Ever since the Underworld film franchise kicked off in 2003, one thing has remained consistent about the series. Selene (Kate Beckinsale) is the lead character who has helped the franchise through ...

Universal Underworld (2003) In the first film in the franchise — which takes place in the year it was released — we meet Selene, a Death Dealer who remorselessly hunts Lycans with silver bullets.

If you’ve ever seen an Underworld movie, you’ll know that Selene is ready to face this latest challenge head-on – in a skin-tight black bodysuit, no less! But how did she get here?

So how ironic then that Underworld: Awakening, the one not directed by Wiseman, seems to spend the most time romantically regarding Selene’s every move. Alas, she’s a cold mistress.

Not only does Selene get nothing interesting to say or do – or flash back to, for that matter – but she doesn’t even get to establish herself as a compelling vampire-killing vampire.

Kate Beckinsale returns as the "Vampire Death Dealer" Selene in 'Underworld: Blood Wars,' the fifth installment of the action-horror franchise.

6. Underworld: Endless War - Part III (2011) The third and final Underworld: Endless War short is set in 2012 and brings Selene back to Paris one last time to once and for all finish Krandrill ...