Review of BloodRayne (2005) by Bonnie I — 30 Mar 2008

After watching this I think I might just be sick in the head because I kind of liked it. Perhaps I was just in a trashy mood. In my defence I haven't played the games so I couldn't tell you if it was a good adaption but then again a good adaption doesn't happen often.

It's not exactly the best film. For starters I thought "Hmm this must be rated 18+ for a very good reason" after seeing the back of the dvd cover showed dismembered bodies but to tell you the truth I don't think it was as bloody as it could have been. Sure it was graphic in parts but I've still seen far worse. Although I feel that could be because I had a high expectation of gore and blood lust. In saying that it did still deserve the 18+ rating but if you're used to real gore it's pretty tame.

Secondly the acting was pretty bad. The actors emotions were out of sync with their characters experiences. Come to think of it they didn't really seem to have emotions. It's as if they were on this even keel the whole time and feeling nothing no matter what happened. Maybe they thought a raised eye brow here and a glance there was an adequate expression of emotion in the scene. I think they need to take acting classes...

Finally I felt like there was something missing. I think the movie could of had more detail.

Other then that I liked it but that could just be because I'm a sucker for swords and chicks running around slicing and dicing... Who knows?