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BloodRayne

BloodRayne

Movie · 2005 · 15 people

Director Uwe Boll, who had earlier made House of the Dead and Alone in the Dark, followed them with his third video game adaptation, BloodRayne, a German-American vampire action-fantasy film. It draws on the game series of the same name from Majesco and Terminal Reality, serving as a loose prequel to the first game. The screenplay is by Guinevere Turner.

The story is set in eighteenth-century Romania. Rayne (Kristanna Loken), from a circus troupe, tastes human blood while defending herself against a tormentor, and learns the truth: her mother was human and her father a vampire. In time she becomes a warrior who hunts vampires rather than people. Meeting two vampire hunters, she learns that the vampire king Kagan (Ben Kingsley), her own father, raped and killed her mother, and sets off to avenge her.

The world premiere took place on October 23, 2005, at the Austin Film Festival, followed by US release on January 6, 2006, and German release on September 14, 2006. On a budget of about $25 million it grossed $3.7 million worldwide and drew six Golden Raspberry nominations. Two sequels followed: BloodRayne 2: Deliverance (2007) and BloodRayne: The Third Reich (2011), both direct-to-video and poorly received.

DirectorUwe Boll

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Michael Madsen Michael Madsen Actor · died at 67 Vladimir Udo Kier Udo Kier Actor · died at 81 Regal Monk Kristanna Loken Matthew Davis Michelle Rodriguez Ben Kingsley Meat Loaf Billy Zane Geraldine Chaplin Michael Paré Will Sanderson Daniela Nane Darren Shahlavi Robert Baer Romanița Ionescu

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Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

Vampires, a woman warrior out for revenge and a vampire king played by Ben Kingsley: the recipe is complete. But the classic problem of game adaptations blows up here too; the game's energy never makes it to the screen. A worldwide gross of $3.7 million against a budget of about $25 million and six Golden Raspberry nominations aren't a coincidence. Even a genre fan would only watch this out of curiosity.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Uwe Boll's third game adaptation catches the eye with its cast: Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Michelle Rodriguez, Udo Kier. But assembling famous names isn't enough to build a coherent tone. A gothic revenge story set in eighteenth-century Romania wavers between serious fantasy drama and flashy B-movie. Designing it as a loose prequel to the game cuts both ways: it doesn't build enough of a world for those who don't know the game, and drifts too far from it for those who do. The film's real problem is less that it is bad than that it has no identity.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humor and heart.

It's a story built on vampires, blood and revenge, and the rape and murder of the heroine's mother sits at the center of it. That's a heavy subject even for teenagers. If you're looking for a fantasy adventure the whole family can enjoy, pick another film; leave this one to adults who like the genre.

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