Upon first description, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans appears completely unnecessary, even for one of the Underworld movies which, like the Resident Evil pictures, are well-practiced in the art of spinning inessential straw into off-season box office gold. Rise of the Lycans is a prequel, seeking to explain in greater detail the mythology-heavy plot turns discussed so endlessly in the very first Underworld movie: how and why vampires and werewolves came to so loathe each other.
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