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Vampire Assassin

- The bounty is blood.

Martial artist Ron Hall stars in this dark vampire thriller reminiscent of BLADE. Ambitious cop Derek (Hall) is dogged by a phobia that is unfortunate in his line of work. Having witnessed his father's murder as a young child, he is deathly afraid of blood, but when he takes the law into his own hands to catch underworld counterfeiter Gustoff Slovak, he is forced to face his fear. The operation blows up in his face, resulting in a massacre that leaves Derek the only one of his team to survive. Derek reaches the shocking conclusion that Slovak is actually a vampire, and joins forces with the last in a long line of vampire hunters, Master Kao, who agrees to train Derek in his ancient art. However, in order to combat Slovak--whose past intersects with Derek's own in disturbing ways--Derek must become that which he hates the most: a vampire.

Release Date : 2005-08-09

Language :

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : LionsgateCine Excel Entertainment

Production Country :

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Cast

Character Name : Derek Washington

Original Name : Ron Hall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gustoff Slovak

Original Name : Mel Novak

Gender : Male

Character Name : Master Kao

Original Name : Gerald Okamura

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Rudy Ray Moore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Samantha Morris (as Merry Everest)

Original Name : Merry Birchfield

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Chadwick Pelletier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vampire

Original Name : Elle Beyer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jerry Curl Vampire

Original Name : Jon Fink

Gender : Male

Character Name : Zombie

Original Name : B.J. Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boss Wang

Original Name : Duey Wong

Gender : Male

Character Name : Spike

Original Name : McKay Stewart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hit Man

Original Name : Christian Milano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Big Snaps

Original Name : Keith Daniels

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barry Ray

Original Name : Jesse Kitten

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vampire Harrison

Original Name : Ross Hoagland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Slug / Office Cop

Original Name : Joe Pavoncordero

Gender : Male

Character Name : Spaghetti Cop

Original Name : Joe De Robbio

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Hall

Original Name : Eric Von Kritlow

Gender : Male

Character Name : Patrol Cop 1

Original Name : Evan Katz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Patrol Cop 2

Original Name : Tony Lawson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Baynard

Original Name : Brad Maynard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Terminator Cop

Original Name : Ilaria Oaklander

Gender : Male

Reviews

SkippyTexas77

@SkippyTexas77

2021-06-23

I first discovered this movie when I was working in a video store right after high school. I saw the cheesy cover, the Lions Gate logo, and thought, "How bad could it be?" It was baaaaaaaaaad. Ron Hall seems like he does have some martial arts chops, but acting and directing are definitely not his forte. Once the credits started rolling, I immediately recognized the production company as the same guys who made 'Future War' and a ton of Gary Daniels' early flicks. None of which were particularly good, but all entertaining in that low-budget sorta way. Back in '05, it seemed Lions Gate was buying up nearly every low-budget independent film, slapping a decent-looking cover on a DVD, and hurling them into video stores every single week. I wound up renting most of them (hey, it was free) and 'Vampire Assassin' is one of the few that stuck with me. So much so that a couple months back the film popped into my head and I had to track down a copy on eBay. (Shipping cost more than the disc.) Either way, the film is clearly shot on mini-DV, so it has that mid-2000s digital video look. The special effects are terrible. The fights are painfully staged. Occasionally they speed up the frame-rate of the fights, causing it to look like a drug-enduced Benny Hill skit. I remember laughing hysterically when I first rented it. Now, nearly ten years later, I laughed just as hard. And, if nothing else, whether you're laughing with or at it, the film succeeds in being entertaining. And for that, it's worth seeing.