BloodRayne 3: The Third Reich
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BloodRayne: The Third Reich is a direct-to-DVD action-adventure horror film directed by Uwe Boll
, set in 1943 Europe during World War II and starring Natassia Malthe
as dhamphir Rayne
and Michael Paré
as vampire Nazi
officer Ekart Brand. It premiered at the American Film Market
on November 5, 2010 and released on DVD
and Blu-ray
on July 5, 2011 in the United States. It is the third film in the BloodRayne series
based on the video game BloodRayne
and it is a sequel to BloodRayne
and BloodRayne 2: Deliverance, also directed by Boll. It is the second BloodRayne film to star Malthe after BloodRayne 2: Deliverance. Paré, who played Iancu in BloodRayne and Pat Garrett
in BloodRayne 2: Deliverance, plays yet another character in this film. Boll, who is already planning a sequel, shot BloodRayne: The Third Reich simultaneously with Blubberella
, with both films sharing some of the same actors, including Michael Paré, Clint Howard
, Brendan Fletcher
and Willam Belli
.
fights against the Nazis in Europe during World War II, encountering Ekart Brand, a Nazi leader whose target is to inject Adolf Hitler
with Rayne's blood in an attempt to transform him into a dhampir
and attain immortality.
, Croatia with Natassia Malthe
and Michael Paré
in the lead roles. Some speculation has it that a tie in to the video game Nocturne is present through the character Svetlana who is a rumored vampire in a video post on YouTube
.
Michael Paré has appeared in all three films in the Bloodrayne franchise, but as different characters; Iancu, Pat Garrett
and, Commandant Ekart Brand respectively.
Uwe Boll
Uwe Boll is a German director, producer and screenwriter, whose work includes several films adapted from video games. He finances his own films through his Boll KG production company. He is often cited as the worst director of all time.-Early life:...
, set in 1943 Europe during World War II and starring Natassia Malthe
Natassia Malthe
Natassia Malthe is a Norwegian model and actress.-Biography:Natassia is the younger of two daughters. She was born in Oslo, Norway. She is half Filipino. She is usually credited by her birth name however is sometime credited as 'Lina Teal'...
as dhamphir Rayne
Rayne (BloodRayne)
Rayne, sometimes called Agent BloodRayne, is a fictional character in the BloodRayne series of video games. Created by Majesco Entertainment, she is the series' titular protagonist, appearing in both games and later extended media, such as comic books and films related to the series...
and Michael Paré
Michael Paré
- Early life :Paré was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Joan, a homemaker, and Francis Paré, who owned print shops. He had six sisters and three brothers. Paré's father was of French-Canadian ancestry and his mother of Irish ancestry....
as vampire Nazi
Nazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
officer Ekart Brand. It premiered at the American Film Market
American Film Market
The American Film Market is a film industry event held each year at the beginning of November in Santa Monica, California. About 8,000 people attend the eight day event to network and to sell and acquire films...
on November 5, 2010 and released on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
and Blu-ray
Blu-ray Disc
Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs...
on July 5, 2011 in the United States. It is the third film in the BloodRayne series
BloodRayne (series)
BloodRayne is a franchise that originated in two video games developed by Terminal Reality and inspired several motion pictures and a comic book series.-Influences:...
based on the video game BloodRayne
BloodRayne
BloodRayne has received mostly mixed to positive reviews. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the Xbox version 73.53% and 76/100, the GameCube version 68.88% and 73/100, the PlayStation 2 version 68.87% and 75/100 and the PC version 65.78% and 65/100.-External links:*...
and it is a sequel to BloodRayne
BloodRayne (film)
BloodRayne is a 2005 action and horror film, set in 18th century Romania, and directed by Uwe Boll. The film stars Kristanna Loken, Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Billy Zane, Meat Loaf and, Matthew Davis...
and BloodRayne 2: Deliverance, also directed by Boll. It is the second BloodRayne film to star Malthe after BloodRayne 2: Deliverance. Paré, who played Iancu in BloodRayne and Pat Garrett
Pat Garrett
Patrick Floyd "Pat" Garrett was an American Old West lawman, bartender, and customs agent who was best known for killing Billy the Kid...
in BloodRayne 2: Deliverance, plays yet another character in this film. Boll, who is already planning a sequel, shot BloodRayne: The Third Reich simultaneously with Blubberella
Blubberella
Blubberella is a 2011 film by German director Uwe Boll, to be released on DVD and Blu ray at the end of July. The plot evolves around an obese superhero, set in Nazi Europe. This film was shot simultaneously with BloodRayne 3: The Third Reich. Lindsay Hollister plays Blubberella with director Uwe...
, with both films sharing some of the same actors, including Michael Paré, Clint Howard
Clint Howard
Clinton "Clint" Howard is an American film and television actor. He is a character actor with numerous brief appearances on television and films. He has played many bit parts in movies directed by his brother, actor-turned-director Ron Howard. He is also the uncle of actress Bryce Dallas Howard...
, Brendan Fletcher
Brendan Fletcher
Brendan Fletcher is a Canadian actor.-Life and career:Fletcher was born in Comox Valley, British Columbia and went to junior high school at Lake Trail in Courtenay, British Columbia....
and Willam Belli
Willam Belli
Willam Belli is an American film and television actor perhaps best known for his recurring role as transsexual Cherry Peck in Nip/Tuck. He has been in a few films including American Wedding , The Last Shot , Unbeatable Harold , and Big Top and Because I Said So...
.
Plot
RayneRayne (BloodRayne)
Rayne, sometimes called Agent BloodRayne, is a fictional character in the BloodRayne series of video games. Created by Majesco Entertainment, she is the series' titular protagonist, appearing in both games and later extended media, such as comic books and films related to the series...
fights against the Nazis in Europe during World War II, encountering Ekart Brand, a Nazi leader whose target is to inject Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
with Rayne's blood in an attempt to transform him into a dhampir
Dhampir
A Dhampir in Balkan folklore is the child of a vampire father and a human mother. The term is sometimes spelled dhampyre, dhamphir, or dhampyr. Dhampir powers are similar to those of vampires, but without the usual weaknesses...
and attain immortality.
Cast
- Natassia MaltheNatassia MaltheNatassia Malthe is a Norwegian model and actress.-Biography:Natassia is the younger of two daughters. She was born in Oslo, Norway. She is half Filipino. She is usually credited by her birth name however is sometime credited as 'Lina Teal'...
as RayneRayne (BloodRayne)Rayne, sometimes called Agent BloodRayne, is a fictional character in the BloodRayne series of video games. Created by Majesco Entertainment, she is the series' titular protagonist, appearing in both games and later extended media, such as comic books and films related to the series... - Michael ParéMichael Paré- Early life :Paré was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Joan, a homemaker, and Francis Paré, who owned print shops. He had six sisters and three brothers. Paré's father was of French-Canadian ancestry and his mother of Irish ancestry....
as Ekart Brand - Brendan FletcherBrendan FletcherBrendan Fletcher is a Canadian actor.-Life and career:Fletcher was born in Comox Valley, British Columbia and went to junior high school at Lake Trail in Courtenay, British Columbia....
as Nathaniel - Clint HowardClint HowardClinton "Clint" Howard is an American film and television actor. He is a character actor with numerous brief appearances on television and films. He has played many bit parts in movies directed by his brother, actor-turned-director Ron Howard. He is also the uncle of actress Bryce Dallas Howard...
as Doctor Mangler (a play on Dr Mengele) - Willam BelliWillam BelliWillam Belli is an American film and television actor perhaps best known for his recurring role as transsexual Cherry Peck in Nip/Tuck. He has been in a few films including American Wedding , The Last Shot , Unbeatable Harold , and Big Top and Because I Said So...
as Vasyl Tishenko - Natalia Guslistaya as Sniper Natalia
- Annett Culp as Magda Markovic
- Steffen Mennekes as Lt. Kaspar Jaeger
- Nik Goldman as Bartender
- Vjekoslav Katusin as Nazi officer
- Goran Manić as Boris
- Fabrice Colson as French resistant 1
- Ralf Seeger
- Alexis Wawerka as French resistant 2
- Petar Benčić as Driver
- Safiya Kaygin as Svetlana Koerk
Production
Boll has originally planned to begin filming in Croatia in 2008 under the title BloodRayne 3: Warhammer, but it was later announced that filming would begin January 2010. In February 2010 the title was changed to BloodRayne: The Third Reich and shooting began in ZagrebZagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
, Croatia with Natassia Malthe
Natassia Malthe
Natassia Malthe is a Norwegian model and actress.-Biography:Natassia is the younger of two daughters. She was born in Oslo, Norway. She is half Filipino. She is usually credited by her birth name however is sometime credited as 'Lina Teal'...
and Michael Paré
Michael Paré
- Early life :Paré was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Joan, a homemaker, and Francis Paré, who owned print shops. He had six sisters and three brothers. Paré's father was of French-Canadian ancestry and his mother of Irish ancestry....
in the lead roles. Some speculation has it that a tie in to the video game Nocturne is present through the character Svetlana who is a rumored vampire in a video post on YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
.
Michael Paré has appeared in all three films in the Bloodrayne franchise, but as different characters; Iancu, Pat Garrett
Pat Garrett
Patrick Floyd "Pat" Garrett was an American Old West lawman, bartender, and customs agent who was best known for killing Billy the Kid...
and, Commandant Ekart Brand respectively.