Promotional artwork byFirst gameCreated byPortrayed by(first film)(second and third films)Voiced byEnglish( BloodRayne, BloodRayne 2)Jessie Seely ( BloodRayne: Betrayal)Japanese( BloodRayne)Rayne, sometimes called Agent BloodRayne or simply the Dhampir, is a in the series of video games. Created by, she is the series' titular protagonist, appearing in both games and later extended media, such as comic books and films related to the series. In English she is voiced by in BloodRayne and BloodRayne 2, and Jessie Seely in BloodRayne: Betrayal; in Japanese she is voiced by in BloodRayne. She was portrayed by in the first live action film, and by for its sequels. This section needs expansion. You can help. ( July 2009)Rayne is an, born 1915.

Developed by WayForward Technologies with Majesco publishing, BloodRayne: Betrayal is the latest in the BloodRayne franchise, the last of which was 2004's BloodRayne 2. In this installment, Rayne is joining up with the Brimstone Society in order to put an end to a vampire genocide. The game is a 2D sidescroller where the player takes Bloodrayne from left to right through 15 levels.

Her mother was raped by her father, Kagan. Kagan later murdered her mother's entire family so that the only family member Rayne could turn to was him.

This was a policy for all of the dhampir he sired or 'created', possibly so that humans wouldn't revolt and use the vampiric weakness of the Sun, water, and holy relics against them. In the 1930s, she spent her teenage years trying to hunt down and kill her father, to avenge her family.

She led a life of juvenile delinquency; using her vampiric powers and bloodlust to hunt down her father and avenge her mother. Her search led her to Europe, where she murdered several vampires before being apprehended. She claimed that her victims had been vampires, but was disbelieved by the authorities, but quickly managed to escape from them and continue her hunt. Recognizing her dhampir nature as well as her skills at hunting vampires, she was recruited into the mysterious Brimstone Society via an invitation. The Brimstone Society sent her on missions to eliminate supernatural threats to the world, including those involving vampires as well as demons and unnatural apex predators. One of these missions required her to use her vampiric powers against the during, who were on the verge of using magical artifacts to bring the demon lord Beliar back to life. Rayne also learned of a plan to use demonic parasites called 'Daemites' against the enemies of the Nazis, after they had been tested on prisoners.

The background to the story is influenced by the existence of various historically real Nazi occult groups such as the.In other BloodRayne media. This section needs expansion. You can help. ( June 2014)In the first movie that came out in 2005, she is played by actress. The movie's setting and date is different from the video games, instead of her being an American born in the, she is a Romanian born in the. The storyline is also different from the video games, as she joins the Brimstone Society in the movie while also tracking down her father Kagan (played by ) in the movie. She also falls in love with Sebastian (played by ) who is a part of the Brimstone Society too.In the sequel to the first film, Rayne is replaced by actress and just like her video game counterpart, she has an American accent.

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In the film she takes on in 19th century USA and is helped by in the town of Deliverance. She also meets Muller who is one of the current members of the Brimstone Society in the.Other appearances.

Rayne's for atIn 2005, Rayne appeared in 's as an. When asked if she had a storyline of her own for the title, Majesco producer Dean Martinetti stated no, adding that the game's protagonist 'just happens' to resemble the character.Rayne is the first video game character that appeared in, in the October 2004 U.S. Edition as part of an article entitled 'Gaming Grows Up'. She has also made appearance in 's ', which a music video portrayed her performing 's song '.

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Majesco's vice president of marketing Ken Gold said: 'Having BloodRayne as one of the premiere 'performers' in 's 'Video Mods' show is a testament to her popularity and appeal.' In 2009, a model dressed as Rayne was one of several characters featured as part of a 'Video Game Girls' show at bar The Bordello in Los Angeles, as a tie-in to the year's event.

Rayne also appear in a cameo scene in the 2018 film.Conception and design. Rayne's early designRayne's character was inspired by an existing Terminal Reality-created character, the Svetlana Lupescu, who appeared in their 1999 game. Described as initially having a 'militant, dark gothic look. a brunette with tight buns in her hair and a very severe body line', the character went through several design changes, with an active goal to make her as appealing and distinctive as possible in order to create a franchise with lasting appeal. To this end they worked to give her a unique look, relying not only on making the character sexually appealing but also make her stand out in people's eyes, which producer Raymond Holmes her arm blades achieved.

Her design was additionally intended to have a presence 'both menacing and sexy at the same time', which he felt made her 'a particularly strong female lead character with lots of attitude'.Majesco manager Liz Buckley in interviews said her designers had learned from that boys and young men not only liked female lead characters, but that they paid more attention to them. She added that 'injecting sensuality' into Rayne's character design, describing her appearance as 'lethal erotica' and adding that she felt no problem using the fact Rayne was 'inherently sexy' to promote the character. Additional care for detail was done for her face, after noting focus groups wished to see it as compared to solely seeing the character from behind. Buckley went on to state '& will only get you so far', adding that while the character was aimed at a target audience of males ages seventeen to thirty-four, she felt the character had a female fan following as well due to being 'empowering to play'.The character's in-game movements were animated by hand for the first title, and in the sequel were augmented by to 'allow for more realist-looking movement'. She added that with BloodRayne 2 the character model had also been heavily altered, adding 'about one thousand' more and using less on her hair in order to use more on her 'curves and body line', as well as give her a more mature appearance. When questioned about the similarities between Rayne and another female vampire character from the series, game designer Joe Wampole stated that while similar they had not previously heard of the character, and added regarding their similar appearance 'I think it is just natural to put a vamp chick in black leather and either color her hair black or red.'

Described providing voice acting for the character as 'a blast', though added she couldn't say she identified with the character. Bailey stated that during voice acting sessions, the director would occasionally approach her with changes to the game's script; if the dialogue was nasty enough to cause her to blush while saying the lines, he felt the change was good. Stated Rayne's appearance had a large impact upon her, citing Rayne's red hair and her desire to further understand the character. She went further to describe her portrayal of the character as exhibiting 'lots of sadness' as well as 'strong sense of justice'. Promotion and reception.

A promotional model at 2016featured Rayne in their 'Art of Gaming' special, noting her popularity and attractiveness; however, in a later article they decried her appearance in Playboy, stating that further similar exhibitions would damage how the public perceived the character. In 's 2005 Video Game Vixens, Rayne was nominated for 'Sexiest Finish' and awarded 'Most Dangerous Curves'. She was named as one of the 50 'greatest female characters in video game history' by in 2005, as well as the 50 'greatest heroines in video game history' by in 2013.described her as 'epitome of a video game hottie,' placing her fourth on their list of the top 11 'video game heroine hotties' and praising both her appearance and abilities, later and listed as one of the top 50 'videogame hotties' at number twenty with similar sentiments. She also placed 11th in UGO's list of the 'Top 50 Sexiest Vampires', which noted that while she represented a negative aspect of video games in 2002, a 'scantily-clad heroine in a graphically violent third-person adventure', her feature in Playboy despite not being real meant 'they did something right', and ranked eighth in their list of 'the most badass vampire slayers'. Ranked her 12th on their list of the top 50 'hottest game babes', stating 'The only thing sexier than a female vampire is one that kills Nazis,' also listing her as one of their favorite females related to video games. Complex listed her as the 17th hottest video game character in 2012, and ranked her as the eighth most sexy female character in 2015.

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BloodRayne is a 2005 German-American fantasyaction horror film set in 18th-century Romania, directed by Uwe Boll. The film stars Kristanna Loken, Michael Madsen, Matthew Davis, Will Sanderson, Billy Zane, Udo Kier, Michael Paré, Meat Loaf, Michelle Rodriguez, Ben Kingsley, and Geraldine Chaplin. The screenplay by Guinevere Turner is based on the video game of the same name from Majesco Entertainment and the game developer, Terminal Reality.

The third video gamefilm adaptation by Boll, who previously made the films based on House of the Dead and Alone in the Dark, BloodRayne received extremely negative reviews upon release and was a box office bomb, grossing only $3.7 million from a $25 million budget.^[1]

Plot[edit]

The film centers on the character of Rayne, an unholy breed of human and vampire known as a dhampir. Dhampir are unaffected by crucifixes and do not thirst for human blood, but maintain a vampire weakness to holy water. She is the daughter of the Vampire King, Kagan, who has gathered an army of thralls, both vampire and human, in order to annihilate the human race. She was conceived when Kagan raped her mother, and she later witnessed him killing her when she rejected his advances.

Sebastian, Vladimir, and Katarin are three members of the Brimstone Society, a group of warriors sworn to fight vampires. They hear of a carnival freak who may be a dhampir, so Vladimir plans to recruit her in order to kill Kagan. Kagan is also hunting for her, fearing she will interfere with his plans. Rayne escapes captivity at the carnival when her keeper tries to rape her. On the road, she encounters and saves a family being attacked by vampires. A fortune teller reveals to Rayne that Kagan has become the most powerful vampire in the land and resides in a well-protected castle. She tells Rayne that Kagan seeks an ancient talisman, a mystical eye, and if she finds it, it would allow her to gain an audience with him. Rayne sets out to the monastery where it is hidden to find it.

Rayne shelters for the night at the monastery and later sneaks away to where the talisman is guarded by a hammer-wielding, deformed monk, who she kills. The talisman is further protected by booby traps, and when Rayne lifts it from its pedestal, the chamber floods with holy water. As Rayne hangs from the ceiling to avoid the water, the talisman falls from the box but she catches the eyeball. Examining it closely, the eye magically becomes absorbed into her own eye, and when she falls into the water she is somehow unaffected by it.

When she leaves the chamber, the monks explain the artifact is one of three body parts which came from an ancient vampire called Belial, who had found a way to overcome the weaknesses of a vampire. The eye overcomes holy water, the rib overcomes the cross, and the heart overcomes sunlight. When Belial died, the parts of his body were hidden across the land. As Kagan desires all these parts in order to assume Belial's powers, it becomes the heroes' mission to stop him.

Rayne is brought to the headquarters of the Brimstone Society and they agree to work together to kill Kagan. Katarin does not trust Rayne and betrays Brimstone to her father, Elrich, who has fallen in league with Kagan, but seeks to betray him and gain power for himself. The location of the heart talisman is known to Katarin as her grandfather hid it in water-filled caves. She seeks it out but Rayne kills her and takes it. With the talisman, Rayne attempts to gain an audience before Kagan, but he takes the heart and throws her in the dungeon. He plans to extract the eye as part of a ritual. He realizes too late that Rayne had only given him an empty box and not the heart.

Sebastian and Vladimir intervene, battling Kagan and his minions, but both are fatally wounded, leaving Rayne in a final battle against Kagan. As Sebastian dies he fires a final bolt from his crossbow, but Kagan is too quick and is able to catch it. Rayne is able to summon her last reserves of strength and plunge the bolt into his heart. The battle ends, and Sebastian chooses to die rather than let Rayne save him. Rayne seats herself in Kagan's throne, and reflects on the events that led to her father's death. The film ends when Rayne leaves the castle and rides into the mountains.

Cast[edit]

• Kristanna Loken as Rayne, a dhampir who seeks to kill her father, Kagan.^[2]
• Michael Madsen as Vladimir, a senior member of the Brimstone Society.
• Ben Kingsley as Kagan, the King of Vampires and Rayne's father.
• Michelle Rodriguez as Katarin, a member of the Brimstone Society who distrusts Rayne.
• Matthew Davis as Sebastian, a member of the Brimstone Society who bonds with Rayne.
• Will Sanderson as Domastir
• Geraldine Chaplin as Fortune Teller
• Udo Kier as Regal Monk
• Meat Loaf as Leonid, a hedonistic vampire lord tasked with keeping Rayne imprisoned, and who is subsequently killed by the Brimstone Society.
• Michael Paré as Iancu
• Billy Zane as Elrich, father of Katarin and a powerful nobleman. He has fallen in league with Kagan, but secretly desires to take his power for himself. Zane described it as a pleasure to work with such a decisive director.^[3]

Production[edit]

Screenwriter Guinevere Turner turned in the first draft two weeks late, and this was the script that went into production, with no revisions, though only 20% of it was actually filmed.^[4]

Filming took place in Romania, in the Carpathian Mountains. Filming also took place in a castle where Prince Vlad the Impaler presumably spent a night once.^[3]

Release[edit]

On January 6, 2006, the film opened in 985 theaters across the United States. It was originally to have played at up to 2,500 theaters, but that number dropped to 1,600 and ended up lower due to prints being shipped to theaters that had not licensed the film.^[5][6]

Billy Zane was involved with distributor Romar Entertainment and Uwe Boll later sued him for revenue owed.^[7]

Box office[edit]

In its opening, the film only made US$1,550,000.^[1]The film ended up grossing US$3,591,980 (June 2006) on a budget of US$25 million.^[1]

Critical reception[edit]

BloodRayne was critically panned. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 4% approval rating based on 53 reviews, with a weighted average of 2.27/10. The site's consensus reads: 'BloodRayne is an absurd sword-and-sorcery vid-game adaptation from schlock-maestro Uwe Boll, featuring a distinguished (and slumming) cast.'^[8] It was ranked 48th in Rotten Tomatoes's 100 worst reviewed films of the 2000s.^[9]Metacritic gave the film a score of 18% based on 13 reviews, summarizing the reviews as 'overwhelming dislike'.^[10]

Actor Michael Madsen called BloodRayne 'an abomination.. a horrifying and preposterous movie', but added that he enjoyed working with Boll and would certainly work with him again if asked.^[11]Laura Bailey, who was the voice of Rayne in the BloodRayne games, was asked at her panel at Anime Boston 2007 what her thoughts were on the film adaptation, and said 'Oh God, that movie sucked. And that movie was so bad. I saw it on The Movie Channel and I couldn't even get through 20 minutes of it! It was so bad and it was kinda sad that they took that because I really liked the games.'^[12]

Critics ridiculed Boll for hiring actual prostitutes instead of actors for a scene featuring Meat Loaf in order to save on production costs.^[13][14] Writer Guinevere Turner stated in the 2009 documentary Tales from the Script that when she turned in her first draft of the film's script two weeks late, rather than asking for redrafts Boll accepted it and then made many of his own changes; and he then asked the actors to 'take a crack at it'.^[15]

Accolades[edit]

The film was nominated for six Golden Raspberry Awards including, Worst Picture, Worst Actress (Kristanna Loken), Worst Supporting Actor (Ben Kingsley), Worst Supporting Actress (Michelle Rodriguez), Worst Director, and Worst Screenplay. Bloodrayne did not win any, having been dominated by Basic Instinct 2 and Little Man with seven nominations each.^[16]

Conversely, at the 2006 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards, it received nine nominations, trailing behind Zoom's ten, with four wins: Worst Picture, Worst Director (Boll), Worst Ensemble, and Least 'Special' Special Effects. Its other nominations were for Worst Supporting Actor (Meatloaf Aday), Worst Supporting Actress (Rodriguez), Worst Screenplay, Most Annoying Fake Female Fake Accent (Rodriguez), and Least Scary Horror Movie.

In 2009, Time listed the film #6 on their list of top ten worst video games movies.^[17]

The film was number one on GameTrailers countdown of the worst video game movies ever. The reviewers from GameTrailers said that 'every actor is miscast, every wig is too fake, every sex scene is too inappropriate, and every action scene is too improvised.'^[18]

Sequels[edit]

In 2007, a sequel BloodRayne 2: Deliverance was made. Natassia Malthe replaced Loken in the lead role.^[19] Due to the poor box office of the first film, BloodRayne 2: Deliverance went direct-to-video instead. A third film, BloodRayne: The Third Reich was released in 2011. Malthe reprised her role as Rayne.^[20] Both sequels were directed by Uwe Boll. Michael Paré has appeared in all three films, but as different characters: Iancu, Pat Garrett, and Commandant Ekart Brand, respectively.

Home media[edit]

Before the DVD of this film was released, Boll removed the Romar name and logo from the credits and packaging of this film. As a result, Romar ceased distributing the film. Next to the R-rated version which was shown in cinemas, a more violent unrated director's cut which includes an extended ending was released on DVD. The director's cut DVD box set included a full copy of the BloodRayne 2 video game on the second DVD.^[21]

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External links[edit]

• BloodRayne on IMDb
• BloodRayne at AllMovie