Waking up in the morgue and discovering you are now part of the un-dead would likely be an unsettling experience to say the least! This is exactly what happens to investigative reporter Sadie Blake (Lucy Liu) in Rise: Blood Hunter. Armed with a very nasty looking miniature crossbow and presumably silver bolts, Sadie sets out to hunt down and destroy the cult that has destroyed her life. In particular she wants their suave and lethal leader, Bishop (James D’Arcy).
Meanwhile the rugged seen it all cop Rawlins (Michael Chiklis) is also after the cult who are leaving a trail of mutilated bodies behind them. Rawlins has a personal interest in this cult, his daughter was one of their victims. No funky teeth for this bunch of blood suckers, they look just like you or me. But don’t be fooled, drink blood they do, and the feeding frenzy scenes are pretty brutal, there is plenty of gore in this movie for even the most strong stomached horror fan.
Rise may not be Oscar winning material, but if you are looking for 85 minutes of darkly themed movie, with an equally dark soundtrack (Nathan Barr) this may be just the thing. Rise opens in theatres everywhere on June/1.
My favourite quote has to be from Sadie “Death is different nowâ€, and on getting shot in the back by a .45 “Damn that hurtâ€. According to a speech given by director Sebastian Gutierrez at the Tribecca film festival Rise was shot in 30 days and on a shoestring budget. Taking that into account I think Rise deserves high marks.
Jan (wife) my co-reviewer on this one and I give this one a two fangs up.
Simon Barrett
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackI also caught this at Tribeca and dug it. I spoke to Sebastian after and he seemed like a genuinely cool cat. Apparently the movie was originally told in flashbacks, but has now been rearranged in chronological order. Would love to see the original cut, because I bet it feels more dreamy and less episodic. Carla Gugino was also at the screening, looking ravishing as usual. She is seriously underutilized in the story. Again, I bet there’s a story behind that. Her character seemed to be introduced, then dropped.
All in all, a much smarter horror movie than most of the torture porn out there.
I checked for listings near my home and it isn’t playing. Who is the genius behind this release pattern? Does anyone know when it goes wide?
Hi Jake,
It opens next week on June 1.
Does anyone know if Lucy will be back for the sequel? How about Carla Gugino? Her vampire character Eve deserves her own movie.
Oh my God….
I’ve watched this movie over and over again. This movie is tight!!
There is no other that even comes close to this flick.
6 Stars wouldn’t even be able to give Rise any justice.
Highly suggest watching this movie and please make sure you share this with as many friends as possible.
Just talking about this movie is making me want to get up and put it in my DVD and watch it again.
I even went and bought a backup DVD just in case my other fails.
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