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BloodRayne 2 (Unrated)
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Manufacturer: TOUCAN COVE
Starring: Zack Ward; Christopher Coppola; Natassia Malthe
Directed By: Uwe Boll
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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: BLOODRAYNE 2 (UNRATED) (DVD MOVIE)
EAN: 0883476000602
Format: Color
Label: TOUCAN COVE
Manufacturer: TOUCAN COVE
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: TOUCAN COVE
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-09-18
Running Time: 89
Studio: TOUCAN COVE
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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It's a hundred years later, and the vampire Rayne has arrived in the town of Deliverance, Montana where a group of vampire cowboys have emerged. Led by Billy the Kid, hell bent on creating his own kingdom, he slaughters townspeople and rounds up children. He spares the life of Chicago Chronicle reporter Newton Pyles. Rayne aligns herself with Pat Garret, a member of the long-thought dead Brimstone society, a dishonest preacher, and a low life named Franson, to stop Billy the Kid and show the world how the West was really won.
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Summary: Deliverance us from any more "Bloodrayne" sequels
Comment: Imagine a movie set in snowy, picturesque Montana. Then, let your mind's eye travel back some six-score years into the past. Sprinkle you inner sight with a motley collection of hard-working farmers, tough frontier women, rugged lawmen, women of ill repute, and honest businessmen. Your brain then creates an antagonist from antiquity's dustbin who threatens the way of life and very existence of the townsfolk. Finally, a hero emerges who fashions a daring band of do-gooders that pledge to banish the new evil.
By the way, the bad guys are all gun-toting cowboy vampires, and their leader is an ancient vampire hailing from the darkest, most forgotten realms of Eastern Europe--the terrible demon known as...Billy the Kid.
Infamous director Uwe Boll ("Bloodrayne") strikes again in "Bloodrayne 2: Deliverance," and not necessarily into uncharted territory, believe it or not. The "vampire-western" has been done before, and probably done better. Zack Ward ("Titus") plays the vampiric Billy the Kid, descending upon the small town of Deliverance to spread woe and death. Rayne (Natassia Malthe), the beautiful half-human, half-vampire heroine bedecked in full duster glory, rides into town to discover that her friends have been killed, and their children taken. She soon finds that she is not alone--Pat Garret (Michael Pare), the perennial lawman/backstabber/mercenary (depending on your point of view) presents himself. She rebuffs his offer of teaming up and rides into town alone, determined to destroy the rot which has infested the land. Unfortunately, Billy and his accent have other plans for the would-be savior.
Intentional or not, Uwe Boll's direction in this movie is noticeably different than in prior films. Note that I did not say better, but I also don't know if I mean that the direction quality is worse. Standard Boll strategies of droll sex scenes, bizarre plots with nary a connecting thread, wounds spewing gallons of fresh blood, and video game splice sequences are not in attendance here. Instead, he introduces numerous extreme close-ups before scenes of questionable emotional impact, multitudes of teeth-gratingly useless slow-motion bits, and pages of musical notation played constantly at "dramatic" moments. Could director Boll actually be trying to become a better film-maker? We can only hope.
I felt that this film was actually a bit superior to the first "Bloodrayne." The opening horror sequence in the farmhouse was unnerving for the most part. The scene during which "The Preacher" is recruited was a fine bit of over-the-top comedy, and actor Michael Eklund completely stole that part of the show. Zack Ward managed to be creepy and even scary once or twice. Gatling guns are always, and without exception, totally f****** cool. The plot was much, much more solid and cohesive than prior Boll efforts, though it still bored to tears.
The bad--or rather, the worse, as we are already starting a notch or two lower than average--as it were: lame fighting, poor acting, overuse of slow-motion shots, and a closing quotation that will have you scratching your head in befuddlement. It was a hair better than "Bloodrayne"--take that for what it's worth.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Are you kidding
Comment: Look Truth is I'm a true BloodRayne die hard fan. She did carry a gun in the game but nothing like this six shooter she carries in this movie. Next the guys she fought Rayne would easily despense of these clowns.Next when ever she was weak she could easily feed on her enemies to regain her strength. As far as martial arts she didn't use any in this movie.THe first one was more entertaining than this even though they butchered it too. Furtehermore anyone who plays the game that she can't come near water it burns her skin instantly. i could go all day long about things they left out about her acrobatic abilities they should have included but it won't do this movie no justice. If you gonna do a movie about a game character at least geta a better depth look into the character damn!!!!
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Summary: Should've Been Damned Upon Release
Comment: Our friend, the good Dr. Boll, has outdone himself by following up the lackluster "Bloodrayne" with a sequel so bad that it gives "House of the Dead" a run for its money. While I'm a fan of direct-to-video cinema and am quick to forgive quirks that come with a limited budget and generally unknown actors, knowing that this film probably wouldn't have been made any differently under Boll even if it had an extra $10 million to spend erases the empathy I might have held for the film otherwise and allows me to embrace the enmity that I've come to harbor for everything the director has touched.
In "Deliverance", a 1880s western town of the same name has fallen under the plague of vampire infestation, headed by the notorious and bloodthirsty Billy the Kid (Zack Ward, "Titus"). Searching for old friends, vampiric femme fatal Rayne (Natassia Malthe, "Elektra") rides in to save the day, but is nearly destroyed by the Kid's henchmen. Aided by cowboy Pat Garret (Micheal Paré, "Starhunter"), she mounts a comeback against Billy's plan to use the incoming railroad to create an army of cowboy vampires with which to conquer the New World.
The original "Bloodrayne" looks nothing short of Oscar-worthy by the standards of "Deliverance" - at least the first film had Ben Kingsley and a couple of mountaintop camera shots to its credit. The sequel, however, has Boll's new favorite actor Zack Ward giving the most atrocious performance of his career alongside some of the most boring storytelling and poor video production that I've seen in some time. What do I mean with "boring storytelling"? - well, for starters, there's a grand total of maybe three laughable action scenes in the movie, and veterans of the director's previous three adaptations will need no reminding that there's no compelling story or otherwise good acting to be found to help us waste the time between fights away. Trust me - it's the convoluted parts of "Alone in the Dark" all over again.
And what do I mean by "poor video production"? Well, that's where my biggest grievance lies: I expected the content to be bad, but the technical aspects of the film are the worst ever in a Boll movie. For example, the film takes place in the wild west, but it literally looks like a bunch of actors are playing dress-up around some renovated old landmarks - everything and everybody looks just a bit too clean for that time and environment. Where actual filming is concerned, the movie has two kinds of camera angles: clichéd ones and bad ones (in other words, if it's not a slow-motion shot of a horse's hooves galloping through a puddle, it's a shot so wide and inclusive that it would fit into a documentary about the Savannah). The "shaky camera" effect is beaten into the ground: while some films benefit from the mood and tension such a technique can instill, the impression "Deliverance" gave me is that the crew was simply too lazy to set up a tripod.
Natassia Malthe looks cool in her outfit, but she doesn't hold a candle to Kristanna Loken's performance (how sad is that?), and the special effects are pitiful, as is the way they're utilized (the pistols don't fire blanks - that's the computer's job, apparently) - just a few more nitpicks on the way to trying to prove what a truly dreadful film this is. If I had to praise one aspect, it would be Paré's performance, which is acceptable given his immersion into the B-movie genre...but don't bank on him saving the movie. The only reasons that you would need to see this is if you somehow enjoyed the prequel or if you have the same fascination that Boll apparently had about seeing vampires and the wild west mixed.
Video game fans, we've been had again. Let's just hope that "Bloodrayne III" never comes to fruition.
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Summary: Amazingly... this is worse than the first!
Comment: This is a train wreck. I can't even get into how bad this movie is. If you thought the first was bad enough because it made no sense in the Bloodrayne universe, this one is ten times worse. Usually I don't mind terrible movies from time to time because they at least have an unintentional comedy factor due to absurdity; this happened in the first one quite a bit. This really doesn't happen at all during the second one. In fact I'm simply in shock that Uwe Boll was commissioned to do a second installment of Bloodrayne. The story was so completely botched that I can't believe another film was allowed to be made. I truly hope this is the end for Bloodrayne's stint on the big screen (or should I say direct to DVD specials).
This is a Wild West Bloodrayne story. That's right... you heard me... Wild West. At this point you just have to accept the fact that this happened before Rayne was technically supposed to be around. You just have to accept the fact how bad this story premise is in its own right. Okay... whoever said "wouldn't it be cool to see Rayne fight against Billy the Kid, but if Billy was a vampire." Should have been shot. They should've stopped that person right there and said "please leave the room... now." Obviously that didn't happen because here we are and you're reading my review. Basically this revolves around the story of Billy the Kid waltzing into a town, essentially taking it over with his gang and turning people into vampires etc. He holds the town hostage by kidnapping everyone's children. Interesting move. Anyway, Rayne is going to step in and take him down, only after she finds some completely random ally's to help her out. Some of which never even get names, like "The Preacher." He's one of the good guys on her "special" team and that's seriously his name in the credits. Clearly a lot of thought went into this film. How they find these extra people is never explained either... it's just terrible with no depth at all.
The least redeeming quality of this film is its lack of unintentional comedy. Usually when films get this bad they tend to generate a few chuckles from me at how bad or absurd a scene is. But this film doesn't even do that. The closest it gets is that whenever someone important dies the death is automatically in slow motion! Kind of like the video game, but way more lame for some reason. It was a lot cooler in the game. Also, maybe it's just me, but it always felt like the camera was shaking... I don't know if anyone else noticed, but it was horribly annoying. Okay, I still can't get over how bad this script is. Now I certainly do not mind the use of profanity or vulgar concepts. Seriously, look at the other things I've reviewed. But when vulgarity and profanity is forced for no apparent reason it just comes out bad. There's simply no tact or wit. I know, I know... we're talking about an Uwe Boll film based around Rayne in a Wild West adventure that makes nose sense, but d**mnit I want my profanity to be worthwhile!
I know this is going to sound weird, but the one good part of this film is actually Zack Ward's performance as Billy the Kid... probably because he played the role as more of an elite vampire rather than a cowboy. If he could get caste in a Bloodrayne movie as a real vampire villain he'd do pretty well. At that point they'd have to get a suitable writer (*cough* hire one of the guys that wrote the video game *cough*) and also get a suitable girl to play the role of Rayne. Speaking of which Natassia Malthe was actually a worse Bloodrayne than Kristanna Loken. I know that sounds pretty messed up because Loken's performance wasn't anything exciting. Maybe Malthe would've been better in the first film, because it felt like she was better at acting out some of the combat scenarios where Loken felt insanely awkward in the first movie. Malthe was also way to passive, she didn't have that ultra aggressive quality you'd expect from Rayne. In the end we still haven't found the right girl to play Rayne. Speaking of changing things around, seriously, we need a new director. Maybe we should commission James Cameron to make up for the horrid first two films, since I clearly have no budget to think of here. I think Rayne could be successful on the big screen for fans of the game and non-fans alike if they'd just make it a bigger production. As a character Rayne's even more interesting than Selene in Underworld. Don't get me wrong... Kate Beckinsale is an infinitely better actress in this role than anyone that has been in BloodRayne. Selene is a cool character concept, but in some regards Rayne is a little cooler in my opinion. Underworld is a good example of a large scale production Vampire movie that works. (Not the sequel so much, but the first was great!)
Before I finish this up, I seriously have to ask. Why were vampires dying by regular bullets in this movie? They made special note that you needed bullets blessed with holy water and so on to kill the vampires... yet at the end the regular town folk using their guns shot and killed a few vampires. Not to mention... Billy the Kid was ultimately killed by a Gatlin gun with regular bullets. This makes NO sense. None at all. He shouldn't even be dead. They even say in the film he can get shot and he'll heal without even drinking blood. Seriously, this script writer was an idiot. It's like he forgot halfway through the movie what was written in the first half. They need to hire someone that's an expert in continuity to explain how flow works...
Alright, I'll stop ranting and wrap this up. If you're familiar with the video game or the comic books you're going to hate this movie. The game and comics at least work into the same time frame and same fantasy universe, but the movies are doing something completely different. The only similarity is Rayne's blades and the ones in the movie aren't even designed the same way, not to mention her costumes aren't even the same in the movies. The one other interesting thing on here is they have a "video comic" available. Basically you can read through the issue of "Tibetan Heights" and at that point realize you'd rather be reading the comic than watching the movie. I'm surprised the comic publisher agreed to put their quality product on here. Maybe they figure the movie is so bad they'll get more sales when theirs is better. Unfortunately "Tibetan Heights" isn't exactly the first in the series, but it's one of the better issues in my opinion. That's really all I have to say about this movie. As a director's cut they should've just cut out the entire movie and left us with the video game that comes with it. At least the video game is better... a LOT better.
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Summary: EGADS!
Comment: This installment is even worse. I really thought it was some kind f joke when the rumors about this sequel were generating. After the commercial failure of the first, I'm surprised it got even made! This time I didn't do something stupid like buy the DVD like I did with the first. I watched this sequel for free via youtube. And I'm sorry to say that not even the beautiful Natasia Malthe could give this movie a pulse. And I have a question. Why were Rayne's eyes brown in this movie? Uwe Boll's utter lack of continuity doesn't surprise me at all. With so many box office failures behind him, tt astounds me how he is still getting money from studios to direct.
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