BloodRayne Hits Theaters

Am I the only one who’s excited about this movie? I think I am. But see, I’m a fan of the writer, Guinevere Turner, and so I’ve been looking forward to this movie for a while. And if you’re in the US, you can go see it, while I have to wait and hope it’s released here in France. I’m still waiting for RENT. And have the French listened to my pleading? NO. Bastards.

What was I talking about?

Oh, right. The BloodRayne movie. If you happen to go see it, please tell me how it is. Ooh, that reminds me that my lovely co-editor is a film gecko, and should go watch this movie just for me. (Did you get that Erin? BloodRayne. Go. Shoo.).

Here’s who’s in it:

Kristanna Loken (Rayne) - never heard of her, but I like her last name.
Ben Kingsley (Kagan) - never heard of him Nevermind, I do know who he is. Sort of.
Michelle Rodriguez (Katarin) - Ooh, I likes her. Random trivia fact: my best friend was up for the leading role in Girlfight, and she forgot to go to the callback. This could be my best friend in BloodRayne. I’m never letting her live it down (obviously).

There’s also some other people, but I’ve never heard of them either.

I’ll shut up about this now.

But here’s the synopsis:

The film reveals the origins of Bloodrayne in the cinematic prequel to Majesco’s popular videogame. In eighteenth century Romania, Rayne, a young dhampir (half-human, half-vampire), prone to fits of blind blood rage but saddled with a compunction for humans, strives to avenge her mother’s rape and murder by her father, Kagan, King of the Vampires.

Orphaned and forced to find refuge in a circus freak show, the only place her aberrant abilities are tolerated, Rayne does not discover her true abilities till the night she tastes human blood for the first time defending herself from the circus strong man. Consumed by bloodlust and tormented by her new identity, she transforms into BloodRayne and feeds on the blood of vampires, refusing to take the lives of innocents.

Two vampire hunters, Sebastian and Vladimir, from the Brimstone Society persuade her to join their cause to destroy the most evil and powerful of all the vampires in the land, her father. She races to find the three Talisman organs: a heart, an eye and a rib wrought from her ancestor vampire, Beliar, which Kagan also covets. The Talismans give the beholder the power to throw the earth into darkness allowing vampires to rule forever…

More about the film here.