Excellent but underrated film

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Although Uwe Boll has a reputation for being one of the worst directors working today, I have found a few of his films—Rampage, Darfur and Assault on Wall Street—to be surprisingly good. Bloodrayne, on the other hand, sees the director at his worst, the film proving virtually unwatchable despite an impressive supporting cast (Michael Madsen, Michelle Rodriguez, Billy Zane, Ben Kingsley, Udo Kier, Meat Loaf, Michael Paré), gore effects by German splatter-meister Olaf Ittenbach, and a gratuitous topless scene from its sexy star Kristanna Loken.Loken plays a half-vampire/half-human pair of breasts called Bloodrayne, who, with the help of a group of vampire slayers, seeks revenge on Kagan (Kingsley), the bloodsucking fiend who raped and killed her mother. This simplistic plot is told in such a convoluted manner that it soon becomes virtually incomprehensible. Boll commands wooden performances from all involved and employs a plethora of irritating, gimmicky film-making techniques, reducing Ittenbach's gore effects to blink-and-miss-it splashes of red (although the unrated director's cut shows much more of these in an end-of-movie montage), rendering the action dull and lifeless, and obscuring Loken's butt with a table during her sex scene.This terrible film has since spawned two sequels (Loken wisely handing over her role to Natassia Malthe), both courtesy of Boll, and both of which have terrible ratings on IMDb. Can't say that I'm very surprised.2.5/10, very generously rounded up to 3 for the OTT splatter in the Unrated version.

Both Bloodrayne and Bloodrayne 2 games are highly stylish and visually attractive, have interesting plot and thrilling action. Bloodrayne seemed to be destined to become a highly praised blockbuster. But Uwe Boll stood on its way and failed to execute any of its good features properly into a movie. First of all I should mention the main character of the franchise. In the video games Bloodrayne is a sexy dampire in really good physical shape. She is witty, impudent, sharp-tongued. I don't say Kristanna Loken is a bad actress, but she reveals none of these features in the movie. Why didn't she train to be in good shape in the movie? She was so sexy and slim in Terminator 3, but here all we see is a fat belly jutting out of the "meant-to-be-sexy" Bloodraye red and black costume and a flat shapeless bottom. Of course the way she fights being like this looks very clumsily and awkward. As for the nature of her character, she is shy and modest, nothing similar to the red-haired devil which produces sharp remarks while cutting enemies in halves. On the whole acting in the movie is good, way better than in the 2nd and the 3rd parts. Udo Kier fits the role of Kagan really good, he seems to be one of the few good features of the movie. Michelle Rodriguez is a hostile and mean strong woman, no wonder, almost all character she plays are the same. Bloodrayne's companions portrayed by Michael Madsen and Mattew Davis look natural and interesting enough for the viewers to empathize with them. The plot is quite boring and the setting is very trite for a vampire movie (especially in comparison with the setting of the first Bloodrayne video-game). But at least the there is some plot here, it creates a complete story, in contrast with Bloodrayne 2 and 3. I really dislike the weapons used in the movie, all swords look as if they were borrowed from a poor puppet theatre. Kids' plastic swords look no less realistic sometimes.Anyway, today, when I have already seen Bloodrayne 2 and 3 I can say that the first part is not that awful as it seemed to be from the first sight, but as a movie about our beloved redhead vampire Bloodrayne it is an inexcusable fail.

I never expected anything great or smart or even coherent out of this. I went into it totally blind, wanting nothing more than a cheap and cheesy B-movie with lots of sex appeal and lots of blood and gore. And you know what? The film delivered! There are really only a couple of reasons to watch this film: for the incredible blood and gore effects (which are fantastic in the unrated cut, but incredibly subdued in the original theatrical version) and for Kristanna Lokken's performance, of which I am particularly fond of.This film has earned its name as one of the all-time worst films ever made for a few good reasons though. First and foremost, it has absolutely nothing to do with the original video game. The game pitted the titular dhampir against Nazis during WWII, to find some Atlantean artifact and fight monsters and vampires...this movie throws it all out the window and just has Rayne in the Dark Ages embarking in a simple revenge story. It does little-to-no justice to its source material. Even on its own merits, the film is hobbled together with seemingly-random scenes, some of which could have been cut entirely. The best that can be said is that the story is serviceable; it's coherent enough to follow the characters and the action, but it is riddled with plot holes, inconsistencies, and frivolous scenes.As far as the film itself goes, the single most redeeming value will be its photography; despite a few shaky-cam scenes, the camera work is pretty solid at times. Acting is atrocious; I read that Michael Madsen was drunk when they filmed this, and it shows. Michelle Rodriguez puts on her standard tough-girl act, Matthew Davis offers some horrid line delivery, Meat Loaf offers a strange and frivolous cameo, it's hard to take Billy Zane seriously in anything he does, and even Ben Kingsley shows weakness as a flat and emotionally-void villain. The only bright spots here will be Michael Pare and Kristanna Lokken, who still contributes to the pool of bad acting with some bad dialogue and some incredibly weak-looking fight choreography. I only give her a pass, partly because she offers some decent sex appeal here, but mostly because I like the expressions and her mannerisms as Rayne (much unlike Natassia Malthe, who does manage to be more physically appealing, but plays it so tough that she becomes unlikable). Writing is terrible across the board; lines are simple and stupid, and their deliveries are often weak. This production does have some really wicked blood and gore effects. Sets, props, and costumes generally get the job done, but aren't terribly great either. Special effects are pretty bad. Music is alright.As Uwe Boll's third video-game adaptation, he pretty much strikes out (and strangely, never does give up the game). Chances are that you may watch all his movies and find them "so bad they're good," but most will just dismiss them as "so bad they're bad." In the case of BloodRayne, it is indeed a bad film and a missed opportunity for making a quality game adaptation (somewhat redeemed with BloodRayne: The Third Reich, but even that's pretty trashy). As it is, BloodRayne comes down as one of my ultimate choices for a guilty pleasure, since it is rather entertaining with its frivolous sex and violence, but most other viewers will not be so easily appeased.2.5/5 (Entertainment: Good | Story: Poor | Film: Very Poor)

I actually watched this movie because i had to find out if the movie was as bad as many reviews claim. And i have to say i don't think it is.Sure it's average to below average in most ways. Much of the dialogue is dull and uninspired. The script and screenplay mostly doesn't allow for the actors to unfold, to display their skills. The battle sequences are boring. And who the h... put that silly wig on Ben Kingsley, the guy is seriously a joke in this movie.But there are also stuff that works - or works well enough for it to be a decent B-movie i should say. Kristanna Loken pulls it off the best she can with this script and manages to portray a slightly more vulnerable and down to earth type vampire hero. I think she also does well in her fight scenes. Michael Madsen although having nothing to work with looks good as a vampire hunter. Michelle Rodriguez is doing a good job as well.The sound and score of the movie is also good and here and there actually manages to help build a little tension or suspense. Something that the movie often lacks.I'll admit any day that it's a flawed movie. Still there have been many big Hollywood production movies that are less worth watching than this.