So, this is a sign of the apocalypse right?

[fembuck]

BloodRayne II: Deliverence
Starring: Natassia Malthe, Chris Coppola, Zack Ward and Michael Pare.
Summary: Rayne (Malthe), a half-human/half-vampire warrior, is humankind's only hope against the advancing vampire race.

On set Promo - View at own risk!

The good news is, Kristanna Loken is not starring in this.

That's it.

I would list all of the things that are horribly wrong with this project, but I don't have enough space for that and I think they are fairly self-evident, lol.

All I can say is that with the pretty, but utterly charismaless Malthe in the role of Rayne, the movie won't even be fucking horrible enough to make fun of like the first. I mean, Malthe managed to be boring as all hell in "D.O.A: Dead or Alive" one of the funniest, cheesiest movies to come out in the last couple of years. Basically a cross between "Charlie's Angel's", "Mortal Combat" and "Beach Blanket Bingo" starring Jamie Pressly, Sarah Carter, that Nika chick from Prison Break and Eric Roberts, it was non-stop ass-kicking females, scantily clad females, over the top action sequences (one of the chicks actually starts a fight topless, throws her bra up into the air, beats people up with her towel, lifts her arms and her bra falls magically in place allowing her to then hold the last guy up at gun point! Brilliant!), illogical beach volley ball games, lesbian innuendo and sword fights. In other words, utterly brilliant ... except for every scene with Malthe. Good lord, she sucks.

With Malthe in the lead BR II will just suck outright, and because there also seems to be no other major female castmembers, slashing the characters as the movie is on won't even be able to save us.

In conclusion, Uwe Boll continues to be an evil genius, Natassia Malthe sucks, and everyone should watch "D.O.A." because it is the bomb diggity.

Comments

[murasaki1200.livejournal.com]

This cracks me up because this is where I have to admit I was actually re-watching some bits of BloodRayne last night (strictly for fanfic research purposes :p). It is really amazing to see how completely off absolutely everybody is in that movie. How can people make a movie and look so unconvinced the whole time?
Don't get me wrong Kris, even slightly befuddled, still looks adorable, and Michelle looks yummy as usual despite the ridiculous fake accent and the silly lines. But why didn't they hire a choreographer for the fight scenes? Clearly Kris was on her own with the choreography for most of her fight scenes and you can totally tell.
If I had the time I would rewrite the whole thing with Michelle in the friendly freedom fighter role. Unfortunately I wouldn't be entertained long enough to finish it.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

How can people make a movie and look so unconvinced the whole time?

I know. It was like one step away from grips walking around with cardboard cutouts of Michael Madsen, Billy Zane, Michelle Rodriguez et al, while they delivered their lines over the phone.

But why didn't they hire a choreographer for the fight scenes? Clearly Kris was on her own with the choreography for most of her fight scenes and you can totally tell.

I know. It was kind of painful, like the American Idol try-outs of fight scenes. I mean she sometimes looked downright unco-ordinated. And if you've seen T3, you know that she can do fight scenes and look totally kick-ass, they just need to be choreographed by someone that wasn't out drinking with Paula Abdul.

If I had the time I would rewrite the whole thing with Michelle in the friendly freedom fighter role. Unfortunately I wouldn't be entertained long enough to finish it.

What I love it that that is kind of how the actual writer felt about it. Guinn Turner said she wrote it like over a weekend as a first draft, and that they just filmed with it. Like Uwe was all "well, as long as they're saying something it's fiiiiiine".

Oh well, mercifully I won't feel the need to sit through the sequel.