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BloodRayne

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BloodRayne reviews
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8.1 User Score:

Overwhelming dislike

Based on 13 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?

Based on 355 votes
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Action  |  Fantasy  |  Horror

Written by: Guinevere Turner

Directed by: Uwe Boll

Release Date:
Theatrical: January 6, 2006
DVD: May 23, 2006

Running Time: 94 minutes, Color

Origin: USA / Germany

Summary

RATING: R for strong bloody violence, some sexuality and nudity

Starring Kristanna Loken, Michelle Rodriguez, Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Matthew Davis, Billy Zane, Meat Loaf, Will Sanderson, Udo Kier, and Michael Paré

BloodRayne takes you to another place and time to experience a world where good and evil battle it out -- with mankind as the very prize. (Romar Entertainment)

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

40

LA Weekly Chuck Wilson

There are all sorts of noteworthy people in this silly vampire epic, including acting greats Sir Ben Kingsley and Geraldine Chaplin, but the only artist this critic wants to heap praise upon is the regrettably unidentified Supervisor of Blood Splatter: Nice work, dude.

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40

Los Angeles Times John Anderson

The only thing left unsliced is the ham in BloodRayne, yet another video game adaptation by German genre specialist Uwe Boll and a movie with more fading - or faded - talent than an Italian basketball team.

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33

The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias

With minimal flare and maximal gore, Boll simply delivers the turgid drama and incompetently staged action sequences that have made him the unstoppable Big Boss of the gaming community.

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30

Village Voice Carla Blumenkranz

Our blood-smacking antiheroine, Rayne (Kristanna Loken), isn't a vampire; she's a dhampir, a half-human, half-vampire cross-fiend who's as anguished, strange, and sloppy as mercenaries, or movies, get.

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30

The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck

Attention, Ben Kingsley (I mean, Sir Ben Kingsley): It's officially time to turn in your Oscar.

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30

Chicago Reader Andrea Gronvall

Just when you thought camp was dead, along comes this bizarre cross between a Tarantino knockoff and a Hammer horror film.

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25

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

While there's no fun in mediocrity, ludicrousness is another matter. Boll is the best at what he does, and what he does is make truly terrible films.

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25

New York Post Kyle Smith

Semicoherent.

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25

Premiere Jessica Letkemann

Yet another ill-conceived big screen videogame adaptation.

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25

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Why do moviegoers and gamers keep going to see video-game-based movies when neither group is ever happy with the results?

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20

Variety Joe Leydon

Anemic action-fantasy.

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0

Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten

Maybe everyone involved was hoping that no one would see this movie, but Madsen is the only one who should fear anyone seeing his work.

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0

Entertainment Weekly Gregory Kirschling

Ghastly-bad.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 8.1 (out of 10) based on 355 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Coco Bunny gave it a2:
Terrible. Incoherent. A waste of good talent. But, ah, heck, at least it's not as bad as its sequel (who on earth besides Uwe Boll thought THAT was a good idea)?

Cillian gave it a2:
I'm going too have to give this a two. Its horrid. This movie is th reason Boll has earned himself the nickname "the blitzkrieg of bad". Its awfulness is actually a miracle, due to the talent he has on board. Ben Kingsly, Micheal madson, hell, even meatloaf all put on terrible performances, despite thier obvious talents. Billy Zane's character seems pointless, and you'll wonder why hes even in the movie. However, if you want something thats so bad its good, download the hell out of this. Just dont buy it. Lord knows we dont want to fund another Boll movie.

J. A. gave it a1:
They must have convened a Council of Morons to write the script for this movie. And then they selected the actors from a League of Idiots. Once the Team of Fools put the whole thing together, they had a "movie." And the human race is the worse for it.

Chip G gave it a10:
All of the low ratings are very suspicious. I am flabbergasted and appalled that viewers standards and comprehension of brilliance have fallen to such low thresholds. This film puts even the classics like Maltese Falcon and Mr Smith Goes to Washington to shame. The cinematography, direction, acting, effects and philosophical meaning best every performance ever, from Humphrey Bogart to Christian Bale. After you see this movie, kill yourself, because you've already achieved the pinnacle of your life. From here on out, all that remains is a slippery precipice of failure.

Tyler O gave it a0:
It actually hurt to watch this movie. Soon after its release there was an actual petition to get the director to stop making movies. It passed but he is still going to make them.

Hector S gave it a0:
Incredible. I've never seen such an amateurish, half-assed film containing names I recognise. Epic fail.

Lynnie K. gave it a9:
If you like fantasy-horror movies, this is a great one! I don't understand the bad reviews at all! It's very engaging and holds your attention - yeah, some of the editing and dialogue are choppy - but for an intriguing story with atmosphere, it's good. You'll enjoy it!! Doesn't deserve all the panning it got - they just don't understand the genre. (I will admit I laughed out loud at Meat Loaf's scene (bad casting/bad acting) but that can be overlooked. Will probably have a large fan base as time goes on!

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