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BloodRayne is a 2006 horror/fantasy film loosely based on the eponymous video game from Majesco and the game developer, Terminal Reality, directed by Uwe Boll. The film stars Kristanna Loken, Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Billy Zane, 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.

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 (Ben Kingsley) who has gathered an army of thralls, both vampire and human, in order to annihilate the human race. She was conceived when Kagan raped her mother, and she later witnessed him killing her.

Sebastian (Matthew Davis), Vladimir (Michael Madsen) and Katarin (Michelle Rodriguez) are three members of the Brimstone Society, which fights 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: all water (the eye), silver (the rib) and the sun (the heart). As Kagan wants all these parts it becomes the heroes' mission to stop him.

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. In its opening, the film only made $1,550,000 USD. BloodRayne has received poor reviews on RottenTomatoes with a freshness of only 4%. The film ended up grossing $3,591,980 USD (June 2006). The movie was criticized for not having much of a story, and for hiring prostitutes to stand in as actors to reduce production costs. The movie was also criticized by fans for having little in common with the game.

The film has already ranked as low as number 53 on IMDB.com's Bottom 100 list. (Though, as of January 2008, it has fallen off the list entirely.)

Some reviewers, such as Slasherpool.com, have admitted to enjoying the film, Slasherpool giving it a three out of five, saying "I actually think many video game fanatics would enjoy this action-packed movie." And the Video Game Critic graded it at C+ for gamers and C- for non gamers, noting "Bloodrayne isn't half bad."

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 and Worst Screenplay.

Bloodrayne was one of very few films that went from cinemas to DVD and then onto the SCI FI Channel within one year. Most films have the option of being shown on a premium channel such as HBO or Showtime before moving on to network or cable television.