Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Underworld. Rise of the Lycans [videorecording] / Sketch Films in association with Intelligent Creatures, Lakeshore Entertainment, Screen Gems, UW3 Film Productions ; produced by Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Len Wiseman, Richard Wright ; story by Len Wiseman & Robert Orr and Danny McBride ; screenplay by Danny McBride and Dirk Blackman & Howard McCain ; directed by Patrick Tatopoulos.

Publisher, Date:

Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c2009.

Description:

1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Traces the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires and their onetime slaves, the Lycans. In the Dark Ages, Lucian is a young Lycan who emerges as a powerful leader who rallies the werewolves to rise up against Viktor, the cruel vampire king who has enslaved them. Lucian is joined by his secret lover, Sonja, whose the daughter of Viktor, in his battle against the Vampire army and his struggle for Lycan freedom.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: R; for bloody violence and some sexuality.

Subjects:

Vampires -- Drama.

Werewolves -- Drama.

Enslaved persons -- Drama.

Vendetta -- Drama.

Middle Ages -- Drama.

Man-woman relationships -- Drama.

Vampiros -- Teatro.

Hombres lobo -- Teatro.

Vampire films.