Blood: The last Vampire is an English-language, Chinese-produced,
live-action remake of the Japanese anime movie of the same name starring Korean
actress Jeon Ji-hyun AKA Ji-Hyun Jun AKA Gianna Jun AKA "Gianna" (per
the credits). Only in America. Anyway, the movie is exactly what you are
looking for if you need your Japanese-schoolgirl-with-sword-vs.-[insert
supernatural horror here] fix. This
movie is not particularly well acted, and the plot has quite a few glaring
holes and loose ends that never get tied up.
On the other hand, the cinematography is solid and the action scenes are
well done. If you want a decent-looking
action flick with good fight scenes, give this one a try. There is just one thing: After finishing this
movie I felt like I had just re-watched American Ninja. WTF, man!
Searching for
"Blood" also brings up another movie.
Blood, directed by Shimoyama Ten, is very different from Blood: The Last
Vampire, and not nearly as good. This
movie tries to be sexy vampire noir, but fails.
Remember the scene in Spiderman 3 where emo douchebag Peter Parker
dances with some random woman in the club to make Mary Jane jealous? This movie is that scene paced over an hour-and-a-half. Fundamentally, the problem with this movie is
that it doesn't know what it wants to be.
There are action elements, but they are not exciting. There are mystery elements, but they are not
suspenseful. There are romance elements,
but they are emotionless. There are sex
elements, but they are not titillating.
There are supernatural elements, but the mythology is confused. The whole is simply less than the sum of its
parts. This is not a "sleek horror
thriller," nor does the "onetime samurai tell of his fateful transformation
at the hands of femme fatale Miyako," nor does the detective
"struggle[] to resist the siren's toothsome call." Total bait-and-swtich. WTF, man!
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