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By Dave Dreher

Aug 12, 2007, 22:58

I first told you about this Lucy Liu flick a few months back when we got that cool clip of her waking up in the morgue.  I'm sure you'll remember if you think hard enough.  Anyway, the film is finally ready for all of us to see and Sony tonight sent along the box art and the complete breakdown of all the goodies.  This one will be worth checking out just to see Lucy Lu looking sexy.  Here is the official press release for you to check out:

LUCY LIU SEEKS REVENGE AFTER

WAKING UP IN THE MORGUE AS A VAMPIRE IN

   RISE: BLOOD HUNTER

- Rated R and Unrated Versions Arriving on DVD October 9 with Exclusive Bonus Features Including Storyboard to Screen and Behind-The-Scenes Featurettes -

Culver City, Calif. (August 6, 2007) – The producers of The Grudge present Rise: Blood Hunter, a terrifying new thriller starring Lucy Liu (Charlie’s Angels, Kill Bill), Michael Chiklis (Fantastic 4, TV’s “The Shield”), Carla Gugino (Sin City, TV’s “Entourage”) and James D’Arcy (Exorcist: The Beginning) . Written and directed by Sebastian Gutierrez (Gothika, Snakes on a Plane), Rise: Blood Hunter premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival’s Midnight Screening. Liu stars as Sadie Blake, an investigative reporter who makes a pact with detective Clyde Rawlins, played by Chiklis, to seek revenge on a vampire cult that is taking over the city of Los Angeles. The DVD contains exclusive bonus features including four storyboard to screen comparisons and four behind-the-scenes featurettes including interviews with the Rise talent and crew. This intense thriller is available in both rated and unrated versions on DVD October 9 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment for an SRP of $24.96. The unrated version includes over 25 minutes of never-before-seen footage.

Synopsis Rise: Blood Hunter

Sadie Blake (Liu) is a tenacious reporter who stumbles upon a dark underground cult that is attracting the young Los Angeles in-crowd. Lured by the promise of wild parties, these hipsters start turning up dead, and when Sadie tries to get to the bottom of their grisly murders, she falls prey to the mastermind behind all

the gruesome murders. She awakens in a morgue, neither dead nor alive, a vampire, consumed by an overwhelming craving for blood. Trying desperately to fight off her thirst, Sadie prowls the dark city streets, armed with a crossbow and hell-bent on slaying the horrific vampires and their ring leader when she finds an unlikely ally in Detective Clyde Rawlins (Chiklis), a police investigator distraught over the loss of his only daughter to the cult. He crosses paths with Sadie in his investigation, and the two are unstoppable until they’ve exacted their revenge.

Rise: Blood Hunter features cameos by Robert Forster and many more. The rated version has a run time of approximately 97 minutes and is rated R for strong horror violence and gore, sexuality, nudity, language, and brief drug use. The unrated version includes over 25 minutes of never-before-seen footage and has a run time of approximately 122 minutes.