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Rise: Blood Hunter

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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.

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Kamal Al-Solaylee Globe and Mail 06/01/2007
2.5/4
[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. Go to Full Review
Peter Howell Toronto Star 06/01/2007
2.5/4
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. Go to Full Review
Carlos Marañón Cinemanía (Spain) 11/04/2020
1.5/5
Mediocrity. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile 04/18/2008
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. Go to Full Review
Renee Schonfeld Common Sense Media 10/22/2007
1/5
Torturous vampire bloodbath is a waste for all. Go to Full Review
Chuck O'Leary FulvueDrive-in.com 10/19/2007
3/10
A tedious Blade rip-off. No suspense or scares, but lots of boredom. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Elvs P 10/09/2024 This is just a fun quick B movie view!!! See more Richard L 10/01/2023 Boring vampires without any kind of powers, painfully poor acting, and a script so formulaic and awkward you'd think a teenager wrote it. See more daj b 05/27/2023 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. See more Shondell M 05/26/2023 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. See more 10/17/2021 I didn't think it was that bad if one can watch non-traditional vampire movies. See more 01/02/2018 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. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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