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Vampire
Hunter D:
Bloodlust
Length: 103 min
Retail Price: $29.99 DVD
($23.99 @ Best Buy)
Reviewed by: Ping
BACKGROUND
The Dunpeal (1/2 Vampire, 1/2 human) "D" has
returned! This time he has been hired to track down Meier
Link, a very powerful vampire who has abducted a girl named
Charlotte Elbourne. Charlotte's rich father is paying
"D" to find her and bring her back dead or
alive. For the first time, "D" faces serious
competition. The Markus Brothers, a family of Vampire Hunters,
were hired for the same bounty. "D" must battle
against powerful vampires, zombies and demons.
Despised by Vampires for his profession and by Humans for the
blood in his veins, "D" relentlessly pursues his
prey… for a price.
REVIEW
Let me start out by saying: "This movie was freaking
awesome!" The number one thing you notice about this
anime is it's gorgeous animation. The characters are
extremely detailed and beautiful. Along with the beautiful
animation, VHD: Bloodlust also feature great music. Music
that go along with the scenes well. As for visual and
music, this movie is perfect. However the audio is not so
perfect. 1st VHD: Bloodlust is only featured in
dubbed! No Japanese w/ subtitles. And I find myself
turning on closed captioning due to the change in volume
constantly throughout the movie. Now what I mean by this
is, when the characters talk (especially D) they are extremely
quiet and it's hard to hear, so I crank up the volume. But
then as soon as I do, there's a giant explosion or some kind of
loud noise, making me turn down the volume, and then back to
turning it up again when they talk. Know what I
mean? That sucked a lot.
Now as for the story. I found Bloodlust to be much more
entertaining than the original. The story was wonderful
and for those of you who have seen the original. You'll be
glad to hear that Bloodlust is a direct continuation. For
those of you who haven't seen the original, it's ok you really
don't need to see the first to understand Bloodlust.
As for the action in this movie. I founded it
decent. Because many of the battles looks like their going
to last a while, a great battle scene. But instead they
end in like 1/2 a minute! But when the battles do last,
they're quite entertaining. And the Marcus Brother's
weapon work is pretty neat to watch as well. Good eye
candy.
VHD: Bloodlust is also a serious movie. But with just the
right amount of comedy thrown in there by "D"'s
hand. Who cracks jokes every once in a while during the
movie. So it deeps the movie from being totally
dull. There's also just the right touch of drama (love)
thrown in there. To make this movie pretty much perfect.
All in all, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust is a wonderful movie,
and should definitely be in your collection.
Ping's Last Comment:
It really is a masterpiece!
RATING: A-
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