A_Different_Drummer Consider this a "one-of" an oddball film that stands out from its time and its competitors.Japan in the last few decades has developed an almost total mastery of anime but there was a price. Their live action has become wretched. Look at Rurouni Kenshin -- the cartoon series is brilliant, almost perfect. The live action a crude imitation Now is this case the live version is all I saw so maybe the review is incomplete. But this remains a fun "rainy day" film and the action/acting is just fine.Wish there were more like it

Uriah43 Having suffered a personal tragedy several hundred years ago the half-vampire, "Saya" (Gianna Jun) seeks to kill the head vampire responsible for it named "Onigen" (Koyuki). Likewise, a secret counsel, also formed hundreds of years ago, wants to kill Onigen as well and enlists the help of Saya. To gather clues about Onigen, they enroll Saya in an American high school on an air force base in Japan. Not long afterward, Saya comes to the aid of a classmate named "Alice McKee" (Allison Miller) who has been targeted by the vampires. By slaying them, Saya forces Onigen to come out of hiding to respond. Anyway, that's the basic plot of the movie and in many ways it is similar to "Blade". However the main character in this film, Gianna Jun, doesn't act like she's doing everyone a favor by performing--like Wesley Snipes did in "Blade". In that regard, not only is she a better actor but she's much better looking too. Unfortunately, she doesn't have the supporting cast , script, or any of the other assets that "Blade" had and as a result all this film has to offer is a thin plot with plentiful action. Combine that with a couple of scenes which are entirely in Japanese (with no English subtitles) and it became difficult to maintain interest at times. No doubt action fans who enjoy martial arts and sword fights will like this film. But because the dialogue and acting opportunities were so limited, the talents of Gianna Jun and Koyuki (who appeared in the movie "The Last Samurai") were never fully utilized. As a result, this film never realizes its potential.

trashgang The story is based on the much acclaimed animae Blood. Being based on that and not have read the animae I can't really go into some issues. For example, the way the showed blood is done mostly with the use of CGI and in a special way. So if that's how it was shown in the book than it's okay. Some will hate it because monsters are done in CGI and weren't that good sometimes, it reminded me of Van Helsing and Legion were too many CGI tear the movie down. Still, they tried to kept the gore in it with real effects and the use of CGI. Of course the fights are done in Asian way, a bit like The Matrix. But that's so typical for Asian flicks. But the story enjoyed me and I was attracted to the screen the whole time. The use of English and Eastern language made it even more realistic. I liked it but I can understand that some will hate it due the CGI.

Dazz Camponi I watched this, thinking that it's going to be a very mediocre movie. I mean, I judged the trailer as the 'best bits' of the movie and I was right. This movie is nowhere near great at all. I can't really compare it to the series as I've never seen it but apparently, the series is better. This review is from the point of view of a person who has never really heard of Blood until I saw the movie trailer. The movie, in my opinion, felt like there was no story in it and felt like things were just happening. I thought that the acting in this was very wooden, it just wasn't great at all. The only actress I would say that played their character well was the actress who played Saya. I thought that she was quite good at times but then on other times, she looked like she was being forced to play this role. I thought the actress who played Onigen wasn't good at all, it was below mediocre and the actress who played Sharon was…not bad but not good either.The special effects was quite bad. There were some good points where it was great but in other parts of the movie, it looked entirely fake. The demons looked unreal but the action scenes were very well done, it's just a shame that the special effects weren't the same. If you are going to watch this movie, I must warn you that this isn't a movie to take seriously. Basically something to do when you have time to waste and you don't want to think for an hour and a half.Read more reviews at: www.dudedazzmoviereviews.wordpress.com