Watching the Detectives

• Actors: Cillian Murphy, Lucy Liu, Josh Pais, Mark Harelik, Heather Burns.
• Format: Widescreen, NTSC.
• Language: English.
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only).
• Run Time: 94 minutes. Not Rated.

Rae Ann Carter (Lucy Liu, Charlie’s Angels) always wanted the fairytale where she meets a prince, falls in love and gets married, but feared that dream would never come true. Suddenly, Rae goes from having no man in her life to having three â€"charming Luke (Steven Pasquale, TV’s Rescue Me), passionate Adam (Bobby Cannavale, The Station Agent), and sophisticated Harry (Enrique Murciano, TV’s Without a Trace) â€" all in love with Rae and asking to marry her. Which man will she choose? Featuring Annie Potts (TV’s Designing Women), Marry Me is a romantic movie event that will sweep you off of your feet! No Description Availa! ble.
Genre: Horror
Rating: UN
Release Date: 9-OCT-2007
Media Type: DVDSadie Blake (Lucy Liu) dies and comes backs to life several times in Riseâ€"Blood Hunter, which gives this revenge tale impetus to continue perhaps longer than it needs to. At over two hours long, this film, written and directed by Sebastian Gutierrez (Snakes on A Plane), is beautifully filmed and acted at times but drags due to the drawn out story of a LA Weekly reporter who seeks revenge on her murderer, the vampire head of an underground blood-sucking cult. This handsome monster, Bishop (James D'Arcy), charms women, kidnaps them, and slits their throats with his claw-shaped necklace, stumping the entire LAPD minus Clyde Rawline (Michael Chilkis), a hard-drinking policeman who eventually teams up with Blake to hunt and destroy the vampiric ringleader. The scenes depicting initial doses of violence, like when Blake wakes up in a metal casket at the mo! rgue, or when she's originally killed in Bishop's bed, covered! in blac k trash bags to avoid bloodstains, feature crisp film footage awash in blue and red, setting a semi-poetic mood. Mostly, Riseâ€"Blood Hunter operates on the vampire tales' conflation of sex and death, taking a sexy tone throughout, especially when Sadie or her fellow vampire, Collette (Cameron Richardson), feast on blood then strip off their sullied clothing. Blake's vengeance underpins her rebellious attitude, as she shoots her crossbow at each person she meets on the trail to Bishop. Though Riseâ€"Blood Hunter is not a classic in the genre, it is enticing to add Lucy Liu to the list of gorgeous vampire slayers. â€"Trinie DaltonNeil (Cillian Murphy) works in a vintage video store and wishes his life could be as exciting as the movies he watches night and day. Enter Violet (Lucy Liu), a real-life femme fatale who brings enough adventure into Neil's world to make him think he has suddenly stepped into one of his favorite movies. Being with Violet might ju! st turn out to be a lot of fun - if he lives through it.