BloodRayne 2: Deliverance

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BloodRayne 2: Deliverance
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DVD cover
Directed by Uwe Boll
Written by
  • Christopher Donaldson
  • Neil Every
Based on BloodRayne series
by Majesco Entertainment and Terminal Reality
Produced by
  • Dan Clarke
  • Shawn Williamson
Starring
CinematographyMathias Neumann
Edited byEric Hill
Music byJessica de Rooij
Production
companies
Distributed byEvent Film
Release dates
  • September 18, 2007 (2007-09-18)(United States)
  • November 30, 2007 (2007-11-30)(Germany)
Running time
99 minutes
Countries
  • Canada
  • Germany
LanguageEnglish

BloodRayne 2: Deliverance (also known as BloodRayne 2 or BloodRayne: Deliverance) is a 2007 direct-to-DVD Western horror film set in 1880s America and directed by Uwe Boll. It is a sequel to the 2005 film BloodRayne , which was also directed by Boll, and stars Kristanna Loken. In Deliverance, Natassia Malthe replaces Loken in the lead role. [1] The film received negative reviews from critics.

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Plot

Newton Piles (Chris Coppola), a reporter on assignment for the Chicago Chronicle, has come to the town of Deliverance, Montana, to record tales of the Wild West. The peaceful and quiet town is expecting the arrival of the first Transcontinental Railroad in one week. Along with the railroad, however, arrives an unwelcome and deadly guest, a vampiric Billy the Kid. Using the railway, the 357-year-old Transylvanian vampire is building an army of cowboy vampires to take over the country and create a vampire kingdom in the New World. Billy and his horde go on a rampage, slaughtering townspeople and rounding up children. Billy spares Newton's life and promises Newton the greatest story ever told.

Billy's plans hit a snag when Rayne arrives in the town. Rayne is a Dhampir, the product of an unnatural union between a vampire and a human: she wields all the powers of a vampire, yet none of the weaknesses. Born over a century earlier in Romania, Rayne has hunted vampires for a long time and now she sets her sights on Billy.

Cast

Critical reception

BloodRayne 2: Deliverance, received generally negative reviews. It holds a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on five reviews with critics panning it as: "Slow-paced, dry and anything but sexy." [2]

Sequel

A sequel titled BloodRayne: The Third Reich featuring Natassia Malthe was released in 2011.

See also

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