MovieAddict2016 This was a made-for-TV movie a few years back when comic book adaptations were just starting to make a name for themselves with films such as "X-Men" raking in all the cash at the box office. Unfortunately "Witchblade" is just another cash-in and not at all unique - it is supposedly based on a comic book of the same name, but in all actuality, it's just plain lame. (Hey, that rhymed!) Yancy Butler plays the lead character - a woman who inadvertently stumbles upon a magic "blade" that gives her superpowers to battle evildoers. Enter the Bad Guy Who Wants to Dominate the Earth and other comic book clichés - all in all it's pretty terrible.The acting isn't completely atrocious but it leaves a lot to be desired. The direction is poor and typically made-for-TV in style; however it's the script that is particularly bad - annoying, banal, and packed with really bad dialogue.The fact that this "film" spawned a TV series is kind of surprising because it is basically just a poor cash-in on a rather obscure comic book that I had never even heard of. (But then again, I don't read comics.) View at your own peril.

bunny_carlos the best thing about the show was the low amount of digital effects they would use. Yes, they dropped in the Matrix freezes and did not overuse the bullet time effects. Yancy Butler not only looked a lot like the comic version, but her eyes and voice was exactly what the character needed. You could never put a blonde with a sqeaky voice in the same role.If you have never seen the show, the location shots were beautiful. Plus the skyline shots with the Twin Towers hits close to the heart. I hate all those people who wanted to remove Tower visuals from movies in the DVD versions.Oh, and the action and belly shirts were great.

Claudio Carvalho Sara Pezzini (the beautiful Yancy Butler) is a New York cop suffering from the loss of her father and best girlfriend. They both were killed by the gangster Gallo (Conrad Dunn). However, there is no evidence to prove that Gallo killed them, and Sara, with his colleague Danny Woo (Will Yun Lee), are on his tail. One day, after chasing Gallo's gang, Sara has a shooting in a Museum and a metallic glove weapon 'catches' her wrist, turns into a magic sword and protects her from the bullets and kills three bad guys. Along the story, she will learn how to control the power of this weapon and will become aware of many facts related to her family and origin. I am not familiarized with the character of Witchblade. I did not even know that it is a comic book. But this television movie is really a good entertainment and very above the average, a kind of dark story, with reasonable effects, an excellent soundtrack and camera movements in the action scenes like in a video clip. Yancy Butler is a very fragile and confused character with impressive eyes. The screenplay blends a police story, with action, magic and supernatural. Indeed an enjoyable entertainment. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Witchblade"

medea42 This is one of those low-budget miracles, and a great argument against charging tariffs for shooting in Canada. I'm sure purists are rather disappointed at how it strays from the comic book, but from what little I've been able to see of the comic book, I think that Top Cow has let Sarah Pezzini's character stray into Tomb Raider crapdom anyway. What TNT presented was a show with a badly meleagered budget, and had to pit good acting and great scripts against bad special effects. The good acting and the great scripts have more than made up for the annoying strobe lights. I'm looking forward to a second season, and sincerely hoping that the network sees fit to bring this show into long term, full season production. Just KEEP your current writers, and give them lots and lots of raises, they are really making the show.