"You can't talk about video game adaptations without mentioning Boll's name, but his catalog is prolific only in quantity. He's directed a staggering 10 films based on game properties, including Sega's House of the Dead and Ubisoft's Far Cry, and they're all varying levels of hot garbage. How did he keep cranking out Razzie-nominated stinkers? Boll's crafty manipulation of a German tax loophole meant he could self-finance and recoup massive costs, which allowed "Raging Boll" to stay afloat despite horrible reviews and box office results."
"It's not his worst title released that year - take a bow, Alone in the Dark - but it ain't much better. Boll's take on Majesco Entertainment and Terminal Reality's bloodsucking franchise is a wooden 18th-century vampire flick that unenthusiastically introduces movie audiences to Rayne, a vengeful half-human, half-vampire, aka a dhampir. Critics despised it (it sports a nauseating 4% on Rotten Tomatoes), and it grossed a catastrophic $3.7 million against a $25 million budget."
Uwe Boll directed ten films adapted from video games and repeatedly produced poorly received, low-earning features by exploiting a German tax loophole to self-finance and recoup costs. BloodRayne, released in the United States twenty years ago, exemplifies this approach and the resulting reputation. The film is a wooden 18th-century vampire story introducing Rayne, a vengeful dhampir, portrayed by Kristanna Loken. Ben Kingsley plays Kagan, the King of Vampires, and Michael Madsen appears as Vlad. Critics widely panned the movie, which holds 4% on Rotten Tomatoes and grossed $3.7 million against a $25 million budget. BloodRayne nonetheless spawned two sequels, forming an ill-received trilogy.
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