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Sadie Blake (Lucy Liu) dies and comes backs to life several times in Rise—Blood Hunter, which gives this revenge tale impetus to continue perhaps longer than it needs to. At over two hours long, this film, written and directed by Sebastian Gutierrez (Snakes on A Plane), is beautifully filmed and acted at times but drags due to the drawn out story of a LA Weekly reporter who seeks revenge on her murderer, the vampire head of an underground blood-sucking cult. This handsome monster, Bishop (James D'Arcy), charms women, kidnaps them, and slits their throats with his claw-shaped necklace, stumping the entire LAPD minus Clyde Rawline (Michael Chilkis), a hard-drinking policeman who eventually teams up with Blake to hunt and destroy the vampiric ringleader. The scenes depicting initial doses of violence, like when Blake wakes up in a metal casket at the morgue, or when she's originally killed in Bishop's bed, covered in black trash bags to avoid bloodstains, feature crisp film footage awash in blue and red, setting a semi-poetic mood. Mostly, Rise—Blood Hunter operates on the vampire tales' conflation of sex and death, taking a sexy tone throughout, especially when Sadie or her fellow vampire, Collette (Cameron Richardson), feast on blood then strip off their sullied clothing. Blake's vengeance underpins her rebellious attitude, as she shoots her crossbow at each person she meets on the trail to Bishop. Though Rise—Blood Hunter is not a classic in the genre, it is enticing to add Lucy Liu to the list of gorgeous vampire slayers. --Trinie Dalton
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It's a tooth-for-a-tooth in this vampire-revenge gorefest. When female reporter Sadie Blake (Lucy Lui) wakes up in a morgue to find that she's joined the ranks of the undead, she's more than a little miffed. Armed with a crossbow and fighting a serious thirst, she sets out determined to get even with the bloodsucking insomniacs who put her in this situation.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By R. Carpenter
Format:DVD
Having seen a lot of vampire films, I'm usually unimpressed by modern versions but this one is suprisingly good.
The story centers around a reporter out to hunt down and kill the vampires who turned her - how she became a vampire and why she wants revenge and death instead of imortality becomes apparent as the film progresses.
With plenty of action, blood and some sex this is an engaging film. Lucy Liu is a strong presence in the lead role.
The only downside is that some of the story is told in flashbacks and its not always immediately obvious which scenes are the present and which are the past. Until it becomes clear, the story is occasionally a bit confusing.
This film is definately worth seeing at least once. Fans of vampire films will probably enjoy it but as with any film, if you're not sure, rent it first!
The story centers around a reporter out to hunt down and kill the vampires who turned her - how she became a vampire and why she wants revenge and death instead of imortality becomes apparent as the film progresses.
With plenty of action, blood and some sex this is an engaging film. Lucy Liu is a strong presence in the lead role.
The only downside is that some of the story is told in flashbacks and its not always immediately obvious which scenes are the present and which are the past. Until it becomes clear, the story is occasionally a bit confusing.
This film is definately worth seeing at least once. Fans of vampire films will probably enjoy it but as with any film, if you're not sure, rent it first!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
this is a good film about a girl played by lucy liu she wakes up in a coroners freezer to find she is a vampire so she goes on a mission to kill all involved.I'm not to in to vampire films but this is a good one would rate very high lucy liu is grate in this film it has a good twist well worth it.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Blu-ray
This Blu-ray is the 2 hours 2 min. Unrated Cut and 'all-region' (attn: Yanks and others). A Dolby track and two DTS tracks, one loseless master! Looks good, sounds good. I had the DVD and thought it was boring but here I am rebuying it in 1080p because it's a good boring; with style. Interesting cast and unusual production. Slow paced and moody vampire story gives genre a sexy underworld angle.
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Rubbish!
RUbbish! Don't waste ur money unless your loaded and want to kill some time. Cheap but that's the give away.
Published 1 month ago by Ray
2.0 out of 5 stars
Poor Lucy
I like Lucy Liu a lot (having discovered her when I got the 2 Charlie's Angels film cheap and later realising she was also in Shanghai Noon), but my Vampires are the Christopher... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Iain McClumpha
2.0 out of 5 stars
Missed opportunity
A vampire film with Lucy Liu in it, how could it go wrong... well it did. As a big vampire fan and someone writing his own vampire novel this was a huge dissapointment. Read more
Published on 23 Sep 2010 by Saggyox
4.0 out of 5 stars
Rise -the bloodhunter
This film is ok but mostly looks like it was shot in a hurry and in a dark environment, The acting looks a bit rushed as if the actors couldnt wait to get to the end of the filming... Read more
Published on 21 Jun 2010 by D. Sampson
1.0 out of 5 stars
Lumpen in every aspect!
This film is quite possible one of the worst I've seen. Lumpen direction, attrocious one dimensional acting (suprising considering the cast) and a plot that is derivative at best... Read more
Published on 15 May 2010 by John Dee
5.0 out of 5 stars
BLOOD SOAKED ,SEXY VAMPIRES BONDAGE
LUCY LIU IS GREAT IN THIS BLOOD SOAKED VERY MESSY VAMPIRE FLICK.SHE IS ON A VENGEANCE TREK ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO GET REVENGE FOR TURNING HER INTO ABLOOD SUCKING BEAST OF THE... Read more
Published on 13 Nov 2009 by R. Lloyd
1.0 out of 5 stars
Appalling - REALLY BAD!
I couldn't tell you the ending of this film because the first 30 minutes were so bad that I turned it off. Say no more!
Published on 14 Aug 2009 by Mr. I. Roberts
2.0 out of 5 stars
what was she thinking...
This film has not reciaved much publicity (because its rubbish) and i hope Lucy Lui gets out of the embarresment she faces due ti this lack of press coverage; as this film is... Read more
Published on 6 Dec 2008 by M. Western
3.0 out of 5 stars
rise -blood hunter
As one preview said, no fangs...just a cutter tool that really looked out of place..if it had not been for the mirror and no reflection, it might not have passed as a vampire flick... Read more
Published on 1 May 2008 by D. Cowan
2.0 out of 5 stars
2.5--Lucy Lui what have they done to you ?!?!,
While Rise: Blood Hunter isn't a terrible film, it's a predictable one. This is meant to be a revisionist vampire film (no one actually uses the word vampire in the movie) but... Read more
Published on 25 April 2008 by Jenny J.J.I.
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