Rise: Blood Hunter
The Story:
Reporter Sadie Blake (Lucy Liu) awakens to find herself in a morgue, transformed into a member of the undead by a vampire cult. With the help of cop Clyde Rawlins (Michael Chiklis), who lost his daughter to the same sect, Sadie undertakes a mission of revenge against those who took away her life. Carla Gugino and James D'Arcy co-star in this supernatural thriller. Marilyn Manson appears, without makeup, as a bartender.
The Deal:
This movie really does an interesting spin on the vampire story. The vampires here drink blood, but have no fangs. They must use knives like everyone else. They can only be killed by driving an object through the heart – metal counts. Also, they cast no reflection. That’s is for pros. Sunlight is merely an inconvenience. Oh and finally, they have no powers. They get their butt kicked by every Tom, Dick, and Harry, just like everyone else. In Fact the heroine gets beat down constantly in the two hours run time.
Half the movie is told in flashback sequence, which at first was kind of annoying. Think “Memento: a vampire story”. However it did pay off in the end. In fact, if the director had not been creative with the editing, then the story would have been terrible.
The Bottom Line:
This is a decent RENT. The stars in this movie do a great job with the material. There is also enough T&A in here to make it worth your while. Lucy Liu naked, covered in blood- I know there is a fansite for this somewhere… The DVD however, lacks special features other than director’s commentary. There is a making of featurette, which is not very long and was sort of an after thought of camcorder footage around the set. If you are going to make a direct to DVD movie, why not pack it with DVD extras?!
The Quote:
“Go wash your hands. I am kind of picky about that sort of thing.” Lucy Liu to her female hooker date…
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