Rise: Blood Hunter

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Rise: Blood Hunter

R

Released Jun 1, 2007

1h 37m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Sadie (Lucy Liu), a reporter, investigates an underground cult in Los Angeles which seems to be responsible for a series of grisly murders. While trying to discover the cult's secrets, she becomes a victim herself. Sadie awakes in the morgue with an insatiable craving for blood and revenge, so she joins forces with a grieving detective (Michael Chiklis) to destroy the undead creatures once and for all.

Kamal Al-Solaylee

Globe and Mail

[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.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jun 1, 2007

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

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.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jun 1, 2007

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Carlos Marañón

Cinemanía (Spain)

Mediocrity. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 1.5/5

Nov 4, 2020

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Urban Cinefile Critics

Urban Cinefile

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.

Apr 18, 2008

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Renee Schonfeld

Common Sense Media

Torturous vampire bloodbath is a waste for all.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 22, 2007

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Chuck O'Leary

FulvueDrive-in.com

A tedious Blade rip-off. No suspense or scares, but lots of boredom.

Rated: 3/10

Oct 19, 2007

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Elvs P

This is just a fun quick B movie view!!!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/09/24

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Richard L

Boring vampires without any kind of powers, painfully poor acting, and a script so formulaic and awkward you'd think a teenager wrote it.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/01/23

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daj b

The writer/director started with a nice kernel of a potential franchise combining two winning ideas, vampires + revenge, but the execution was way off often feeling clunky as set-ups and shifts from scene to scene frequently feel like a rough draft. Despite that I enjoyed the result even as the flaws kept drawing my attention. The dialogue sometimes makes some proven excellent actors sound amateurish. Needs a reboot because always room for one more in these genre.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/27/23

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Shondell M

It started to suck within the first 2 minutes, and went down hill after that. Un-original, uninspired, and cringy. If you want to abuse yourself, give it a look.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/26/23

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Audience Member

I didn't think it was that bad if one can watch non-traditional vampire movies.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Audience Member

Lucy Liu is out for revenge in the vampire horror film Rise: Blood Hunter. When investigative reporter Sadie Blake stumbles upon a clan of vampires they brutally kill her, but she comes back as a vampire and is intent on destroying them; meanwhile a cop desperately searches for the fiend that murdered his daughter, unaware that it's the same vampire clan that Sadie's hunting. Liu gives a fairly good performance and is backed by a solid supporting cast that includes Michael Chiklis and Carla Gugino. Additionally, the film doesn't hold back on the gore and violence of the vampire attacks. But the storytelling is rather weak and doesn't do a lot of character and plot development. Yet while it's a little thin, Rise: Blood Hunter is a frightening and gritty revenge tale.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Synopsis

Sadie (Lucy Liu), a reporter, investigates an underground cult in Los Angeles which seems to be responsible for a series of grisly murders. While trying to discover the cult's secrets, she becomes a victim herself. Sadie awakes in the morgue with an insatiable craving for blood and revenge, so she joins forces with a grieving detective (Michael Chiklis) to destroy the undead creatures once and for all.

Director: Sebastian Gutierrez
Producer: Greg Shapiro
Screenwriter: Sebastian Gutierrez
Distributor: Destination Films, Samuel Goldwyn Company
Production Co: Ghost House Pictures
Rating: R (Language|Brief Drug Use|Nudity|Sexuality|Strong Horror Violence/Gore)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 1, 2007, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2014
Runtime: 1h 37m