If you’ve been wondering wether it’s worth going to see the movie Underworld, you may want to know what the U.S. Catholic Bishops think about it. Generally they are intrigued by the potential for moral tension latent in the scenario, but dissapointed in the lack of followthrough, acting, and reserve in the application of violenceandgore.

“The film cleverly takes what is essentially a polemic on race and class relations and dresses it up as an Anne Rice novel. The immortal vampires are portrayed as aristocrats, sophisticated and refined. Conversely, the hairy Hell’s Angels-like Lycans are feral brutes, who originally served as slaves under the oppressive heel of vampiric overlords. It easy to see the film as a metaphor for just about any ethnic or ideological conflict, whether it is Palestinians and Israelis or Irish Protestants and Catholics abroad or prejudice in our own backyard. “

turns out you can get the U.S. Catholic Bishops view on just about any movie right here at: http://www.usccb.org/movies/index.htm. Turns out they didn’t think much of Kill Bill either.