After the critical pounding suffered by Underworld, cynical viewers might suggest that writer/director Len Wiseman's marriage to his leading lady is the only reason we're now faced with a second yarn. Sewn onto the back of its predecessor by an unforgivably clumsy recap, this follow-up is a direct continuation that simply picks up where the first film’s story left off, with the death of Bill Nighy's camp count.
But for all her slinky, undead-chic looks, Beckinsale can't carry the film on curves alone and there's not much else here worthy of attention. Evolution's action sequences are as horribly bungled as its plot, resulting in a string of repetitive confrontations that feel toothless even by the last movie’s standards.
