grownups! With good acting and photography by Oscar-winner John Toll! Let's see that movie! Please Mr. Raimi! We can handle it! Otherwise, stop leaking false advertising to drum up publicity for these crass exercises in overfamiliarity.Oh yeah, Lucy Liu is a cutiepie and carries herself admirably. And the British villain is very, very good. And the late Mako steals a scene with exactly one word.

good and new about this story, a way to see the vampires that hasn't been shown before. The whole audience covered their eyes on that one. It was great! Another great moment with humor has Lucy picking up an innocent hitch hiker who just might be her next meal. Hilarious and tense. The camera-work and supporting cast including a cameo by Marilyn Manson, great and a really weird one by Nick Lachey are topnotch and the whole thing is set up for an interesting sequel. Highly recommended.

dumbing horror down? Why is Nick Lachey in this movie? Why is it anytime someone tries to do something new, the studios try to turn it into the same crap we've all seen a million times? You'd think Sam Raimi would have a little more faith in his fans.

the screen and you get a sense that this could be happening somewhere real. The story is as tight as a drum with nary a extraneous line or motion, this is a movie that tells its simple story and it tells it well. There are things which it could tell us, or show us, but it chooses not to since that would get away of the story the alchemist for example . There is blood and violence but its always perfectly done for the right effect. The supporting cast is mostly note perfect including Mako, Robert Forrester and Michael Chiklas.While the film has its flaws Liu is a bit stiff at the start the film actually turns out to be a perfectly made B-movie of the sort that hasn't been seen on screens in decades. Taken for what it is the film will probably stand the test of time and repeated viewings to become a minor classic of its type.

Cameron Richardson getting most of her kit off and never lets up with the nudity and violence. There is no hint of cynicism however, and I found this to be a worthy and artistic film - just not for the uptight or squeamish.If you are a vamp lover and like your shocks to be artistic and intelligent, you will enjoy this movie.

confused. After making her way to a homeless shelter her vampirism takes over and she "chooses" a weak old man for her first meal In one of my favourite vampire scenes ever : .Faced with the horror of her new existence she decides to kill her self and jumps of a bridge into the traffic below. Here starts the revenge story.What make this a different kind of vampire movie is that it doesn't just copy and paste the ole' vampire stereotype into the story. Sadie may have become a vamp, but she hasn't lost her mind and feelings in the process That is, except an irresistible need to feed . Murdering people isn't cool at all, she just can't help it, and when it's done she naturally feels quite bad about it. It's not the sexy bloodgasms of other films, she doesn't even have any fangs to help -and hardly any awesome powers at all... It's just UGLY.The director manages to communicate the horror of this existence and Lucy Liu does a very good job acting the role out. 9/10 from me.Oh yes, some people will characterize this film as a "Lucy Liu nude"-film... We're all born naked, so get over it.

learn that goofy cameos don't belong in horror? You're watching a perfectly cool creepy thriller when suddenly the audience gasps at ridiculous casting choices that have NOTHING to do with the story. That, as well as some cheap attempts at "jumpscares" slightly spoil what is basically the antidote to Blade, Underworld and the rest of the goofy vampire pics of late. The treatment here is much more based on pain and grounded in reality.Definitely worth checking out for fans of vampire fiction.

genres into one helluva potent cocktail. He is also greatly helped in making this sell by Lucy Liu, as her acting in this film is completely off the chart. This is without a doubt the finest and most daring performance she has ever given, and the raw emotion she dishes out in certain scenes is nothing short of astounding. So... in the cinematic tradition of vampire films like THE HUNGER, NEAR DARK, and THE ADDICTION, Sebastian Gutierrez's RISE is most definitely a worthy addition to the list.

newshound Sadie Blake the lovely, criminally-underused Lucy Liu as a wrath of vengeance, after a clan of bloodsuckers not the fanged type, but still vicious "turn" and rape her, when she gets too close to their wrongdoings, after a member, a young girl, is found dead. It's a "hell hath no fury" tour for her on the streets of Southern California, but it gets complicated when Rawlins, a booze-soaked cop Mike Chiklis of "The Commish" and "The Shield" gets involved, since he lost his daughter, said girl, to said clan. The road of retribution is often paved with blood, and it's by the gallons.Is it Shakespeare? No. Is it crap? No."Rise" I saw the longer, unrated, 122 minutes cut can be either loved or despised, along with the other films under the "Ghost House Pictures" banner, co-founded by Sam Raimi the Spiderman and Evil Dead trilogies . I guess I'm a lover, since the film has his trademark gallows humor and over-the-top violence. Despite being 5'3", Liu's more than credible in the role and handles a crossbow pretty well when dispatching the bad guys. Chiklis's nothing special, due to his TV cop roles, but reliable. Chilling are the clan's leaders: cocky Euro trash Bishop James D'Arcy and cool femme fatale Eve Carla Gugino of "American Gangster", "Frank Miller's Sin City", "Righteous Kill", "Watchmen" and Mr. Gutierrez's old lady . In his last role, the Oscar-nominated character actor Mako "The Sand Pebbles", the Conan films, "Samurai Jack" is a modest yet sneaky snake as Bishop's assistant Poe. Look quick for Rob Forster "Jackie Brown", "Lucky Number Slevin" as a john; goth rocker Marilyn Manson as a barkeep and pseudo pop-artist emphasis on pseudo Nick Lachey as a dumb thug.Not everyone will like seeing a film where vampires like to string up their prey, nude ! , by their feet, before devouring them, but "Rise" will satisfy anyone's love for midnight/roadshow/exploitation movies. Just don't watch during the day. . .unless you got the guts!