Video game movies So I signed into Realplayer this morning and found they finally posted some new movie previews. One that I had forgotten about: Bloodrayne, set for release this Friday.

Now, the last couple of years has seen an increase in the movies off of comic books and video games: X-Men, Spiderman, The Hulk, DOOM, Aeon Flux, just to name a few. X-Men and Spiderman have done wonderfully in the box offices due to their strong following among us comic geeks and nerds. (Yes, there is a BIG difference between the two.) The Hulk probably could have been done better. DOOM, I never did see in the theatres although it had been an interest. But the trailers showed switching back and forth from the character to first-person view. The CGI left a lot to be desired.

Bloodrayne has set itself somewhat apart from the rest of the vampyre video games, but not by much. A female vampyre who comes into her own and is supposed to hold the fate of the world in her hands. Basically, she retaliates against her kind. In my opinion, it ties in some with Soul Reaver video games: Raziel defeats his brothers in order to save himself and find out more about his past and destiny.

The website states that it is not like other vampyre movies. It is mix of romance, adventure, action, drama and “a raging battle of good against evil.” Okay, don’t most movies have some sort of plot of good against evil? Van Helsing, Constantine, The Chronicles of Riddick…although, in the last one, it was a little more of a point of view who was good and who was evil. But, anyway. The producers seem to have pulled together a decent cast for the movie: Michael Madsen (Kill Bill), Kristanna Loken (T3), Michelle Rodriguez (Resident Evil), Ben Kingsley (House of Sand and Fog), Billy Zane (The Phantom), Meat Loaf (of obvious fame, and Rocky Horror) to name a few. Can they make this a worthwhile movie? We will have to see.  ¶ 1/03/2006 10:54:00 AM