![]() ![]() ![]() After he gives her an address, she fires a stake into his heart and releases the girl. Just as he is about to have his way with her, Liu pulls out a bow and arrow and demands to know the whereabouts of a man named Bishop. The film opens as Liu picks up a French prostitute (Richardson) and takes her back to a mansion where she is strung up as a plaything for a mysterious, wheelchair bound man. Buyers should be content they have a sound, if uninspired, horror movie for their catalogues. The film was produced by Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert's Ghost House Pictures and sold internationally by its partner Mandate. ![]() Although he sets the film up in a partial flashback structure, the suspense here is minimal as La Liu goes on a rampage with a stake to revenge the bloodsuckers who turned her, picking them off one by one until a final confrontation with the biggest bad guy - a Brit, of course - who is just plain bad without being particularly ingenious. Sadly the screenplay lets him down, and at times the drama is not much more compelling than an episode of moody TV like CSI. The netherworld and night-time haunts of Los Angeles have never felt so sterile and creepy. He's also enticed ace cinematographer John Toll to give his vampire saga a richly dark visual palette which far exceeds the quality of the material. Here he again assembles an intriguing ensemble that includes Michael Chiklis, Mako, Robert Forster and music stars Nick Lachey (the former Mr Jessica Simpson) and Marilyn Manson. His first feature, Judas Kiss (1998), had an eccentric cast including Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman and Til Schweiger. Writer/director Gutierrez has a history of attracting name talent. It has a rich destiny being programmed in midnight movie slots and at Halloween. Premiered at Tribeca recently and opening domestically on June 1, the film should be a modest theatrical performer based on its vampire-movie genre and cool cast, but its biggest audience will be in ancillary markets. 94mins.Ī genre thriller without much of a bite, Rise: Blood Hunter is nevertheless a well-mounted affair with a sense of humour and a solid starring turn by Lucy Liu as a woman who finds herself among the living dead. ![]()
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