BloodRayne (film)

Infobox_Film
name = BloodRayne


caption = Movie poster
director = Uwe Boll
writer = Guinevere Turner
starring = Kristanna Loken
Michael Madsen
Matthew Davis
Will Sanderson
Billy Zane
Udo Kier
Michael Paré
Meat Loaf
with Michelle Rodriguez
and Ben Kingsley
producer = Dan Clarke,
Uwe Boll,
Wolfgang Herold
distributor = Romar Entertainment
released = January 6, 2006 (USA)
runtime =
language = English
budget = $25 Million
followed_by = ""
amg_id = 1:312877
imdb_id = 0383222

"BloodRayne" is a 2006 horror/fantasy film based on the eponymous video game from Majesco and the game developer, Terminal Reality, directed by Uwe Boll. The film stars Kristanna Loken, Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Billy Zane, and Matthew Davis.

The film was the third video game movie adaptation by Uwe Boll who previously made the movies based on "House of the Dead" and "Alone in the Dark".

tory synopsis

Based on the video game of the same name, the film centers on the character of Rayne (Kristanna Loken), an unholy breed of human and vampire called a Dhampir. Dhampir are unaffected by crucifixes and do not thirst for human blood. She is the daughter of the Vampire King Kagan (Ben Kingsley) who has gathered an army of thralls, both vampire and human, in order to annihilate the human race. She was conceived when Kagan raped her mother, and she later witnessed him killing her.

Sebastian (Matthew Davis), Vladimir (Michael Madsen), and Katarin (Michelle Rodriguez) are three members of the Brimstone Society, which fights vampires. When they hear of the Dhampir, Vladimir plans to recruit her in order to kill Kagan. A great portion of the story concerns the three body-parts of an ancient vampire that can make a vampire free of the basic weaknesses: all water (the eye), the cross (the rib), and the sun (the heart). As Kagan wants all these parts, it becomes the heroes' mission to stop him.

Reception

On January 6, 2006, the film opened in 985 theaters across the US. It was originally to have played at up to 2,500 theaters, but that number dropped to 1,600 and ended up lower due to prints being shipped to theaters that had not licensed the film. [ [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001807661 "Hostel" scares up $19.6 mil to reach No. 1 ] ] [ [http://www.filmjerk.com/new/article1576.html FilmJerk.com - News - Romar Releasing Faces Minor Bumps Upon First Major Release ] ] In its opening, the film only made $1,550,000 USD. [ [http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=bloodrayne.htm "BloodRayne" (2006) ] ] "BloodRayne" has received poor reviews on Rotten Tomatoes with a freshness of only 4%. The film ended up grossing $3,591,980 USD (June 2006). [ [http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=bloodrayne.htm "BloodRayne" (2006) ] ] The movie was criticized for not having much of a story, and for hiring prostitutes to reduce production costs. [ [http://www.ugo.com/channels/filmtv/features/bloodrayne/default.asp UGO.com Film/TV - Uwe Boll Interview - "BloodRayne" ] ]

It was nominated for six Golden Raspberry Awards including, Worst Picture, Worst Actress (Kristanna Loken), Worst Supporting Actor (Ben Kingsley), Worst Supporting Actress (Michelle Rodriguez), Worst Director, and Worst Screenplay.

"Bloodrayne" did go to The Movie Channel, but was only shown a few times before going to the Sci-Fi Channel within a few months.

Star Michael Madsen has called "BloodRayne" "a horrifying and preposterous movie." [ [http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/madsen%20still%20scarred%20by%20bloodrayne%20movie_1078904 Madsen Still Scarred by BloodRayne Movie ] ]

Laura Bailey (voice actress), who was the voice of Rayne in the BloodRayne games, was asked at her panel at Anime Boston 2007 what her thoughts were on the BloodRayne movie and said "Oh God, that movie sucked. And that movie was so bad. I saw it on The Movie Channel and I couldn't even get through 20 minutes of it! It was so bad and it was kinda sad that they took that because I really liked the games." [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKevjLdhCEs&feature=related]

Release dates

* United States: January 6, 2006
* Russia - February 16, 2006
* United Arab Emirates - March 15, 2006
* Canada - April 7, 2006
* Kuwait - April 12, 2006
* Japan - April 29, 2006
* Greece - June 15, 2006
* Lebanon - June 15, 2006
* Hungary - June 27, 2006
* Poland - September 14, 2006 (direct to DVD)
* United Kingdom - May 12, 2008 (direct to DVD)

References

External links

* [http://www.bloodrayne-themovie.com/ Official site]
*imdb title|id=0383222|title=BloodRayne
*rotten-tomatoes|id=bloodrayne|title=BloodRayne
*metacritic film|id=bloodrayne|title=BloodRayne
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8531405583612264332&q=bloodrayne Behind the scenes video]
* [http://www.nowplayingmag.com/content/view/4051/58/ Interview with Uwe Boll] - "Now Playing magazine"