Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
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| Directed by | Patrick Tatopoulos |
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| Based on | Characters created by Kevin Grevioux Len Wiseman Danny McBride |
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| Narrated by | Kate Beckinsale |
| Music by | Paul Haslinger |
| Cinematography | Ross Emery |
| Edited by | Peter Amundson Eric Potter |
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Lakeshore Entertainment
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| Distributed by | Screen Gems |
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92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $35 million |
| Box office | $91.4 million |
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| Released | January 20, 2009 | |||
| Genre | Industrial rock, electronic body music | |||
| Length | 63:49 | |||
| Label | Lakeshore | |||
| Producer | Skip Williamson and Brain McNelis | |||
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| Film score by Paul Haslinger | ||||
| Released | March 3, 2009 | |||
| Length | 36:12 | |||
| Label | Lakeshore Records | |||
| Producer | Paul Haslinger | |||
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Underworld: Rise of the Lycans is a 2009 American action horror film directed by Patrick Tatopoulos. It is the third installment in the Underworld franchise and a prequel to the 2003 film Underworld. The film focuses primarily on the origins of the characters and the events that lead up to the Vampire–Lycan war.
The film tells the story of Lucian, the first werewolf born capable of taking human form and the first to be called a Lycan. Viktor, a vampire elder, raises the child, envisioning a race of Lycan slaves guarding the coven's fortress during the day and working as laborers for the vampires at night. The forests and the countryside are filled with savage werewolves born from William's rampage, and human nobles have taken to begging Viktor for protection against the beasts: he grants it in exchange for tributes of silver, which enables him to keep his slaves under control. As Lucian grows up, he and Viktor's daughter Sonja (Rhona Mitra) fall in love, and in their adult years they begin a secretive intimate relationship. Sonja is reckless and insubordinate, and one night Lucian escapes the shackles preventing him from turning werewolf and rescues Sonja from his werewolf brethren. Despite acknowledging that Lucian rescued his daughter, Viktor cannot forgive the escape and has Lucian whipped and imprisoned.
By trading her seat on the vampire council, Sonja enlists the help of Andreas Tanis in orchestrating Lucian's release. Lucian, unable to flee alone, liberates the other Lycans as he escapes. Sonja remains, planning to meet Lucian in three days. As she prepares to leave she is visited by her father. Viktor asks if she assisted in Lucian's escape: she denies it, but he discovers the truth by biting her neck and reading her memories through her blood. Discovering her relationship with Lucian, he imprisons her. Meanwhile, in the forest, Lucian recruits both human slaves and werewolves to build a force against the vampires. In the fortress, the vampire council and nobles demand that Viktor recapture Lucian, as his Lycans have been attacking human estates, freeing their slaves and offering them immortality as Lycans themselves. Viktor replies that he is confident Lucian will return as he has something Lucian wants: Sonja.
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