBride, Dirk Blackman, Howard McCain, Len Wiseman, Robert Orr
- Released
- 22 January 2009
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $35.0M
- Box office
- $92.2M
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