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Selena kept her promise and didn't take this little girl named Vivian back, but she didn't go back to the vampire's resident, but went directly to the laboratory under their race name, she wanted to know what was going on . It happened that Emilia was also inspecting there, so the story about the ancestor of the immortal Alexander Corvinus and his three children was revealed one by one in their dialogue.

This is the first time to explain the emergence of vampires and werewolves in a modern sense. Although it is impossible to study it, it does have a refreshing feeling for the audience.

Then, again, the difference from the original is that in this story, both vampires and werewolves realize what the blood of the descendants of Alexander Corvinus' third non-mutated son means to them. In fact, whether it is a vampire or a werewolf, in order to solve their own problems of being afraid of ultraviolet rays and silver instruments, they have thought of countless ways, and in modern times, they have done many experiments with humans.

Because the vampire had a little better luck and a higher level of technology, he discovered the secret from a collateral lineage, and immediately began to search and hunt down the descendants of the third son, and finally found the little girl Vivienne. Although the werewolves were far behind, they had traitors among the vampires, and as a traitor, Klein didn't know much about them, so under his means, the little girl and a man and a woman escaped, and were stared at by the werewolves. , and the vampires responded quickly and sent their best men to hunt down, so there was the scene at the beginning of the movie.

Selena, who learned the truth, was in a dilemma. I had no choice but to temporarily turn to another aspect, and went back to the station to find Klein who questioned Lucian about it. At the beginning, he claimed to have killed Lucian and brought back a piece of skin. Klein naturally denied it, and the two parties broke up. After collecting some evidence, Selena had to wake up Victor in violation of the rules.

But Victor, who woke up, didn't appreciate her, and didn't believe her words. He also noticed that she had begun to develop feelings for humans, so he excused Selena's violation of the rules to wake him up and ordered her to reflect. This role is still played by Bill Nye, an old British drama player, except for Kate. He is the only one who also played this role in the original version, and his acting skills are also outstanding.

The following plot did not make too many adjustments. Selena did not follow Victor's instructions to introspect, but went to find evidence by herself. On the other hand, Klein met with Lucian in private, and after complaining, he decided to activate it in advance. As a result, Emilia, one of the three elders, was attacked on the way home, and then died because her blood was radiated and could not be recovered. This time she died at least not so uselessly. Not even a positive.

And Selena was also followed by Klein's people, and before returning to the place where Vivian was hiding, the werewolves followed.

"Hide fast, fast!" Selena shouted to the little girl, and then drew her guns to face the werewolf.

Although the two have initially established trust, the indifferent little girl saw the outside world in front of her eyes. I can't help but be moved. Coupled with the fierce fighting on the other side, he finally made a risky move, secretly climbed onto the safety ladder outside, and slid onto the street from there. However, there are already two werewolves disguised as police guarding here. Although the little girl didn't trust them and wanted to escape, she couldn't escape from the werewolves with her weak ability, so she was captured while screaming.

Although Selina heard her screams, she was entangled by the werewolves above and couldn't get away, so she finally solved them. If you try to catch up again, you can't find any trace. In desperation, after inspecting the corpses of the werewolf, he brought back Lucien's confidant who was seriously injured but not dead.

With this guy's testimony, Victor naturally no longer doubted, and with the news of Emilia's death, he immediately summoned troops to prepare for a counterattack. At this point, many details start to get a little messy again, and there is no way to do this, after all, the time of the movie is only so long. Adrian just paid attention, and he didn't even have the name of the producer, so he couldn't control this, but it's already very good to be able to achieve this level, after all, it is a commercial film with a medium investment scale.

When the final battle came, Selena fought all the way, entered Lucien's lair first, and found Vivienne first.

"I'm sorry." The little girl who had always been indifferent finally cried, holding her tightly and refusing to let go.

"It's okay, no one will hurt you anymore." Selena once again showed a rare tender side, hugging her to comfort her constantly, but at the same time she was a little dazed, not knowing what to do.

Then, Lucian and Klein, who was collaborating with him, broke in. Lucian wanted to inject himself with blood, and then quickly evolve in order to fight back against the swarming vampires, but Klein, who had been exposed, had nowhere to go after him , so they met under such circumstances.

Immediately after a sharp exchange of words, Klein suddenly pulled out a gun filled with silver nitrate bullets and fired at Lucian. Lucian didn't expect it at all, and immediately fell to the ground and couldn't get up. Klein immediately breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he took his head back, I believe Victor would forgive him, and of course, the little girl.

Naturally, Selena would not hand Vivian over to him. After a disagreement, the two began to fight again. Although Klein was not Selena's opponent, he had a vicious mind and attacked Vivian every time. Selena Accidentally, he was finally kicked into the air by him, and Vivian immediately fell into his hands.

The overjoyed Klein was overjoyed, and immediately mocked them - all the villains in movies are like this, and "Underworld" is no exception, how can we make the protagonists come back? But the final mystery is also solved, and the love between Lucian and Victor's daughter Sonia is also revealed. This handful of dog blood must also be sprinkled. As one of the important supporting roles, this kind of dog blood is actually quite appropriate.

At the same time, Klein also explained why Victor wanted to adopt Selena. She looked very similar to Sonia, which indirectly explained why Lucian let her go twice.

"Didn't he kill my family?" The shocked Selena couldn't help asking another question.

"Of course not. It was Victor who killed your family, poor little girl." Klein laughed loudly. Like all villains, he looked very rampant, so he immediately suffered retribution.

The half-paralyzed Lucien broke one of his legs suddenly, and the furious Klein grabbed Vivian in his hand without thinking and beat him out. The little girl also rolled to the ground screaming in pain. This immediately enraged Selena, roared, picked up the weapon on the ground, and jumped high. Instantly killed Klein.

Then, Vivian, who was lying on the ground, groaned in pain. When Klein threw her onto Lucian, Lucian's teeth scratched her arm. Werewolves don't have women, because women can't bear that kind of tyrannical power, so women who have been bitten by werewolves all die, and Vivienne is so small, so she can't bear it even more.

"Bite her..." the dying Lucien cried out at this time. "She is the last direct descendant of Corvinus...she can synthesize the blood of two races..."

With nothing to do, Selena bit Vivienne, which also put the last straw for her break with Victor. When the elder came in with his men and learned of Vivienne's situation, he ordered that she must be killed. He absolutely did not allow this to happen. So merciless. Coupled with the repeated questioning of Selena who learned the truth, the conflict between the two could no longer be avoided.

This final fighting scene is different from the previous ones. Victor and Selena both used long swords in a retro way. Amidst the crisp sound of fighting, they showed the elegance of a vampire. certainly. The situation didn't last long. After all, Victor was one of the three elders and an old ghost who had lived for thousands of years. Selina couldn't let go under his power and was beaten back again and again. .

But when she saw Vivienne who was still very weak next to her keep avoiding the pursuit of others, anger immediately filled her chest. After taking Victor's sword forcibly, he jumped over and killed those guys quickly. But then Victor, who followed, also pierced her shoulder with a sword. At the critical moment, Vivienne suddenly jumped out from the side, distracting Victor for a few seconds, and Selena seized the opportunity to strike with a sword. pierced his heart.

After everything was over, Selena looked at Vivienne, and finally asked, "Will you come with me?"

"Will you protect me?" Vivian asked back.

The movie finally came to an end. Of course, some follow-up clues to prepare for the second part still have to be left, such as the awakening room, the blood of the guy who was killed seeped down and flowed into Marcus’ coffin, or there is no Lucian’s The dead body, and Victor was just pierced through the heart. In the previous life, these two characters were very popular, so under Adrian's intervention, they were temporarily preserved in this way.

If the movie is successful, and their characters are indeed popular, they will no doubt be resurrected in the sequel, so what is the movie? The box office can answer - New Line contacted almost 2,500 theaters for "Underworld", and then took in $29 million in North America in its first week.

It's an excellent start for this kind of medium-investment commercial film. Generally speaking, as long as the first four figures of the box office in the first week are similar to the first four figures of the number of theaters, then the film has great potential can be dug.

It has already been modified, and a lot of publicity methods have been used, as well as the gimmick of the first movie with a trailer on utube, and several commercial movies that Adrian arranged for Kate around the turn of the millennium, For example, "Beautiful Secret Service" or "Tomb Raider" are basically independent works, so her commercial value is also higher, and it is normal to have such achievements.

At the same time, almost half of the comments from various media and film critics think it is okay.

"As a commercial movie, "Underworld" is undoubtedly qualified. It not only subverts the traditional story of vampires and werewolves, but also boldly innovates. The modern Gothic style makes the whole movie look very fashionable. The arrangement is convincing, the director has found a perfect balance between horror movies and action movies, Kate Beckinsale's performance is also amazing, although she has a cold face most of the time, but Every time the expression changes, it is very impressive." A film critic described it in this way.

Of course, comments like "stupid movie, like a role-playing puzzle game" and "the war between vampires and werewolves are nothing more than gangsters" abound. The score on imdb is only 7, and the freshness on Rotten Tomatoes is only about 55%.

But in the eyes of ordinary people, this is a very good movie. Among other things, although the freshness on the Rotten Tomatoes website is only 55%, the audience's liking has reached 89%. Vampire culture is still very popular in the West, and with the starring role of "Laura", the tight leather jacket and modern Gothic style have also fascinated a large number of people.

"Whereas Laura is wild, vivacious and proud, Selena is ruthless, glamorous, and only has affection for those who deserve it, of course. They're both graceful, and they're both incredibly charming. "A netizen's message can be regarded as expressing the aspirations of most people.

And, both critics—both critical and admiring—and the general public agree that the scene in which Selena looks at a sleeping Vivienne is the most emotionally moving in the entire film , especially those critics who were critical, said that this shot barely made this vulgar movie look so vulgar.

Dakota also gained further popularity, either because she was too young or because the role was easily sympathetic. Even those critics didn't give her too much blame, so Vivienne's character became the only one in the entire movie that was approved by 99% of people.

Of course, if it is really popular, Kate is the tallest, she is the first protagonist, and the male protagonist is removed to better highlight her. The image of tight black leather jacket and windbreaker has become synonymous with Laura.

"Look, my dear, it's pretty good." When she was with her and her daughter on the weekend, Adrian said jokingly with a data tape, "Isn't it?"

Later, this sentence was said to Lily. The little guy carefully flipped through the newspaper for a while before he sighed: "I think I missed something."

"Oh?" Adrian raised his eyebrows.

"I was thinking," the daughter held her face and looked at her mother, "If that role is me, it must be very good."

"Why, you also want to be an actor?" Adrian showed a surprised expression.

"No, but I think..." Lily turned her head and thought for a while. "If I'm in front of the camera with my mom...if I play Vivienne and her mom...it's going to be cool!"

Seeing his daughter's whimsical appearance, Adrian shrugged his shoulders and didn't plan to say anything. When the little guy first started dismantling the DV, he thought she would become a scientist in the future. When he was going crazy, he thought she could be a leader in the future, but now...well. It doesn't matter, she is still young, and she will have time to adjust her thoughts in the future. No matter what the little guy does in the future, it is her own business. She only needs to be a bystander and guard her carefully.

"It seems that a sequel is a sure thing." After the little guy ran to play, Adrian said to Kate again.

"It's still early, maybe next week they won't be interested in... me in a tight black leather jacket." Kate shrugged.

"It's okay, as long as I'm still interested." Adrian said with a smile, and Kate immediately gave him a blank look and didn't speak.

Adrian doesn't care. Anyway, as long as the current box office situation continues, the sequel will not be able to run. If it is good, the corresponding peripherals, such as comics, character models, games, etc., will also be put on the agenda.

So he turned to another topic: "By the way, dear, there is a script that I think you can consider. It's not mine, and the background setting is a bit messy, and the investment required is high. If you're not careful, it's easy It caused a loss, but... I hope you can take it."

"Oh? Why?" Kate was suddenly aroused curiosity.

"Because I can almost picture you in it in my head, oh, that's really charming." Adrian said exaggeratedly in an admiring tone.

After thinking about it for a while, Kate understood what he was talking about, and immediately gave him a hard look, but she still couldn't help asking: "What the hell is it?"

"You know, Universal has produced many horror films before, with many classic monster images, such as Frankenstein, this time they wanted to show these monsters in one movie, and they found Stephen Sommer Smith will be the director and producer..." Adrian then introduced.

There is no doubt that this movie is "Van Helsing", a hodgepodge of Universal monsters in the previous life. According to the trajectory of the previous life, this movie should have been launched long ago, but Universal has developed quite smoothly in the past few years. The amazing superhero series It made them a lot of money again. Although some producers had this idea, they didn't act on it. But Sommers, who took over, persuaded Universal's top management, making them think that there is still potential to be tapped, so it was put on the agenda at this time.

Adrian still knew what happened to "Van Helsing" in his previous life, but he didn't plan to intervene too much, just like the sequels of "Underworld" and "X-Men", after all, he couldn't hold hands all the time Teach them what to do. Besides, although the box office of "Van Helsing" in the previous life was mediocre, the DVD and videotapes sold extremely well. For a while, the sales in North America were almost equal to the box office. It can be seen that the quality of the movie should not be a big problem. Something went wrong.

After the media acquired Universal, they have rectified in this area. With the group of people trained by Bosworth, they have dug out a few good talents. A few words, I believe it should be better than the original version, so Adrian's attention is more on the heroine.

Laura Crawford has already slept in his bed, and Selena, the most mysterious, elegant and fashionable female vampire, is coming soon. Can Princess Anna, who is full of classic temperament, escape? (to be continued)