Movie Review: Bloodrayne II: Deliverance

Filmmakers are always looking for a way to challenge themselves, to push their limits. One has to give German director Uwe Boll credit for always looking for news ways to challenge himself as a filmmaker, and in many ways he is succeeding. With Bloodrayne II: Deliverance Uwe Boll comes to the Wild West and it will never be the same again.

Set in the backdrop of the American frontier, the half human, half vampire Rayne (Natassia Malthe) has been trekking her way cross country hunting down murderous, bloodsucking creatures of the night wherever they lurk. We meet up with the sexy, videogame turned movie star as she makes her way to the town of Deliverance, which is surprisingly light on the sodomy, yet heavy on the bloodletting. Rayne quickly discovers that the murderous Billy the Kid (Zak Ward) is planning on using the town's cross-country railroad as a means to turn hapless visitors of Deliverance into slaves of his ever increasing undead army.

While the challenge of shooting a Western seems to have sparked some creativity from the German doctor, especially in his visual language which pays homage to John Ford and Sergio Leone, one has to wonder if a plot involving vampires really was the right material to force upon Western conventions. While the first Bloodrayne proved to be an infuriating disaster, not because of its absurd plot, but rather for the moments where Boll flirted with improving as a filmmaker, the sequel is even more aggravating.