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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2003
Fur meets fang in ‘Underworld’
BY JIM WALSH
STAFF WRITER
Movies about cowboys and
Indians are outdated. And they’re
boring.
Movies about vampires and
werewolves, on the other hand, are
timeless.
At least that is what the makers
of “Underworld” are banking on.
In place of decent action or acting,
all this flick has to offer is folklore
and archetypal themes. The target
audience is clear: if you’re Gothic
and you know it, clap your hands.
In a London of the not-too-dis
tant future, a centuries-old battle
between vampires and werewolves
has been raging unbeknownst to
the public. Vampire warriors
called “death dealers” go into the
night armed with silver nitrate
bullets to hunt werewolves known
as Lycan.
The Lycan are also armed, but
their bullets contain condensed
ultraviolet light rays that kill vam
pires apparently giving them a
strain of malignant melanoma.
The leader of the death dealers,
Selene (Kate Beckinsale), discovers
that the Lycan are after a human,
Michael Corvin (Scott Speedman).
who is a direct descendant of the
purest werewolf.
They plan to use his blood to
‘Anything’ rides on classic Allen wit
BY KEMP BALDWIN
STAFF WRITER
For some reason, Woody Allen
has the ability to make the same
movie every couple of years and
find some novelty within the same
old package.
His latest film, “Anything Else,”
is “Manhattan” but in color. It’s got
the neurotic intellectual type in the
role of the romantic lead ftimbling
through a deranged relationship in
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create a super invincible vampire
werewolf who will end the ancient
feud himself.
But this outlandish plot is not
without supplements. Discovering
what the monster species can and
can’t do lends itself to several unin
tentionally amusing observations.
The vampires debonair
socialites who sip blood from
Waterford crystal can rock all
night to hardcore industrial music
in their “Rocky Horror Picture
Show” mansion.
Industrial music, in fact, drives
the action and cinematography,
keeping one’s interest in the pre
dictably dark and rainy visuals.
Relying less shamelessly on
style, the Lycan are much more
respectable, displaying brute
strength instead as their measure
of attitude. Incidentally, they too
can climb walls, but they can also
morph and force bullets out of
their own bodies.
Neat, huh?
The special effects aren’t bad, but
they’re not that great, either
think “Gremlins.” The only memo
rable effect is that of liquid nitrate
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the streets of New York.
Allen isn’t good on the big ideas,
but he dazzles you with dancing
dialogue that couples witticisms
with truisms.
At their worst, Allen’s films are
redundant. But when he is on his
Diversions
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coursing through the veins of fallen
Lycan. Their skin boils and develops
bubonic plague-style poc marks.
Aside from the leather-clad
Beckinsale and a welcome cameo
by Robbie Gee (“Snatch”), most of
the actors are no-namers just try
ing to get their feet wet.
Shane Brolly’s performance as
the coven leader Kraven is notable
for being one of the worst of all
game, they are like verbal action
movies with intensely funny cere
bral discourse in the place of guns
and car chases.
But “Anything Else” doesn’t
recycle too much material, because
Allen has decided to give Jason
Biggs a chance to walk in his shoes
as the romantic lead, aspiring
writer Jerry Falk.
Allen, meanwhile, takes the role
of his neurotic mentor, David
Dobel, a comedy writer bordering
on insanity and brilliance. Dobel
meets Falk when both are vying for
a job writing jokes for a comedian.
Falk tells Dobel about his girl
friend, Amanda (Christina Ricci),
who is nuts as well. After the first
six months of crazed lovemaking,
she hasn't let Falk sleep with her in
half a year and has panic attacks
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“Underworld” falls under the
category of rentable movies, the
kind that aren't worth the cost of a
movie ticket but are still amusing
enough to warrant a $4 rental fee.
Unless you are Goth, wait for
this one to come out on DVD.
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when things start getting physical.
Dobel quickly tells an anecdote
and dispenses some esoteric
advice, and a dynamic is created.
Even though Allen has taken
himself out of the leading role, his
ego is too large to step into a small
role, and the audience should
thank him for this.
But this doesn’t mean he is an
active character in the love story.
His character works as more of a
segue between Falk’s crises.
Though his advice falls somewhere
between sage-like and psychotic,
he is the only character trying to
help Falk take control of his life,
which is in entropy.
Although “Anything Else” could
be just another Allen film, it’s
refreshing that not all romantic
comedies have to be chick flicks or
have the lead screwing a pie.
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