Underworld: Blood Wars Trailer Shows the Power of Pure Blood

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By Brandon Staley

Published Oct 7, 2016

The new trailer for the fifth chapter in the "Underworld" franchise reveals that Selene might be the key to ending the beastly conflict for good.

Kate Beckinsale once again dishes out the pain in the latest trailer for "Underworld: Blood Wars," the fifth installment in the action-horror franchise.

Debuting today at New York Comic Con, the trailer reveals that both vampires and Lycans are on the hunt for Selene's blood — the only thing that can end the centuries-long war between the two factions.

The trailer depicts the power of Selene’s blood once unlocked, allowing her to nimbly teleport between enemies and cut them down with a decidedly unfriendly-looking blade. While the trailer is heavy on action and light on story, Charles Dance’s character Thomas, one of the vampire elders, drops a hint about Selene’s purity as a vampire and, perhaps, her blood.

The franchise debuted in 2003 with “Underworld,” starring Beckinsale as a vampire death dealer determined to destroy the Lycan clan that murdered her family. The sequel, 2006's “Underworld: Evolution," dug deeper into vampire and Lycan mythology, while the next film, 2009's “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans," focused almost exclusively on Lycan history. The previous film, 2012's “Underworld: Awakening," imagined a world in which humans have nearly eradicated both factions.

Directed by Anna Foerster, "Underworld: Blood Wars" also stars Theo James, Charles Dance, Tobias Menzies, Lara Pulver and James Faulkner. The film opens Jan. 6, 2017.