BloodRayne: The Third Reich (2011 Video) User Reviews

Mediocre at best

[antsmiff · 4/10 · 18 May 2011]

After buying the film and watching it I cant help thinking that I wasted my money unfortunately. Overall the film had a good script and so much potential but was sorely let down by the director and wardrobe. The actors were good so it is not their fault that the film seems like it was shot in space as it lacks atmosphere.

This is set during the 2nd world war so you would think that a vampire wearing a modern,tailor cut leather trenchcoat sporting tribal graphics coupled with undergarments from Ann Summers, would be a little out of keeping with the clothes of that era. Did i mention the red streaks through the hair? The other costumes are passable but the wardrobe department were definitely not up to the task overall.

The camera angles are very one dimensional and you get the feeling that the directors imagination was on holiday when working on this film. It feels like the film is shot from a distance and their is no interaction between the characters, giving them a chance to express themselves fully. There is also a severe lack of musical accompanyment to any of the scenes so you get no sense of build up or excitement which makes it very flat.

It is a real shame as this could have been up there with the greats of vampire films but they should have given the job of director to someone else...anyone else.

"I believe I can make Hitler immortal."

[lost-in-limbo · 3/10 · 13 July 2012]

Uwe Boll strikes again. "The Third Reich" is the third film in the "Bloodrayne" franchise set this time in Europe during WW2. What drew me in wasn't that I was a fan of the films or even Boll, but the concept of a war torn backdrop with Nazis tackling the supernatural in the shape of a vampire. Even with a bad reputation, these premises I would gladly take the risk. However "The Third Reich" was a risk not worth taking. In 1943 Europe, during WW2 Rayne and a group of resistance fighters take on Nazi commandant Ekart Brand turned day-walker, who plan to grant Hitler immortality. While I was mildly amused by first two films, this entry was utterly dull with a constantly stilted, if rambling script with too little action to compensate it. Boy did Clint Howard's German scientist have plenty to say, very laborious too. For most part it's talky and with such a daft and lazy script (these characters sure do like to use phrases and sayings), best little was said, but Boll thought otherwise. It just meanders from one shot to another. Natassia Malthe returns as Rayne, rather sexed-up (just look at her outfit) oozing with confidence and angst, but a little more whinny than I remembered. Again her dialogues were often cringe-like, but when it came to the action choreography, her sword skills do deliver on the mobility and carnage. Although the gun combats, felt sluggish in its staginess. Also she does get her gear off, where Boll throws in random lesbian eroticism. Michael Pare monstrously hams it up as the German commandant who's turned by Rayne. Interesting concept, which can't hide the fact it's on the cheap and downright junky. Gotta love Rayne's nightmare sequence involving Hitler.

"F**king Nazis."

Vampires, Nazis and Eroticism: A Combination that does not Work Well

[claudio_carvalho · 4/10 · 3 December 2011]

In the World War II, the Damphir Rayne (Natassia Malthe) fights against Nazis and joins the resistance lead by Nathaniel Gregor (Brendan Fletcher). When they attack a train expecting to find weapons, they find people that are going to concentration camp.

Rayne is shot by a soldier and her blood drops on the face of Commandant Ekart Brand (Michael Paré ). She kills him but he turns into a powerful vampire. Now Rayne need to fix the problem, otherwise Hitler may achieve her power with the research of Doctor Mangler (Clint Howard).

"Bloodrayne: The Third Reich" is a low budget movie by Uwe Boll with the combination of vampires, Nazis and eroticism that does not work well. The body of the sexy Natassia Malthe is exposed in a silly exploitation. My vote is four.

Title (Brazil): "Bloodrayne: O Terceiro Reich" ("Bloodrayne: The Third Reich")

horrible '/ terrible

[rockk_th · 1/10 · 22 May 2011]

Well, first of all, i struggled to watch this movie. i really wanted to watch it till the end, cause i loved the video game, so i tough, hey cant be that bad, at least i ll see a sexy chick in latex.

NOPE.

1. no sexy chick in latex as expected.

Instead of Bloodrayne, a hot SENSUAL SEDUCTIVE female, we got from the casting crew a HYSTERICAL whining girl, she just can't pull it off, her voice is irritating, has nothing sensual or seductive, like vampires should have, instead it s dominated by the rebel 19 year boy looking like dude.

2. costumes.

SHe is dressed like my grandmother. with an ugly , really ugly trench coat, with some weird Russian headgear and the Nazis soldiers look like poor mens version of a real soldier.

3. all other actors.

perform sub mediocre.

4. fighting scenes are awful. nothing more to say. she moves like a pregnant woman in disarray.

As a conclusion is a bad movie, has no story, the main actress talks and walks like a spoil led little brat,with an irritating voice, has nothing suave in her movements and nothing seductive about it.

sub mediocre movie, i in fact tried to find a rating lesser then 1 on IMDb, cause it s not worth the 1point.

i could V done a greater job, and i don t believe there is a worse actress then this one , at least for this role.

great work

How can you go wrong with killing vampire Nazis?

[the-zombie-pirate · 3/10 · 14 October 2011]

That very thought was going through my head when I rented this cinematic excrement. Nazis are my favourite bad guys and this seemed like a promising take on a good formula. In short, the story was vapid and the acting was awful. They threw in some sex to titillate, but all it did was make me angry. The mad doctor is over the top yet not in a good way and he was stupid to boot. The lead Nazi was an acceptable villain, but only because his acting was not painful and he was a Nazi. The heroine seemed rather one dimensional and devoid of life (which I think was the "actress'" fault rather than the writers' or even intentional). The heroine, by the way, never actually wears those painted on "pants". Ever. Sorry. This movie is neither bad enough to be good nor is it passable as late night brain dead viewing. I should have known to save my $1.02 when I saw the cover. What can I say: I have a weakness for dead Nazis and shapely hips.

Lame. Save your money and your time and don't bother.

[clydefrog22 · 1/10 · 28 November 2011]

This movie is just awful. The acting is so bad it's almost comical. It took me a while to figure out what a Mexican doctor was doing there (Clint Howard as the mad doctor) until I realised that the accent he was trying to pull off was probably supposed to German. Total fail. Rayne's costume was also way out of period. The movie lacked structure, flow and storyline. As much as I love vampire movies, this one was not worth the rental fee and was 30mins of my life I'll never get back (turned it off - just couldn't sit through it, that's how bad it was). To save this movie, they should have added more sex scenes and marketed it as a soft porn movie to rival the likes of 'Pirates XXX'. It probably then would have fared well and gotten much different reviews. But as a movie to sit and eat popcorn to, it just plain sucked.

Worse of the 3

[nightcrawlercyp · 1/10 · 19 May 2011]

The Rayne in this movie is more like a Mary Sue character. If you are a brain-dead teen girl that liked twilight you will love this movie. The combat scenes are rather lacking reality, the girl has the sexual attractivity of an all used up whore, the male character (that apparently she digs) it just a horny teen, the Nazis are just costumed scarecrows... What can I say? There are not a lot of reasons to watch this movie. If you are at a certain mental age the lesbian scene (yuri) so frequent in movies today might be a reason to watch those 3 minutes, but the rest is utter crap. The actress has no fighting skills whatsoever. No acrobatics like in Bloodrayne 1 or Underworld, she cannot even properly hold a sword. And the swords where reduced from unique antiques to simple accessories. I am not talking that she acts like an angst teen. After 200 years I guess she should have matured...

Warning! Don't ever watch it! Please!

[Whiteefrog · 1/10 · 26 May 2011]

The first part of the Bloodrayne wasn't really satisfying, but it was at least kinda 'watchable'. JUST FOR ONCE or once in every 10-20 years. I'm not considering myself like a big vampire stuff fan, but I have some favorite movies in this topic (Interview with the vampire, Blade trilogy). This piece is exactly not on my list. I wouldn't recommend it even to my enemies as well. I watched the whole movie and the only good part of it the actress (actually I would use comas so "actress") who is playing the character of the damphire. Nice body, sexy dress, but sorry about that, apparently that's all she can give to art of movie-making. I hope she is working most of the time like model because I'd like to see her name and a photo of her on cover of Playboy magazine! Maybe it's not her fault. I don't want to blame her for the whole movie. The story is absolutely BAD. To tell the truth there is no story. This movie is just a longer explanation of a little, unimportant and fake movement of history (and I'm not talking about WWII). I really regret the time I spent on watching it.

The definition of a bad movie.

[jhpstrydom · 2/10 · 2 January 2013]

For the record I have seen the previous two BLOODRAYNE movies and personally I thought they weren't really bad but they weren't exactly good either. I also have to say I have not played the games so my opinions are not based on comparing the two.

However, this third installment is total crap, its major downfall is the lousy script. The dialog is so poor it could've been written by a two year old and some of the scenes do not make a whole lot of sense.

1. For instance our two lead characters Rayne and this other character who is a leader of some underground movement tend to argue almost throughout the entire film, the only time when they do get along is when they have sex in the back of a truck.

2. Many other scenes are almost random like a lesbian sex scene that happens out of nowhere and another scene much later that happens between the two lead characters who like I said before argue for most of the entire film.

3. The acting in this film is also terrible and believe it or not, Natassia Malthe, Micheal Pare and Clint Howard are all three good actors but here they struggle to play their characters convincingly not that they're worn out but because the material they had to work with was that bad and to further illustrate. The supporting cast members who play German characters don't even pull off a German accent successfully.

Overall, This movie is just plain bad and I believe this is the last Uwe Boll film I'll see this decade as his last few efforts were also rather terrible.

Well...

[nmldk · 1/10 · 23 May 2011]

To be honest, I only saw the first 40 minutes, then fast forwarded to the end. And the best part.. I was really happy with myself with that decision, because the movie had no substance what so ever, and I really don't have that high standards.

The movie started out fair. There was action, and it was okay for a low budget movie. But after the fighting was done (2-3minutes)I just got bored. The plot really did'nt work for me, and I just wondered how one could mess up a day walker vampire fights evil nazivampires.

Instead of saying that you should'nt watch this movie, I would suggest you too wait till it is on the television, and when you get to the scene where the mad evil nazi doctor appear, make a decision whether to watch the rest or to spend your time elsewhere. The movie won't be getting any better this point forward.

Better than expected and worth the time to find

[kannibalcorpsegrinder · 9/10 · 21 January 2013]

Joining up with allies in WWII Germany, the half-human/half-vampire finds that one of her victims was a Nazi officer now bestowed with her powers and intends to use them in a plot to make Hitler immortal.

An incredibly enjoyable and entertaining entry to an already fun and entertaining series, though this one doesn't reach the heights of the original. Still, this contains enough bloodshed, gore-drenched slaughters, limb-ripping and throat-slicing to give it a try, as there's a ton of blood in this including the other tortures inflicted on the vampires which adds more bloodshed. That's due to a high number of action scenes here as the confrontations with the different groups lead to a number of ambushes, firefights and martial arts displays that make for a pretty enjoyable time. As well, the increased amount of nudity certainly helps this one along, and altogether with a fast pace and enjoyable, simple story it gets a lot of good grace, only with the nagging problem of it's way too short running time to count as any sort of real flaw here. This is quite a bit of fun overall.

Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Nudity and several intense lesbian sex scenes.

better than I expected

[trashgang · 6/10 · 16 February 2012]

Nag nag nag, that is what is happening when Uwe Boll is making a new movie. It is a must to break down flicks made by Uwe Boll but not for this reviewer. I don't like all his flicks but if it does deliver something then you must admit that too and just don't walk with the crowd to say, I hate it.

Bloodrayne 3 as we can state it is indeed a downfall towards the 'names' of the actors. Face it, part one had Kristanna Loken (Terminator 3) and Ben Kingsley (Ghandi)in the leading role. In fact, storywise it doesn't follow the line it had in part 1, it's more a flick on his own.

It was filmed back to back with Blubberella, that film really was a turkey but Bloodrayne 3 was rather okay. Were it leaves for example the script of the original one is that here we do have e lot of nudity even on the part of Rayne, this time played by Natassia Malthe as seen in Bloodrayne 2 and Lake Placid. She did well and by saying that I mean, the acting was okay but don't think to see an Oscar performance. Some shots that you will see are exactly copied in Blubberella like for example the scene at the whore house were Rayne takes a guy by his balls while he's messing up a whore.

The idea of taking the story to the Nazis makes it a bit cheesy for some but what if I say, Dead Snow, there we had zombie Nazis too but it worked due the gore added to the scenes. And that's maybe what Bloodrayne 3 lacks, the amount of blood. Oh yes, it do flows but it is always in the same way, slashing off-camera and you see blood sputtering before the camera. Just one gory shot was added, one soldier intestines are cut out, maybe the scene with the vampire on the table being cut open by the doctor is worth mentioning.

I was also surprised by the nudity added in this flick, a lot of titties are shown even those of Rayne and a small lesbian love scene was added too. I enjoyed it and the flick was over just before you know it clocking in at 75 minutes. Bloodrayne won't be Underworld, but that's a fact of money. Some CGI was added and didn't bother me at all. Simple story and one maybe to watch with your boozer friends.

Gore 2/5 Nudity 2/5 Effects 2/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5

It's not worth the time

[lordplayboyman · 3/10 · 31 May 2011]

I have seen the first two Bloodrayne movies, which were both disappointing, and this one was just as awful.

This chapter in the BloodRayne series takes place during World War 2, which was the same timeline the BloodRayne video game Series started, so it does have that going for it. Sadly, the movies suffers from the classic case of what I like to call "The Uwe Boll Flush" - Making a poor movie version of a great video game.

The acting in this film is sub-par, the worst of it coming from the heroine Rayne, played by Natassia Malthe. Although she is quite stunning, she can't quite seem to pull off playing the popular vampire very well.

****WARNING: Two Spoilers Below**** Another issue I have is for the Sex Scenes: Yes, watching two women have sex is quite a site to behold, and normally I'd be singing praise for it, but in this movie, it seemed unnecessary, and the movie would've been SLIGHTLY better without it.

The ending was also sub-par and rushed. Rayne and one of her companions we're captured and we're being escorted to Hitler. Along the way, there was a sex scene between the two captives (again unnecessary), and afterwards, they we're rescued very easily - TOO EASILY. The rest of the movie just ends awkwardly after that.

The major issue with the movie is that Uwe Boll has yet to read up on Vampire Folklore - Rayne is Half-Vampire (a Dhampir). Most of the scenes happen during the Daytime. A Dhampir is STILL Vulnerable to Daylight, yet Rayne receives no damage at all from the sun in any part of this movie.

****End of Spoilers**** This movie has more problems than the last two, and it just doesn't take itself seriously enough to be enjoyable. Uwe Boll took something unpolished, added some unnecessary sex scenes, gave it a title and told us to like it.

If you enjoy watching these kind of movies and don't care how weak the plot is, then this movie is for you.

If you are the kind of person who enjoys watching real movies, you can skip this one.

It failed on so many levels...

[paul_haakonsen · 3/10 · 24 May 2011]

Oh my god! What went wrong here? The first "Bloodrayne" movie was actually quite good. Then part 2 came out, and it was a notch down the ladder. Now this "Bloodrayne: The Third Reich" is out, and it is about to hit rock bottom! The story in the movie is actually good enough, most parts of it anyway. There were certain aspects of the movie that was just too corny and too unnecessary.

Alright, well lets delve into the acting. For most parts the acting was good enough, but then in the opposite end there was so really horrendous acting as well. Clint Howard (playing doctor Mangler), words doesn't even begin to describe his performance. It was like watching a leech trying to scale a wall, it was dull and uninspiring. The lead role of Rayne, was played by Natassia Malthe. Her acting was adequate, but come on, we all know why she was hired for this. She is hot and kicks ass, and that pretty much sums it up.

Set in the period of the 1940's, during World War II, you are wondering why the Germans in the movie are all speaking English. I hate that in movies, get into character and have the Germans speak German. It just works on a grander scale. Having them speak semi-broken English with a flatulent accent, not so much. That really brought the movie down a notch for me.

Something else that brought down the movie, was Rayne's costume. Now, sure it was stunningly hot and sexy. But this is the 1940's, no one wore that kind of outfit back then, vampire or human! That was just over the top, and it really brought the movie down. It was out of place and time! Don't just have a costume in a movie because it looks hot, it is just too lame! As for the German's costume, well hats off for that, lots of nice touches and details there. So that worked well enough.

Another thing that shouldn't have made it to the movie was the lesbian love scene. Come on! Most people don't want to watch that! It was too much! And again, this was the 1940's, I am pretty sure people weren't open-minded as people are today. Again, it just seemed out of place and almost turned the movie into a soft-core porn. That was just too much!

One thing that did work for the movie, however, was the sets and the details put into the sets. It was like I would believe the 40's Germany would be like, and the emotional state that the country had would be like.

For a movie in the Bloodrayne legacy, Uwe Boll managed to take that whole concept and totally screw it up. The end result of this movie was bad! I didn't even make it to the end. I gave up about two-thirds into the movie. I was fed up with its tacky nonsense. And I had looked forward to this, liking the first part, so I thought it had to be better than part 2, but no, I was disappointed.

Uwe Boll have some good movies to his name, and also some bad movies; "Bloodrayne: The Third Reich" adds to the list of bad movies! If you like watching a woman in hot (totally out of the time period) costume and with way too much cleavage going on, then this movie might be something for you though.

I was better than i expected (spoiler)

[ckwongau · 5/10 · 6 June 2011]

As vampire movies collector, i have to buy some Vampire movies DVD, even if i don't like the movies.

Unlike the "Twilight" franchise which i hate to buy to buy them ,but i have to . Bloodrayne: The Third Reich is actually better than i expected ,and i would be happy to buy it .

It is a decent vampire movie .

The lesbian scene with Natassia Malthe is worth my time and money . I bought Elektra (2005) DVD just for that 5 second kiss scene with Natassia Malthe and Jennifer Garner.

The budget may be low , but they did a good job with what they got.

Its watchable ... by no means the worst

[baandyou · 5/10 · 29 May 2011]

First of all I love vampire films and TV series, big fan of True Blood and Vampire Diaries, I also love horrors ... this is not a horror film, action film is what I would use to describe this film, the gore is a bit plastic but acceptable ... the lead woman has her breast heaving out of her dress, which is not a bad thing but bearing in mind this is meant to be a serious film, its wrong, just does not seem right, the acting is wooden but not the worst I have seen, now I was going to download the other 2 films that came out before this one, but do not think I will bother, if this is any think to go by, its below average, however if you are stuck in the house on a Sunday afternoon and the only selection available to you is a "Asylum" movie (company that churn out crap B movies) or this vampire flick, this one wins hands down, so not all bad.

Could have been something...

[wesleybh · 4/10 · 6 July 2011]

Going into this movie I had only seen the first Bloodrayne movie which I didn't mind because there was so much action. Bloodrayne: The Third Reich is once again about action, but sadly the action scenes are way to short and there is just not enough in them. There was actually one action scene that came out of no where and the time could have been used better. The acting was sub par with some laugh out loud moments because of both the script and the acting, especially the last line in the movie. I like how the movie didn't go overboard with gore like the first movie.

The movie without the credits runs 1hr 12min director's cut, which shows how the movie could have been made a lot better if someone put more time into the script. I wouldn't recommend this movie because it just doesn't pack a punch. The script does have humor that isn't witty, but you still get a laugh because it is so random. If you want something to waste your time with then go ahead and rent it, but just don't buy it.

Let there be the complete lack of bite and blood

[TheLittleSongbird · 1/10 · 12 January 2019]

Despite hating the first two films, saw 'Bloodrayne 3' anyway out of curiosity. As a franchise completest, to see whether it was that bad and again to see whether Uwe Boll, considered one of the worst ever directors, had a halfway decent film in him (having seen no evidence of that with any of the previous films seen and probably never will). Expectations were not high at all but there was small glimpses of hope, am trying to be kind here as hating on films is a long way from being a hobby (hate it on the most part actually).

'Bloodrayne 3' is no improvement whatsoever on the first two films. Hard to say which is the worst of the three, because they all have the same faults and are as amateur hour as each other. Boll has yet to show that he can make a halfway decent film or show any enthusiasm or passion for directing. Like the second film, it is down there with the worst sequels but like that film it also but doesn't have the issue of disgracing the original film with the original film here not being good in the first place. Everything is abysmally executed have very rarely recently called a film irredeemable, it actually takes a lot for me to call a film that.

'Bloodrayne 3' once again couldn't be worse on a visual level. Photography that is both chaotic and static, bacon-slicer-like editing, drab costumes that don't fit the setting and like they came from a very low-budget fancy dress party (which actually are generally more appealing), continuity errors galore (more than anybody can count), afterthought-like visual effects, lighting completely lacking in atmosphere, those can all be found. The music is never dynamic with anything on screen, often working against it and like it belonged in another film entirely, on top of that it is very unpleasant to listen to.

Ever atrocious (every Boll film has it), the writing doesn't flow and the cheesines gets far too much, enough to make one want to vomit and again became exhauted by the amount of unintentional camp and complete lack of wit there was. The hugely unexciting and momentum-less action, when it features, is chaotically edited, under-rehearsed choreographically and a lot of it is incomprehensible. Ineptitude is all over it, it doubled in the second film and it doubled even more here. As is the story, which is actually not much of one in the first place, it never comes to life and is not easy to follow often. Boll's direction is typically non-existent and cold, as well as smug. The characters are walking cliches that are neither interesting or worth rooting for, instead bland and irritating. There are a lot of gratuitous elements that look cheap, are inserted randomly and have no reason usually for being there, and the love scene was completely out of place and pointless.

Acting is not much better. Natassia Malfe looks completely uninterested and also doesn't look comfortable. Meanwhile the rest of the cast are even hammier than before, perhaps arguably twice as much and the support acting was very hammy in the second film though Ben Kingsley in the first out-hammed them all.

In conclusion, can once again say nothing good here. 1/10 Bethany Cox

Not worth it

[Leofwine_draca · 2/10 · 26 June 2021]

The third of Uwe Boll's execrable BLOOD RAYNE series. Incredible that they were still making these films at this point. This one was shot in Croatia and sees Blood Rayne battling against some evil Nazis. A no-name cast includes Clint Howard hamming it up as a goofy scientist, lots of bad, anachronistic one-liners, and Boll regulars like Michael Pare and Brendan Fletcher signing up for any script they're shown. Pure cinema trash, not worth wasting your time with.

Her cleavage could only hold my attention for so long...

[grandmastersik · 1/10 · 20 May 2013]

Vampires, Nazis, hot female kick-arse killer... it should've been brilliant, right?

Unfortunately, at the very start of the film I knew that it was going to suck - and no, not in a vampiric way... there was almost an air of badness about it.

Suspicions proved correct within 5 minutes, the lead, with her costume reducing her to a sex object (and if the film was aimed at over-sexed teenage boys, then why not?), was disappointing in that she had no real charm or wow-factor about her, and just about every prostitute in the brothel had a nicer face! Still, the outfit went some ways towards disguising her awful acting skills and I found it almost impossible to not stare at her breasts for almost the entire 20 minutes I managed to endure of this abomination.

Uwe Boll gets a lot of stick but there are worse films out there than what he makes, so I feel it unjustified. Actually, he's kind of a source of inspiration in that he does what he loves regardless of what people think, and makes money at it too!

So, Uwe Boll: so-so; BloodRayne: The Third Reich: just watch some porn and enjoy yourself.

Very Good!

[Anoke · 10/10 · 9 May 2011]

At the beginning I'd like to say I'm sick and tired of this silly anti-Boll mania and you should be too. So I want to review this film without the cliché of obligatory insults targeted at the (in)famous director. First of all I'd like to point out that some of so-called reviews (including the so-called very first web review reported on IMDb) are from the people who obviously haven't seen the movie at all!! The made up the reviews based only on the trailer. That's a crime of internet journalism. Shame on you. But, let's get to the film, shall we? Bloodrayne: The Third Reich is the third chapter of Uwe Boll's saga based on games about half-human, half-vampire. The first film was set during Middle Ages, the second in Old West times, this time we're in the dark days of The Second World War. We find Rayne (beautiful Natassia Malthe reprising her role from the previous film) somewhere on the Eastern Front fighting side by side with the rebels against Nazis. The film is an action horror with some hot scenes and good thrills. I found it very interesting. Firstly there is a certain pseudo-documentary feel to the film, which gives it a fresh breath. It's not yet another plastic-fantastic super colorful Hollywood blockbuster. The atmosphere is dark and depressing and it feels real. On this craft-fully designed background the director and writer paint the wolf pack of very interesting, bigger than life characters. There's Rayne – deadly dangerous and, yet very sexy. She's a true warrior but also a woman who hides under the iron shelter a human heart. There's the crazy Dr Mangler (played by Clint Howard in a top form) and Nazi Commandant (Michael Pare) who accidentally becomes day-walking vampire (thanks to Rayne's own blood). It's a treat to see those persons because they are very charismatic, strong, big. Whoever said anything bad about the acting in this movie hasn't seen it or doesn't understand what kind of a movie Bloodrayne: The Third Reich is. It's an escapist violent sexy fun movie, not a period costume drama with ambitions to get Academy Awards. C'mon, if don't like the performances here what can you tell about the performances in, for instance, Iron Man 2? I don't think that Mickey Rourke overacted his role in IM2 and in the same way I don't think Clint Howard overacted his role in BR3. These characters are supposed to be archetypes, caricatures, super-villains. So in my opinion…acting here is top notch. Especially Natassia Malthe is very believable as a super human/super vampire with her almost ballet like moves during the fights. I don't need to say she is very beautiful, because it's obvious, but also she does have big acting talent. Look at her more quiet scenes or even her voice-over in BR3. She is perfect here. If you look at her role on the paper – this is a very tough role to play without being unintentionally funny or "fake". Malthe plays her role extremely good, "real" and – although I do like Kristana Loken (from the first Blodrayne movie) - I have to say Natassia is the perfect Rayne. Last but not least I'd like to stress out that Natassia has some very cool sensual scenes in this movie and she decided to do some nudity (something totally rare in her career) for this movie and for this role. Thank You, Natassia. You're the best!!! Clint Howard is funny and every scene with him as the evil soulless doctor archetype is funny like hell. Michael Pare does a good job and still has this special charisma of his. So we have interesting settings, very good actors and -thirdly- good directing. As far as directing goes – it's a movie with a certain style, the further evolution of naturalistic Bloodrayne 2' style. It's nice to see Uwe Boll is making progress with his every new movie. The action scenes, the suspense, even erotic scenes are well crafted and directed. You can notice how Boll step by step becomes the master of using natural lights in a clever way, plays more and more with the depth of perception and tries unusual palette of colors. If you add dynamic montage and very powerful music, you have five reasons to give Bloodrayne: The Third Reich a chance.

So is this a perfect little movie? Of course not. There are some mistakes here and there, and the bigger budget could help. But it's is the best DVD premiere movie in the recent years and the best film in Bloodrayne saga so far.

All to all: Don't trust all those people who basically say "every Boll's film is a bad film…because…doh…it's film from Uwe Boll". Bloodrayne: The Third Reich is worth a try. It's better than most of "Vampire Slayer" flicks. Although a small budget film , it's far far better than for example Underworld 3, Perfect Creature, Daywalkers, Lost Boys 2 & 3.

The best entry in the series

[haroldaykroyd · 7/10 · 21 May 2011]

Bloodrayne: Third Reich is a good low budget movie. It has all needed ingredients: sexy female her (very voluptuous Natassia Malthe), over the top bad guys (good doctor Mengele played by Clint Howard), cool fights choreography and interesting story with some funny ideas. Want to see Rayne getting physical with another woman? Here you go? Wanna see our heroine fighting Hitler? Filmmakers deliver. Of course if you are one of the haters of Boll, you'll hate this movie too. This is Uew Boll's movie with his characteristic style – good lighting, shaky cam and the budget wasn't one hundred million dollars. The special mention goes to Pare, who is in every Bloodrayne film, here give truly magnificent performance. By the way – being a Boll haters is so "yesterday"… Most of action horror/action fans will have a good time with this one, as I did, just don't expect big budget Hollywood blockbuster . of gore and sex. Also you have to prepare yourself for lots Bloodrayne: Third Reich is in fact, largely enjoyable Advice for Bollhaters – don't waste your time on this one . All others - BR3 is worth to be checked out; it's the best entry in the series.

First Uwe Boll movie I have seen.

[chuculain · 2/10 · 31 May 2011]

I haven't consciously avoided Uwe's movies in the past even though I have heard the negative comments people have made about them i just never got round to watching them. I thought I would give this movie a try to see if he is really the true son of Ed woods. He is not at that level yet but this film shows that he is close to claiming his throne as the worst filmmaker ever. I will start with the good parts; the locations were quite pretty. Now that bit is over lets deal with the rest of The Third Reich. Firstly hire a cinematographer who can do justice to the hard work the location scout has done and buy him a proper camera. The is nothing wrong with using a camera mount now and again, But i suppose if you were in such a hurry as it seems everyone making this movie seemed to be I wouldn't take the time to put up the tripod either. Next special effects. When your extras are being killed by gunfire it might be a idea to show them actually getting shot not every hard surface around them while they just keel over. Finally the acting. I don't usually support the Nazis in movies but when the partisans where on screen i prayed that the Nazis would come and massacre them all so i wouldn't have to endure anymore of them talking or more usually shouting banal tripe at each other. My friend has a bloodhound that can play more emotions than Natassia Malthe who plays Rayne (though Natassia is easier on the eye). The Nazis were no better. In fact Michael Pare was down right atrocious. But i do believe this is direction rather than acting ability because Clint Howard has been around the block now for a couple of decades and has put in good performances in the past but this performance was damn near unwatchable. To sum up this movie was phoned in by the cast and crew. While the producer was looking to make a fast buck from making this on the cheap and in a hurry then selling it to horny teenage boys. Watch this if you can be bothered but really only if there is nothing more enjoyable left to do in the world(Like extract your own teeth).

'He's not just a Vampire... he's a Vampire with the entire German army behind him.' Misjudged sequel.

[poolandrews · 4/10 · 16 April 2012]

Bloodrayne: The Third Reich is set in 1940's Europe during World War II & starts at a Nazi death camp where a train full of Jew's pulls in, suddenly a group of rebels attack the train & kill all the Nazi's in a shoot-out. During the fight leather clad half human Vampire half human Rayne (Natassia Malthe) takes out Nazi Commandant Ekert Brand (Michael Paré) but is shot in the process & her Vampire blood mixes with Brand's human blood which revives him as a powerful Vampire with all the immunities that Rayne has. Brand turns to Nazi mad scientist Doctor Mangler (Clint Howard) to assist him through his transformation, Brand wants to capture the powerful Rayne to collect her blood so Adolf Hitler can drink it & become an all powerful & immortal Vampire!

This American, Canadian & German co-production was co-produced & directed by Uwe Boll & is the third entry in the Bloodrayne franchise which originally started life as a video game, the first Bloodrayne (2005) isn't that bad actually & might even be described as alright & while I can't really remember Bloodraye: Deliverance (2007) I doubt it was any worse than this. The first Bloodrayne was set in 18th Century Romania, Bloodrayne: Deliverance was set in 1880 in the American wild west while the script here opts to place Rayne in 1940's Europe during World War II fighting Nazi's no less & ultimately the so silly it's fun concept of trying to stop Adolf Hitler from becoming an immortal Vampire. With a story as outrageous as that surely Bloodrayne: The Third Reich can't fail but be awesome, right? Well, wrong because it's a rather talky & bland film with a boring plot that only hints about the Hitler plan, every cliché in the book is used & even the action & gore set-pieces are totally forgettable. Bloodrayne: The Third Reich could have been a cult trash classic, instead it's a boring & silly mess that only last's for 70 minutes but feels a lot longer & every piece of potential the concept had is wasted. The dialogue alternates between bland & downright hilarious, it's obvious this was written by someone whose native tongue is not English & doesn't really care about treating World War II, the Nazi's & death camp's with any sensitivity.

To give Bloodtrayne: The Third Reich some credit it does look quite nice, Natassia Malthe reprising the role of Rayne for the second time is hot but she is given little to do other than swing her sword's during the tame & repetitive fight scenes. The 1940's period is well realised & the costumes, locations & props look authentic enough. There's not a lot of gore here, there's a fair amount of blood splatter but not much actual nastiness. Boll throw's in some nudity & a couple of sex scenes, sure they kept me from losing total interest but they hardly save the film. Released in the US in both 'R' rated & 'Unrated' versions there is no difference between the two at all other than the Unrated DVD has more extra features. Had the working title Bloodrayne 3: Warhammer & was retitled to The Blood Reich: Bloodrayne 3 when released here in the UK on DVD.

The IMDb says that Bloodrayne: The Third Reich had a budget of about $10,000,000 which I think is total crap, you can probably knock at least one zero off that. Filmed in Zagreb in Croatia. The acting isn't great, as mentioned earlier Malthe looks hot so I assume that was the reason behind her casting rather than her thespian skills. Great to see veteran actor's Michael Paré & Clint Howard (over 300 acting credits between them with Howard boasting over 200 film credits) turn up although they are obviously slumming it, Clint Howard's Nazi uniform looks about five sizes too big for him! I won't mention their German accents either...

Bloodrayne: The Third Reich is a mixed bag, at times it's silly & unintentionally funny while at other's it's a total bore but some sex, a hot looking leather clad babe in the lead & some fun to be had at Michael Paré & Clint Howard's expense means it's not a total disaster & bad movie fans should gain some pleasure from it, the short 70 minute running time helps too.

Warning Contains Spoiler

[xlaziox · 1/10 · 6 July 2011]

If there were an option to give this movie less than 1 star, I would have. I don't know who these 3 star people are. I challenge them to list worse movies than this that they have seen. It's a solid sub 1 star movie. The Spoiler is that even fans of B grade movies will not be able to enjoy this picture. The movie is so bad that I think during editing it was decided the movie was unsalvageable, and pornographic scenes were inserted to try to gain some viewership. The script is terrible, the plot is flat, the acting could be down right laughable if I hadn't been crying for the damage films like this do to my desire to watch movies. If Clint Howard had any honor he would go behind the studio and commit hari kari. I'm pretty sure his depiction of the Nazi doctor is the worst acting I have ever seen. DON'T WATCH THIS MOVIE! DON'T WATCH THIS MOVIE. Seriously!!! DON'T WATCH THIS MOVIE!