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Reviews Counted:46
Fresh:9
Rotten:37
Average Rating:3.7/10
Consensus: Based on a classic anime series, Blood: The Last Vampire is a tedious, shoddily acted, amateurish picture that loses all charm in the transition to live-action.
Theatrical Release:Jul 10, 2009 Limited
Box Office: $192,005
Synopsis: Saya boasts beauty-queen looks and samurai-level sword skills, and her talent as a vampire hunter is unrivaled. But Saya is herself half-vampire, thanks to her bloodsucking mother and human father.... [More]
Starring: Gianna Jun, Allison Miller, Liam Cunningham, JJ Feild
Director: Chris Nahon
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Despite inserting a jumble of backstory into his live-action take on an action experiment from Japanese animation studio Production I.G, director Chris Nahon captures some of the visceral thrills of the nine-year-old anime.
Boys in the audience may groan indulgently, but their dates ought to squeal with delighted pride.
If anything watch it for the cool vamps and powerful performance from star [Gianna] Jun...
As good as any Hollywood movie, which is to say it's got lousy visual effects and generic dialogue. Since we're already forgiving that anyway, there's enough engaging action to make it plenty fun and entertaining.
Stylishly shot and undeniably trashy, this is a strange mish-mash of a film that's actually surprisingly entertaining, despite the usual choppily-edited fight scenes.
I think this is a world-class film! It contains great martial arts and great storytelling, and it turns the vampire genre on its ear.
[It] turns its collection of overused action/horror staples into... well... a kind of fun collection of overused action/horror staples.
This isn’t a great movie. But it’s sincere as an entertainment, it looks good, it’s atmospheric.
Top CriticIf you're willing to accept it for what it is - a hyperactive fantasy, pleasantly ridiculous and delivered with amusing conviction by director Chris Nahon - you should be suitably entertained.
Like Men In Blade - a cross between Men In Black, with suited secret agents covering up the existence of evil forces, and the sword-slashing Blade.
Unexciting, incoherent, lamely acted, and carelessly written.
The action sequences are the prize attraction and even they leave something to be desired.
It makes sense that Chris Chow's script is based on a manga series; this is a series of 20-minute episodes in search of an arc.
If you go in expecting an amusing stinker, you may enjoy it.
The best thing that can come from this film is that it will be so poorly received both by critics and audiences that it will put a damper on Hollywood's current interest in remaking anime.
Is there a word that transcends abysmal? BLOOD is the lowest form of cinematic garbage that carries not a single shred of redeemable screen time.
The peculiar, comic-book-like computer graphics -- artful at first -- finally overtake Blood and make it look like a video game instead of a graceful, graphic martial arts movie.
Shows a new level of filmmaking incompetence previously only seen in the films of Dr. Uwe Boll. It is just plain awful
Of direct-to-DVD quality, so you might as well wait until this one makes it to disc--and then skip it.
Apparently someone forgot to add an extra dimension in the process of adapting the film from anime -- the characters have the personality of cardboard cutouts and the actors deliver performances to match.
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