Underworld: Awakening (also known as Underworld 4) is a 2012 American 3D action horror film directed by Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein. It is the fourth installment in the Underworld film series, with Kate Beckinsale reprising her role as Selene. Sandrine Holt, Michael Ealy, and India Eisley appeared, in new roles to the series. Filming began in March 2011 in Vancouver, British Columbia. It was released in Digital 3D, IMAX 3D and 2D theatres on January 20, 2012.
Six months after the events of Underworld: Evolution, vampire Selene is captured by humans during "The Purge", a massive crusade of extermination of vampires and lycans after mankind learned of their existence. Humans called them "Non-Humans" and "The infected". Twelve years later, Selene is freed from cryogenic suspension and escapes the medical corporation Antigen. The corporation is trying to make an antidote for the virus that creates vampires and lycans. Selene starts to have strange visions after her escape which she follows. She believes the visions are linked to her lover, the vampire-lycan hybrid Michael Corvin. The visions lead her into a building where she runs into David, a fellow vampire. While talking to David,
| Directed by: | Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein |
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| Written by: | Allison Burnett, J. Michael Straczynski, John Hlavin |
| Release date: | 19 January 2012 |
| Genre: | Horror, Action, Thriller, Fantasy, Action/Adventure |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Language: | English Language |