The war is no longer using just the supernatural powers each creature has but advanced weapons targeted at more effectively killing one another.  This adds a great deal to the movie as we can see that even supernatural beings are using advancing technology.  The movie starts out with a group of vampire "death dealers" hunting several lycans.  A fight ensues in the subway between the two.  The lycans sense the vampires and open fire with machine guns.  They are in a populated area so neither changes into their more powerful form.  Selene notices that the lycans appeared to be following one man, Michael.  Once the fight moves into the subway tunnels the lycans change.  You can see the raw power of their form but the vampires speed and quick thinking seem to give them the overall advantage.

     As the story continues Selene realizes that Michael was being followed.  She tries to convince Kraven, the current vampire leader of this but he doesn't seem to care.  She decides to look into it.  Michael becomes a key player in the story although this review won't discuss that any further to avoid ruining the movie.  When watching the movie you get the impression that neither the vampires nor the lycans are truly evil, they are just fighting to survive.  We discover that vampire law prohibits them from drinking human blood, at least in most cases.  The lycans also do not purposely go around killing innocents, although rage seems to affect their judgment at times.

     We discover that the vampires and lycans carry a virus that kills most humans but sometimes when one becomes infected they turn.  This is unique as most fiction about these creatures indicates that anyone bitten will turn, so this becomes a very unique twist.  It also becomes critical to the plot.  We do get to see Viktor, a very old vampire, get awakened and do some fighting.  Apparently age makes one stronger in the case of a vampire.  Eventually we find that much of the recorded history of each of these two creatures is actually a lie and the real history is revealed.  This back story is really what makes the film great.  The rift between these fictional beings and how it came to be is fascinating and is played out very well.

     This movie gets 4 out of 5 stars from this reviewer.  It has plenty of action and gore.  The plot seems to be strong and the story has a logical progression.  At times the movie feels slightly rushed but we still learn a lot about both the lycans and the vampires.  Overall the movie was very good and I would highly recommend it to anyone who likes these fictional creatures.