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Some parallel fantasy world with passing resemblance to Europe, circa
13th to 18th century: Rayne (Kristanna Loken) is a dhampir, offspring of a
human and a vampire, which means she is not as ruthless, as powerful and
as blood-lusting as a vampire ... but still shares many traits with actual
vampires, like self-healing powers augmented by blooddrinking (not
necessarily human blood). This makes her the perfect highlight for a
freakshow, where she is mutilated on a daily basis only to then be fed
blood and get whole again ... but Rayne escapes, with only one thought on
her mind, to kill her father, the man who has raped her mother (Daniela
Nane) and later killed her when she was unwilling to hand over her
daughter, Rayne (played by Teona Galgotiu in the flashbacks). Trouble is,
Rayne's father is Kagan (Ben Kingsley) most powerful of vampires ... A
fortune teller (Geraldine Chaplin) tells Rayne that Kagan is presently
searching for the relics of a super vampire to absorb its powers, and she
is pointed to a monastery to find one of this relics, "The Eye",
which she somehow absorbs, which makes her immune to water. But the
monastery is soon raided by Kagan's soldiers, led by his right-hand man
Domastir (Will Sanderson), and Rayne might have not made it out alive if
it wasn't for vampire hunters Vladimir (Michael Madsen), Sebastian
(Matthew Davis) and Katarin (Michelle Rodriguez) of the Brimstone Society.
They might distrust her from the get-go, but eventually they find they
have a common enemy and grow warm on one another, especially Sebastian ...
Katarin though feels marginalized by Rayne and sides with Kagan to have
Brimstone Castle attacked and most of the vampire hunters (but Vladimir
and Sebastian) massacred. Rayne manages to escape though. Rayne catches
up with Katarin and finds her retrieving the last relic, "The
Heart", for Kagan out of an underwater lake, but kills her in an
underwater struggle ... then she gives herself up to Kagan, figuring she
might get close enough to kill him that way - but the plan backfires and
she is incarcerated and to be stripped of "The Eye" in a
ceremony that will also mean her death ... if it wasn't for the timely
intervention of Vladimir and Sebastian, who both give their life fighting
Kagan and his army, and ultimately, Rayne kills Kagan in a duel, only to
find out she has lost everything in the course of the proceedings ... A
few genre faves in supporting roles here: Udo Keir plays a monk, Michael
Paré a blacksmith, and Meat Loaf and Billy Zane have amusing appearances
as vampires. BloodRayne is one of these movies people
seem to just love to hate ... and frankly, I'm not sure why. Now I'm not
saying the film is Citizen Kane, but it hasn't set out to be, and
yes, the story might be a bit clichéed, but there are some nice ideas in
there and it's well structured. Also the characters do lack depth, but at
least not motivation. On the plus side, the acting is solid, the sets are
nice, the fight scenes are suitably gory and well-directed, and the whole
thing is well-paced. So no, no masterpiece, but a low budget film that's a
whole lot of fun, much more so than many big budget competitors.
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