Do you remember when you were a kid and you desperately wanted some special toy for Christmas but ended up with an annual and a jigsaw, well welcome to 'Rise'. After waiting two years for a release that is just how I felt after watching it, I can understand why it went straight to video and I love vampire movies. I can forgive the vamps not having fangs but using fancy little knives is a straight rip off from 'The Hunger', couldn't they think of something original. I was glad to see that Lucy Liu's character took three days to rise but she rose with no physical benefits as far as I could see, no enhanced strength, hearing, sight or sense of smell, she didn't even seem to inherit all the fancy martial arts skills that all other celluloid vamps get. All she got was the healing thing and no reflection, impressive how she managed to style her hair so well without a mirror though! The film starts with a sloppy titillation scene to lower the standard then fails to rise above it from then on in (no pun intended). It would have viewed better without then going back in time six months, that didn't add anything to the film at all, might have done if the scene had ended on an exciting point instead of her just collapsing on the bed. Watch it if you're a vamp fan but be prepared to be disappointed.
Review of Rise: Blood Hunter
