BloodRayne II: Deliverance (2007) (V)

User Rating:

2.4/10   

Director:

Uwe Boll

Writers:

Masaji Takei (written by) and
Christopher Donaldson (screenplay)

Release Date:

24 July 2008 (United Arab Emirates)

Genre:

Action | Fantasy | Western

Tagline:

A heart-stopping adventure!

Plot:

Rayne, the half-human/half-vampire warrior, ventures to America's 1880's Wild West to stop the vampired Billy the Kid and his posse of vampire cowboys.

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Children | Posse | Preacher | Interrupted Hanging

Cast

Natassia Malthe	...	Rayne
Zack Ward	...	Billy the Kid
Michael Paré	...	Pat Garrett
Chris Coppola	...	Newton Piles
Chris Spencer	...	Bartender Bob
Brendan Fletcher	...	Muller
Sarah-Jane Redmond	...	Martha
Michael Teigen	...	Slime Bag Franson
Michael Eklund	...	The Preacher
John Novak	...	Sheriff Cobden
Tyron Leitso	...	Fleetwood
Jodelle Ferland	...	Sally
Mike Dopud	...	Flintlock Hogan
Vincent Gale	...	Mick
John Tench	...	Moffat

Also Known As:

BloodRayne 2: Deliverance (Germany) (DVD title) (USA) (DVD title)
BloodRayne: Deliverance (International: English title)
BloodRayne: The Vampire Chronicles (International: English title) (DVD box title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

99 min (unrated version) | 90 min (R-rated version)

Country:

Canada | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:13 | USA:Unrated | UK:18 | Ireland:18 | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:M18 (cut) | Germany:18 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Boll Kino Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG

Trivia:

Kristanna Loken declined to reprise her role as Rayne due to her commitments on "Painkiller Jane" (2007) and her 10-episode stint on "The L Word" (2004).

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Billy the Kid bites the girl laying on his lap, the bite marks and blood (when viewed from girl's right profile) are located in the center of the throat. A few seconds later, when viewed from above, the bite marks and blood have moved 2 or 3 inches to the left.

Quotes:

Mayor Holden: Miss, you don't know WHAT you're dealing with!
Rayne: Well, then that's fair 'cause neither do they.

Movie Connections:

Spin off from Bloodrayne (2002) (VG)

See it with a sense of humor, and a lot of patience...

Recently I've been going on a Boll spree, seeing whatever I can find.Not because I enjoy his films that much, but rather because I wanted to see if he really is THAT bad as I've heard.Haven't yet seen the, as I'm lead to believe, abysmal "House of the Dead".But I've seen Bloodrayne, and a certain review of Bloodrayne:Deliverance I read, made me want to see the second.

You see, the review, while stating that the film isn't that great, it also stated that it was better than the first.I find that statement flawed.While the second sees some improvement, it pretends to be something it's not:a Bloodrayne movie.The first one revolved around her, and though the plot was terrible, you could still see some potential underneath.The second, is just an excuse for Boll to do a "vampire-western".

Let's start off by saying the idea isn't bad, and given the proper director it would've been more than watchable.And in some cases, Boll displays some sort of talent for angles and shooting a scene.Then again, many of these cases are "borrowed" from the western lore.I would've expected some stylizing, given the subject of the film, but I'm pretty sure the up-coming "3:10 to Yuma" is more stylized than this, while mostly sticking to classical western(I should be ashamed for bringing Mangold's film into this comment).No, instead Boll gives us a shaky camera(not that upsetting, but would've been good in a lot of close-ups), bad editing, and less than usual make-up for a vampire-flick.

Vampires now just have fangs, no more face deformity when in a rage.Not that much blood either(which could be a good thing, the first one was terrible at gore-delivery).All in a day's work for keeping the budget down.

The actors in this one do a slightly better job than the big names in the first one.Not commenting on Malthe, since she didn't really have anything at all to work with(few of the others did).But all in all, some less-known, or even unknown actors do what they're paid for:act.

The script is awful, right down to the very core of it.We have the city-slicker, the gun-slinging con-pulling priest, the western cynic, the showdowns on the main street, the Gatling, and the well-dressed villain.Now, to make that villain Billy the Kid(and to somehow bring the whole vampire thing to Wyatt Earp also), a trigger challenged vampire, with a foreign accent, was just outrageous.

The direction:all I can say is Boll.He gets right what he did wrong with the first, but fails in other departments.You could say he's learning as he goes.But it's a really long learning process.There were a few scenes at the climax where the tension was supposed to be high, yet he dissipates it by stretching them to an unbearable length.

So, to conclude...the movie is awful, but still has some enjoyable scenes.If he had made a western with vampires, and not a Bloodrayne movie, he could've passed this as a "worth a check" DVD, but, as it stands it's just an awful example of movie-making.

One last word:I still consider there are worse directors out there than Boll, but I'm sure he will continue trying to prove me wrong with every new movie.Though I am expecting "Postal", he just might pull-off violent comedy, he did it involuntarily so far.