review
Blood: The Last Vampire" brings to life an English language live-action feature movie of the original Japanese anime feature film from a producer of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hero." Gianna ("My Sassy Girl," "Daisy") stars in the film as Saya, a 400-year-old demon-hunting vampire slayer working undercover in Japan for a secret organization, on a mission in the Vietnam War era. The cast also includes Koyuki ("The Last Samurai," "Always: Sunset on Third Street"), Michael Byrne ("Beyond the Sea," "Gangs of New York"), Colin Salmon ("Resident Evil," "Punisher: War Zone," "Clubbed"), and Allison Miller (“Kings”). The film features stunt choreographed by Cory Yuen ("Transporter 3," "Red Cliff"), is produced by Bill Kong and Abel Nahmias, with screenplay by Chris Chow.
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...
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