heliophile-oxon:redscharlach:larygosomens:Michael Sheen in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)So i
heliophile-oxon:redscharlach:larygosomens:Michael Sheen in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)So in the interests of *coughcoughcough* cultural research, I watched Underworld: Rise of the Lycans at the weekend. I do not regret this decision, although that may have something to do with the quantity of gin and tonic I consumed in the process.The basic concept is vampires versus werewolves (known as Lycans, for some reason) in a cod-medieval world where everyone wears a lot of leather and nobody ever switches the lights on. Michael Sheen plays Lucian the Lycan, who has a forbidden fling with a vampire lady and leads an uprising against the fascist vampire overlord. Basically, he plays werewolf Spartacus with an allergy to shirts, a full breeze in his questionable hair extensions and just a hint of a Welsh accent. The level of thespian commitment which Mr Sheen displays to this dramatic batshit is kind of delightful. In a sane world, nobody would cast him as a ripped action hero, but this is not a sane world and a classy British character actor never says die. So fuck it, tonight he’s going to be Jason Statham and you’re going to enjoy it. And I certainly did. As a bonus, there’s also a ridiculous sex scene in which he hangs backwards off the edge of a CGI cliff, cantilevered only by a lady vampire sitting on his groin. Which is certainly an innovative approach to sexual mechanics, albeit one that mortal viewers shouldn’t try at home.reblogging for the advice not to try this at home (plus … everything else) -- source link