I have had a lot of difficulty choosing a movie for this week's Film of the Week, so I have gambled on this movie, BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE, rather than Steven Soderbergh's latest THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE or the new Jack Black comedy YEAR ONE.
Here's the info...
On the surface, Saya is a stunning 16-year-old, but that youthful
exterior hides the tormented soul of a 400-year-old "halfling." Born to
a human father and a vampire mother, she has for centuries been a loner
obsessed with using her samurai skills to rid the world of vampires,
all the while knowing that she herself can survive only on blood like
those she hunts. When she is sent onto an American military base in
Tokyo by the clandestine organization she works for, Saya immediately
senses that this may be her opportunity to finally destroy Onigen, the
evil patriarch of all vampires. Using her superhman strength and her
sword, she begins to rid the base of its evil infestation in a series
of spectacular and elaborate showdowns. However, it is not until she
forms her first human friendship in centuries with the young daughter
of the base's general that Saya learns of her greatest power over
Onigen may well be her ability for human connection.
BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE opens Friday 26th June 2009 in the UK. Here's the trailer.
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