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BloodRayne (2006)

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Reviews Counted:46

Fresh:2

Rotten:44

Average Rating:2.4/10

Consensus: BloodRayne is an absurd sword-and-sorcery vid-game adaptation from schlock-maestro Uwe Boll, featuring a distinguished (and slumming) cast.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong bloody violence, some sexuality and nudity

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release:Jan 6, 2006 Wide

Box Office: $1,550,000

Synopsis: This action-horror film is set in ancient Romania and stars Kristianna Loken (TERMINATOR 3) as Rayne, a half-human/half-vampire sworn to kill her evil tyrant vampire father (Ben Kingsley). Michael... This action-horror film is set in ancient Romania and stars Kristianna Loken (TERMINATOR 3) as Rayne, a half-human/half-vampire sworn to kill her evil tyrant vampire father (Ben Kingsley). Michael Madsen, Michelle Rodriguez, and Matthew Davis play a trio of vampire hunters who ally themselves with Rayne. Based on a video game, this film earns its R-rating by offering a lot more blood, gore, and nudity--and less CGI effects--than most of its modern vamp contemporaries. With all its swords, chained breasts, gushing arteries, and severed heads, BLOODRAYNE seems more like a welcome throwback to those great early 1980s drive-in sword and sorcery flicks. In between the slashing and gouging there are torch-lit castles, nefarious booby traps, blurry flashbacks, and aerial camera shots that swoop down through the gorgeous Carpathian landscapes. Loken, with her fangs and low-rider leather chaps, looks pretty gorgeous herself, and there's a surprising number of name actors in bit parts, including Meat Loaf (as a vamp surrounded by nubile naked concubines), Geraldine Chaplin (as a fortune teller), and--clearly having the most fun--Billy Zane as a bored vampire king plotting to take over the kingdom. It's directed by Uwe Boll, the man who gave us the video game adaptations of HOUSE OF THE DEAD and ALONE IN THE DARK. Cult cinema fans should take this one to--and through--the heart, especially for the chance to see Madsen's period costume and long hair. [More]

Starring: Kristanna Loken, Michelle Rodriguez, Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen

Starring: Kristanna Loken, Michelle Rodriguez, Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Matthew Davis, Billy Zane, Will Sanderson, Udo Kier, Meat Loaf, Michael Pare

Director: Uwe Boll

Director: Uwe Boll
Studio: Romar Entertainment

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There isn't much more of a story. In fact, there isn't any story. Luckily, Loken is there to provide something to stare at, vacantly.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
01/08/06
John Anderson
John Anderson
Newsday
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I’m not sure what Boll sees when he looks through the director’s lens while filming each of his pictures, but I’m certain it’s something different than what the rest of us see. BloodRayne poses no threat to his reputation.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
01/06/06
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

The supporting cast is mind-melting: Michael Madsen is as out of place in this Medieval milieu as Meat Loaf in a hoop skirt, and Meat Loaf is just out of place.

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
01/19/06
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

After Rayne breaks out of the circus, it's a simple story, really, about a mixed-up girl who wants to slay her father.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
01/10/06
Carla Blumenkranz
Carla Blumenkranz
Village Voice
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Uwe Boll's best videogame adaptation yet. Wait... what does that even mean?

Full Review Source: IGN Movies | comment Comment
08/25/05
Chris Carle
Chris Carle
IGN Movies

BloodRayne makes me wish that Mystery-Science Theater 3000 was still on the air. This would be perfect for them.

Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | comment Comment
01/06/06
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

Only as bad as ordinary bad films and not as bad as getting your eyelid caught on a nail.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
07/06/06
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

[Uwe Boll] is fast becoming known as one of the worst directors on the planet.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
01/15/06
Tim Cogshell
Tim Cogshell
Boxoffice Magazine

When on-line petitions beg directors to stop making films, is that the beginning of the end?

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment 1 Comment
01/14/06
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

This is a movie that begs you not to watch it.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
05/21/06
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
eFilmCritic.com

BloodRayne is a movie of unconnected plot dots. In the hands of director Uwe "German Tax Dodge" Boll, a simple sword and sorcery story with vampiric overtones turns into genre-jumping attempts to find an audience.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
01/13/06
Bill Gibron
Bill Gibron
PopMatters

The fight scenes are the worst kind of editing-room cheating, meant to cover for actors who haven't been trained to wield anything more intimidating than a cell phone.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
07/23/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

Just when you thought camp was dead, along comes this bizarre cross between a Tarantino knockoff and a Hammer horror film.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
03/07/07
Andrea Gronvall
Andrea Gronvall
Chicago Reader
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If I thought for a minute this Roquefort-riddled camp-fest was as intentionally ridiculous, stilted, witless and over-the-top as it actually is, I'd congratulate Boll.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
01/11/06
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Uwe Boll is such a bad director that it must be intentional.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
01/09/06
Peter Hartlaub
Peter Hartlaub
San Francisco Chronicle
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With such diminished expectations, one must wonder if it is a good thing that the film is merely bad instead of a cinematic atrocity.

Full Review Source: FilmJerk.com | comment Comment
01/06/06
Edward Havens
Edward Havens
FilmJerk.com

All in all, not as bad as you’d suspect and certainly serviceable for all who love the bloody, low-budget vamping gone wild.

Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
02/03/06
JoBlo
JoBlo
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

It's time to start paying attention to the oeuvre of German director Uwe Boll. At this rate, he'll become the Ed Wood of this new movie century.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
01/11/06
Gregory Kirschling
Gregory Kirschling
Entertainment Weekly
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Whatever else you may think of Boll's directorial 'skills,' you can't fault him for inconsistency -- his movies are always atrocious, and Bloodrayne is no exception.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
01/06/06
Timothy Knight
Timothy Knight
Reel.com

Pic lurches from incident to incident at a graceless plodding place, offering little in the way of genuine excitement -- the swordfights often are confusingly cut and choreographed -- and only minimal amounts of guilty-pleasure titillation.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
01/09/06
Joe Leydon
Joe Leydon
Variety
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May 23, 2008: Interview: Uwe Boll Talks Postal, Kevin Costner, and Answers Reader Mail
It's time to share our exclusive interview with the one, the only, Uwe Boll! Read on for our candid chat about his latest flick, Postal, how he almost cast Kevin Costner, the... More...

May 13, 2008: Five Favorite Films with Uwe Boll
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May 02, 2008: Uwe Sues Billy Zane for Lost Bloodrayne Profits Opens in new window
This week, Uwe Boll took a break from training for his fight with Michael Bay, heading to Los Angeles Superior Court to file a lawsuit against Billy Zane for lost revenue from... More...

April 11, 2008: Uwe Boll Launches Pro-Boll Campaign; Which Side Are You On?
In response to an online poll calling for his early retirement, German filmmaker Uwe Boll has posted a rousing video retort of his own. Pick your side as the Battle of the Boll... More...

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