Lucy Liu is always welcome on my screen, an actress who marries intelligence with feminine mystique, bundled with a dry wit and the ability to make action roles credible.
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04/18/08
Rise: Blood Hunter (2007)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:5
Rotten:10
Average Rating:4.1/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Lucy Liu stars in this slick action-packed thriller from writer/director Sebastian Gutierrez. After waking up in a morgue, reporter Sadie Blake (Liu) realizes she is no longer human, and must... [More]
Starring: Lucy Liu, Michael Chiklis, Carla Gugino, James D'Arcy
Director: Sebastian Gutierrez
Reviews for Rise: Blood Hunter
1 - 15 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Sometimes you can watch a bad film and say "well, there was a good movie buried in there somewhere". Rise: Blood Hunter is not one of those movies.
11/16/07
Torturous vampire bloodbath is a waste for all.
10/22/07
A tedious Blade rip-off. No suspense or scares, but lots of boredom.
10/19/07
While Rise: Blood Hunter isn't a terrible film, it's a predictable one.
10/12/07
far from perfect, but it's better than most direct-to-video horror you'll find out there. Heck, it's better than some of the theatrical releases we've seen this year
10/09/07
...a far more effective piece of work than one might've expected...
09/28/07
It's a blood-red affair thrown together in a dash, a little number that will ultimately get the same kind of treatment from audiences as it did from those who made it: something you might cue up in the DVD player on a whim and forget just as easily.
06/22/07
A dry and dreary little affair, one that's almost shamefully beholden to B-flicks that are a lot more energetic and a lot less intent on being taken so seriously.
06/11/07
Many scenes are set in dark parking lots and dirty city streets, but you sense the locations were chosen because they were inexpensive. There is some pleasure to be had counting continuity mistakes.
06/07/07
Mix Blade, a dash of Point Blank, and one of the worst movies you could imagine, and that's pretty close to capturing the experience of viewing Rise: Blood Hunter.
06/02/07
[Director] Gutierrez sustains a heightened mood of sex and violence that, without breaking new ground, entertains in the way Gothic flicks do: a combination of cheap thrills and a good old-fashioned crusade against evil.
06/01/07
You can thank a capable cast led by the estimable Lucy Liu, and work by writer/director Sebastian Gutierrez that succeeds in making the formulaic seem fresh.
06/01/07
There are worse things than waking up in a morgue. Like, say, waking up and realizing there's another hour of Rise: Blood Hunter to go.
06/01/07
I wasn't expecting much from director/writer Sebastian Gutierrez, considering his last writing effort was the dismal "Snakes on a Plane." But in "Rise: Blood Hunter" he offers absolutely nothing new in terms of vampire stories if not a lush noirish atmosp
06/01/07
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