Director: Uwe Boll
MPAA Rating: R (strong bloody violence, some sexuality and nudity)
Running Time: 95 Mins
Tagline: "Revenge never tasted so sweet."
We all know Uwe Boll is the worst of the worst when it comes to adapting video games into film. However, BloodRayne isn’t as horrible as many claim it to be. Now, don’t get me wrong, this is a crappy movie. In fact I have no idea how Boll convinced the studios to release this theatrically; the production of this movie looks downright low budget.
BloodRayne, which is based on the popular video game of the same name, tells the story of Rayne: a half human/half vampire who is seeking for Vampire who killed her mother. On her quest for revenge she meets several unimportant characters, who are also coincidentally looking for the same vampire that killed Rayne’s mother. In all, that is the whole plot summary, nothing much else to add. You really can’t ask more for a movie that is based on a videogame. Yet, the audience could ask for a better director, that I definitely agree. Uwe Boll has become the official director of all this video games adaptations...and unfortunately every adaptation is worse than the first.
The movie, in its entirety, suffers from inexplicable fight scenes-such as- Rayne and her friends randomly fighting and killing…but the question is who? And why? Who cares? Its violent, gory and entertaining…even if its poorly choreographed. Take also for example Michael Madsen, he wanders through his scenes, uninterested (don’t blame him) just waiting for his paycheck. There are various scenes were Madsen is sword fighting and he has no freaking clue what he is doing. I even think (wouldn’t be surprised) that Madsen, Rodriguez nor Kinsley, got actual training for the fight sequences. The only actress who took her role seriously was Kristana Loken. She actually did a decent job playing the character of Rayne. Her fight scenes with the two swords were pretty decent, that is actually the only reason I give this movie a 1 ½ …otherwise I would give it a lower rating.
So it did the job of entertaining me for 95 min. I couldn’t ask for more. Yes the movie is idiotic, yes it’s implausible…but people, it’s a god damn Uwe Boll movie, and what were you expecting, Underworld? I wouldn’t recommend the movie honestly, unless you are looking (like me) for a so bad its good movie; If that is the case then give it a rent or watch it online. I will leave a link to the film’s trailer, an interview with the notorious Uwe Boll, the last fight scene with Rayne, and lastly an interview with the lovely Kristana Loken. Hope you enjoyed the review :-)
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