After seeing the 2.2 IMDb rating and reading a handful of these reviews, I was expecting this movie to be completely unwatchable. I checked it out purely out of curiosity. As I watched, I kept waiting for it to get really, really bad -- to the point where I simply had to turn it off. Well, that never happened. The movie is enjoyable. Lots of Kristanna Loken eye-candy (and she actually puts some heart into her role), cool special effects, and some decent acting. Even Ben Kingsley, though practically motionless throughout the movie (as others have noted) comes alive in the last scene.
I found the 2004 made-for-TV "The Legend of Earthsea" to be worse, and it currently has a 5.3 rating. After 30 minutes I just couldn't take it any more. I had high expectations, having read the wonderful trilogy by Ursula K. LeGuin, whereas I know nothing about the video game that BloodRayne was based on. But honestly, the movie isn't nearly as dreadful as it's being portrayed here. I'm not familiar with Uwe Boll's other work (and hadn't even heard of him before this film), but I get the impression that lots of Boll haters are dragging its rating down.
I found the 2004 made-for-TV "The Legend of Earthsea" to be worse, and it currently has a 5.3 rating. After 30 minutes I just couldn't take it any more. I had high expectations, having read the wonderful trilogy by Ursula K. LeGuin, whereas I know nothing about the video game that BloodRayne was based on. But honestly, the movie isn't nearly as dreadful as it's being portrayed here. I'm not familiar with Uwe Boll's other work (and hadn't even heard of him before this film), but I get the impression that lots of Boll haters are dragging its rating down.