Buraddo (2009)

Buraddo: Directed by Ten Shimoyama. With Aya Sugimoto, Guts Ishimatsu, Jun Kaname, Satoshi Matsuda. Where does love and lust lead you…if you never die? What destiny awaits an immortal? Is there a destination for immortal love and lust? Shigenori Takechi of IZO incorporated these philosophical questions into his screenplay. Ten Shimoyama of Shinobi turned it into stylish and punk cinematic entertainment.

“Vampires, fight scenes inspired by the Underworld films and a leading actress who shows her boobs a lot. Thatu0026#39;s about all youu0026#39;re going to get out of BLOOD, a low budget and derivative little movie that doesnu0026#39;t know what it wants to be. There are gun fights, repetitive sex scenes that seem tacked on to market this as an erotic thriller, a little detective work and, of course, some vampires. These vampires are of the overly familiar and utterly predictable type, although they seem happy to wander around in the daylight to no ill effect.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBLOOD is a low budget movie and it shows. The action scenes incorporate some disappointing CGI effects which make you laugh rather than gasp at the on-screen antics. The worst thing, though, is the script, which fails to make any sense of the disparate story elements. It seems that the scriptwriter is content to emulate throughout, but thereu0026#39;s no world-building here, no conviction in the depiction of centuries-old vampires. The romantic scenes are laughable and the cast bad, and all of these detractions end up making this one a bit of a bomb, a Japanese film that copies Hollywood way too much without working out a style of its own.”