BloodRayne

Rayne, a woman born of both human and vampiric blood, has spent her life moving through a roaming circus and surviving by wits in a brutal world. When she breaks free from captivity she sets her sights on her father, Kagan, a ruthless vampire lord who rules a dark realm with merciless efficiency. Along the way she crosses paths with three hunter brothers who pursue her for their own reasons, only to be swayed by her charisma and resolve. She convinces them to spare her life and join her in a bid to topple their common tyrant. The alliance will test loyalties, trust, and willpower as they face a foe whose power seems endless and whose cruelty knows no bounds.

Released in 2005, BloodRayne was directed by Uwe Boll with a screenplay by Guinevere Turner and draws on the BloodRayne video game property. It marked Boll's continued attempt to adapt video game material into feature films for audiences worldwide then.

Critics greeted BloodRayne with mixed to negative reviews, often citing flat performances, uneven pacing, and a tonal mismatch between horror and fantasy tropes. The film explores power and vengeance through Rayne's dual nature, while also interrogating the violence embedded in mythic legend and ancestral feud and execution flaws all around.

Among genre fans BloodRayne is often cited as a late example of video game adaptations that failed to translate source material to screen. It contributed to Uwe Boll's notoriety and is frequently discussed in conversations about practice and reception of video game cinema misfires by critics and fans over time.

Box office performance was modest, bringing in roughly 3.65 million worldwide against a 25 million budget, a result many producers and critics point to when the film released. It underscored the challenge of adapting games for cinema and audience expectations.