Blood: The Last Vampire feels both derivative and strangely amateurish, an awkward blend of Hong Kong-style combat set pieces and clumsy English-language dialogue scenes that verge on laughable.
Comment
07/10/09
Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)
20
%
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work 
Reviews Counted:46
Fresh:9
Rotten:37
Average Rating:3.7/10
Consensus: Based on a classic anime series, Blood: The Last Vampire is a tedious, shoddily acted, amateurish picture that loses all charm in the transition to live-action.
Theatrical Release:26-06-2009
Synopsis: Saya boasts beauty-queen looks and samurai-level sword skills, and her talent as a vampire hunter is unrivaled. But Saya is herself half-vampire, thanks to her bloodsucking mother and human father.... [More]
Starring: Gianna Jun, Allison Miller, Liam Cunningham, JJ Feild
Director: Chris Nahon
Reviews for Blood: The Last Vampire
This live-action update of a popular Japanese anime film from 2000 has a heart full of mythology, but its fangs are dulled by an anemic script and clumsy action sequences that are notable mostly for an excess of cheese, not blood.
07/10/09
The peculiar, comic-book-like computer graphics -- artful at first -- finally overtake Blood and make it look like a video game instead of a graceful, graphic martial arts movie.
07/10/09
Suffers from abusive close-ups, repetitive fight sequences and uninspired demon design.
07/10/09
Top CriticIf that sounds kind of hot, don't get your hopes up.
07/10/09
The best thing that one can say about this is that as utterly incoherent action extravaganzas go, it is at least an hour shorter than "Transformers 2."
07/09/09
Of direct-to-DVD quality, so you might as well wait until this one makes it to disc--and then skip it.
07/09/09
Don’t let the subtitle of Blood: The Last Vampire alarm you. The finale of this tedious piece of Asian-ish action-schlock based on a popular anime series implies an intention to make more. One was plenty for me.
07/09/09
Blood: The Last Vampire might be described as Kill Bill crossed with Buffy, only that would make it sound like more than the slapdash, thrill-less dud that it is.
07/09/09
Apparently someone forgot to add an extra dimension in the process of adapting the film from anime -- the characters have the personality of cardboard cutouts and the actors deliver performances to match.
07/09/09
If you're willing to accept it for what it is - a hyperactive fantasy, pleasantly ridiculous and delivered with amusing conviction by director Chris Nahon - you should be suitably entertained.
07/09/09
It makes sense that Chris Chow's script is based on a manga series; this is a series of 20-minute episodes in search of an arc.
07/09/09
Every scrap of footage here has been done better somewhere else.
07/09/09
This isn’t a great movie. But it’s sincere as an entertainment, it looks good, it’s atmospheric.
07/09/09
Top Critic[It] turns its collection of overused action/horror staples into... well... a kind of fun collection of overused action/horror staples.
07/09/09
Boys in the audience may groan indulgently, but their dates ought to squeal with delighted pride.
07/09/09
The action is repetitive and unoriginal, but it at least offers a respite from the horrible writing and acting.
07/09/09
As the credits began to roll, I thought to myself, "I can't believe this was a theatrical release." Neither will you if you pay to see it.
07/08/09
This live-action adaptation of Hiroyuki Kitakubo’s popular anime one-off from 2000 appears to have been made by a company of finches tweeting, 'Cheap…cheap.'
07/08/09
Unexciting, incoherent, lamely acted, and carelessly written.
07/08/09
Latest News for Blood: The Last Vampire
July 02, 2009:
Blood: The Last Vampire -- Exclusive Concept Art and Artist Profile
We've been fans of up-and-coming artist Alexandre Tuis for a while, so we jumped at the chance to speak with him about his work and share exclusive concept art from his latest... More...
June 21, 2009:
Trailer & Poster review 
More...
June 19, 2009:
The Friday Harvest: This Week's Best Pictures, Posters, and Video
Happy Friday Harvest, a weekly round-up of the best pictures, posters, and videos that have become available for viewing/download on Rotten Tomatoes. Each section features the... More...
What’s Hot On RT
Other News
Fresh Links
Featured
RT on YouTube
Subscribe to RT's YouTube channel and don't miss a second of our cracking video content.
RT on Twitter
Follow Rotten Tomatoes and join us as we tweet about the week's releases.
IGN RSS Feeds