BloodRayne (film)
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| Directed by | Uwe Boll |
| Produced by | Dan Clarke Uwe Boll |
| Written by | Guinevere Turner |
| Starring | Kristanna Loken Michael Madsen Matthew Davis Michelle Rodriguez Ben Kingsley Meat Loaf |
| Distributed by | Romar Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | January 6, 2006 (USA) |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 Million |
| Followed by | BloodRayne II: Deliverance |
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BloodRayne is a 2006 film based on the eponymous video game from Majesco and the game developer, Terminal Reality, directed by Uwe Boll. The film stars Kristanna Loken 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. Similarly to those films the movie was neither a financial or critical success.
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[edit] Story 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 (Academy Award Winning Actor Ben Kingsley) who has gathered an army of thralls, both vampire and human in order to annihilate the human-race. She was born when Kagan raped her mother and later witnessed him killing her.
Sebastian (Matthew Davis), Vladimir (Michael Madsen) and Katarin (Michelle Rodriguez) are three members of the Brimstone Society who fight 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: (holy) water (the eye), crucifixes (the rib) and the sun (the heart). As Kagan wants all these parts it becomes the heroes' mission to stop him
[edit] Response
On January 6, 2006 the film opened in 985 theaters nationwide. It was originally to have played at up to 2500 theaters, but that number dropped to 1600 and ended up lower due to prints being shipped to theaters that had not licensed the film. [1], [2] In its opening, the film only made $1,550,000 USD [3]. BloodRayne has received poor reviews on RottenTomatoes with a freshness of only 5%. The film ended up grossing $3,591,980 USD (June 2006) [4]. The movie was criticized for not having much of a story, and for hiring prostitutes to stand in as actors to reduce production costs[5].
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 (Uwe Boll) and Worst Screenplay.
[edit] 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)
[edit] Trivia
- Uwe Boll was unable to direct House of the Dead 2 due to his commitment to BloodRayne.
- It is a prequel to the game, taking place 240 years prior, despite the fact that the Rayne character was established as being a teenager or in her early twenties at the start of the first game. It is said that the film is not part of the BloodRayne (videogame) series because it does not follow the BloodRayne time line.
- The company that bought the rights, Vierte Boll Kino Beteiligungs-GmbH & Co. KG (Boll KG), also produced the game-to-movie adaptations Alone in the Dark and House of the Dead.
- BloodRayne was voted the 53rd worst movie on IMDB.com's Bottom 100 list a week before the movie premiered, presumeably because of pirate copies of the movie that appeared almost a month before it's release.
- Acclaimed low budget German horror film director Olaf Ittenbach created the gore effects for the film, rather than a big budget FX studio.
- Critics [6] ridiculed director Boll for hiring actual prostitutes instead of actors for a scene featuring Meat Loaf in order to save on production costs. They were allegedly only paid 150 euros.
- Despite the film doing poorly in the United States, it has thus far performed well in two countries: Russia and United Arab Emirates. In Russia, the movie debuted at #3 while in the United Arab Emirates it debuted at #1.
- The film is still yet to be released in the United Kingdom.
- A sequel, titled BloodRayne II: Deliverance, will begin production in January 2007 but Kristanna Loken will not return as Rayne.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official site
- BloodRayne at the Internet Movie Database
- BloodRayne at Rotten Tomatoes
- BloodRayne at Metacritic
- Thorough Recap With Sarcasm at TarsTarkas.NET
- Behind the scenes video
[edit] Trailers
- Promo Trailer
- Upcoming Horror Movies
- Interview with Uwe Boll - Now Playing magazine
Original films: German Fried Movie • Amoklauf • Barschel - Mord in Genf? • Erste Semester, Das • Sanctimony • Blackwoods • Heart of America • Seed
Video game adaptations: House of the Dead • Alone in the Dark • BloodRayne • In the Name of the King • BloodRayne II • Postal • Far Cry
