Fantasy Flix: BloodRayne (2005)

Friday, September 23, 2011

BloodRayne (2005)

Director: Uwe Boll

Writer:

Guinevere Turner

In the Eighteenth Century, Rayne is the half-human half-vampire Dhampir and the lead attraction in a carnival's freak-show in Romania. When she escapes, she meets a fortuneteller that tells that her mother was raped by the king of the vampires Kagan and she decides to destroy her father. In her journey for revenge, she meets Vladimir and Sebastian, the leaders of the fortress of vampire hunters Brimstone, and she joins their society. She seeks for powerful talismans to defeat Kagan, while the skilled warriors Vladimir and Sebastian train her to face the forces of Kagan and her human side falls in love with Sebastian. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

I had a small hesitation about adding this film to my list. I just wasn't sure if it fit my categories of films I would cover. It may be a little late in time period setting for this blog, but considering the film has no guns and seems pretty medeival in nature I decided to include it.

This film gets alot of bad reviews. I have to wonder if the bad reviews come simply from the fact that it's directed by the infamous Uwe Boll. I have to admit that old Uwe has made some pretty shitty movies in his career, but to be honest I enjoy most of them for what they are. This probably says alot about the movies I like. I watch movies to be entertained, and to be entertained only. I'm not looking for some art masterpiece. These films usually bore the hell out of me.

Now As usual, I'm not going to tell you that this movie is good; because, frankly, it's not. However, I will tell you that I quite enjoy this movie for what it is. These statements seem to be a recuring theme in my short little reviews, but they are quite honest. Alot of these movies fall into this category. There is nothing wrong with the entertainment value of this film.

BloodRayne has alot of the things I enjoy in movies. Lots of action, violence, gore, blood and nudity. The story is simple but fine, and the movie does not lag and bore me to death at any time. Watch this movie for what it is and we'll leave the boring Oscar winning movies to those who enjoy those.

The acting here is good in my opinion filled with some decent and entertaining actors. I won't go through them here (you can see the cast list below), but there alot of faces here you will recognize.