Underworld: Evolution (2006)

As the war between the Death Dealers and the Lycans rages on, Selene (Beckinsale), the vampire warrior, and Michael (Speedman), the werewolf hybrid, work together in an effort to unlock the secrets of their respective bloodlines. Beginning where Underworld finished, Selene and Michael are on the run from the vampires. Being the cause of Viktor's death, Selene can only hope to plea to the last remaining elder, Marcus. However, Marcus has already awakened and has become a more powerful creature than before. Now his only remaining goal is to awaken his Lycan brother, William from his eternal imprisonment. With time running out, Selene and Michael must piece together the final clues to unlock the secrets of their bloodlines and stop Marcus before it's too late. Hilarity ensues.

Trivia: Instead of her name, Kate Beckinsale's chair had "My Sweetie" on it surrounded by tiny hearts (Thats what happens when you are married to the director). Kate Beckinsale wanted to use movies like Aliens (1986) and The Terminator (1984) as the basis for her role as an action heroine, but when they first talked about the movie, director husband Len Wiseman suggested that she check out Russell Crowe in L.A. Confidential (1997) instead. While filming a scene where Selene and Michael look at each other longingly, director Len Wiseman surprised the cast and crew by playing Bryan Adams' song "Everything I Do, I Do It For You", at which everyone started laughing. The little girl that plays young Selene is Lily Mo Sheen, the daughter of Kate Beckinsale and Michael Sheen.

I haven't reviewed many sequels on this blog (most good movies don't have sequels, go figure). As sequels go though, this was a pretty good one. It probably helped that it was basically a continuation of the first movie and that I saw the first movie only a few weeks ago. But anyway, it was pretty good.