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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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Cara R

The movie suffers from pacing problems but otherwise it was a fun "watch once" flick.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/04/23

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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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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