Bloodshot

"Being a superhero is in his blood."

2020 1h 50m EN

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After he and his wife are murdered, marine Ray Garrison is resurrected by a team of scientists. Enhanced with nanotechnology, he becomes a superhuman, biotech killing machine—'Bloodshot'. As Ray first trains with fellow super-soldiers, he cannot recall anything from his former life. But when his memories flood back and he remembers the man that killed both him and his wife, he breaks out of the facility to get revenge, only to discover that there's more to the conspiracy than he thought.

“Being a superhero is in his blood.”

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Cast

Vin Diesel
Ray Garrison / Bloodshot
Eiza González
KT
Sam Heughan
Jimmy Dalton
Toby Kebbell
Martin Axe
Talulah Riley
Gina Garrison
Lamorne Morris
Wilfred Wigans
Guy Pearce
Dr. Emil Harting
Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson
Nick Baris

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David S. F. Wilson
Writers: Jeff Wadlow, Jeff Wadlow, Eric Heisserer
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America, China

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MONEY

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Earned back only 95% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 6 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, China.

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4 / 8

CAST

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242+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by David S. F. Wilson, shot by Jacques Jouffret. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Steve Jablonsky. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Jim May shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Vin Diesel and Eiza González and Sam Heughan carry the top of the cast.

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The take

David S. F. Wilson directs. Jacques Jouffret behind the camera. Steve Jablonsky scores. Jim May cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America, China. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Earned back only 95% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 6 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: United States of America, China.
4242+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by David S. F. Wilson, shot by Jacques Jouffret. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Steve Jablonsky. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Jim May shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Vin Diesel and Eiza González and Sam Heughan carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Being a superhero is in his blood.".
10IMDB entry: tt1634106 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 8 themes, including "nanotechnology", "superhero", "based on comic", "memory".

The technical file

Cinematography: Jacques Jouffret
Original score: Steve Jablonsky
Editing: Jim May
Production design: Tom Brown
Costume design: Kimberly A. Tillman
Makeup / hair: Christa Schoeman
VFX supervisor: Chris Harvey
Sound: Paul N.J. Ottosson
Stunt coordinator: Troy Robinson
Runtime: 110 min · 1h 50m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $42,000,000
Box office: $39,861,118
Return: 95% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Bloodshot (2020)

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Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots2020-03-27
★ 2/10
In one of the most mediocre movies so far this year, “Bloodshot” squanders every last positive thing it has going for it. Based on the bestselling sci-fi comic book, the film tells the story of recently killed soldier Ray Garrison (Vin Diesel) who is brought back to life as a super-assassin. Ray has an army of nanotechnology in his veins, making him an outrageously strong, unstoppable force who has the ability to instantly heal any injuries he sustains in combat. When his memories begin to contradict what’s reality and what’s fiction, Ray starts to suspect lead scientist Dr. Harting (Guy Pearce) may have sinister intentions — and he does everything in his superhuman power to stop him. The film lacks enough material for a feature length film, and it feels like the story has been stretched out from the get-go. The plot is far-fetched but interesting, yet the best elements are dismissed in a rushed fashion. The film could’ve gone one of two ways, and it chooses the path of greatest disappointment, which leaves it in this weird limbo. It’s not quite smart enough and not quite dumb enough to work. Like when director Dave Wilson gets the sense that things are lagging, he inserts a not-so-subtle explosion or dick joke to keep things moving along. Yeah, it’s that kind of bad. Even the action scenes fall victim to rapid-fire editing that is intended to disguise the bloodless PG-13 action flick. There’s an almost-satisfying extended fight sequence involving elevators and a skyscraper, but it comes late in the film when most audiences will likely have already lost interest. Even worse, there are no consequences because Ray can’t be hurt or killed, and the special effects look like they were created in a couple of hours by a pre-teen boy on the family room laptop. Diesel is not a great actor, but that’s never been a job requirement to bring the charismatic, cinematic muscle to the big screen. He’s a perfectly acceptable action star, but here he turns in a laughably bad performance. His poor acting hogs the spotlight, especially when he shares scenes opposite the talented Pearce. This movie is absolute junk that will die a quick death at the box office. Please, audiences: do your part to put “Bloodshot” out of its misery.
Manuel São Bento2020-04-02
★ 3/10
If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog @ https://www.msbreviews.com First of all, no. I've never read the comic book, so I didn't know a single thing about the superhero Bloodshot going in. What I did know was that Jeff Wadlow was in command of the screenplay, and we all know how extremely horrible his latest movies are (Truth or Dare, Fantasy Island). Add Vin Diesel as the protagonist and a first-time director (David S. F. Wilson), it's impossible to have high expectations for such a film, no matter how good the source material is. Maybe it could surprise me and end up being a reasonably decent flick... It didn't. Bloodshot is even worse than I expected. I genuinely thought that the action would be the movie's savior. I didn't watch any trailers, as usual, but I did see an image here and there of that red smoke, as well as a couple of glances at the regenerating CGI. Honestly, it's the most disappointing aspect of the whole film. Simply because it's the only thing I was expecting to be decent, at least. The "final battle" has some of the worst CGI of the century, and it goes on for way too long. There's an abundance of shaky-cam, the editing is truly awful at times, a lot of action sequences are barely understandable, and even the slow-motion is overused. However, the reason why the movie ultimately fails is, once again, due to Wadlow's screenplay (which he co-wrote with Eric Heisserer, but Wadlow is the main one). As always, his narrative is a total mess. Confusing, lacks creativity, raises tons of logical questions, and the real past of Ray Garrison is empty of any explanation. The ending is not only predictable and formulaic, but it also generates even more questions, leaving the viewer frustrated with so many unanswered plot points. David Leitch and Chad Stahelski (both have Deadpool and John Wick in their filmography) left the project right after being hired as the directors... I wonder why?! The first minutes are probably the best of the entire runtime. I mean, excluding a not-sexy-at-all scene featuring Vin Diesel and Talulah Riley (Gina Garrison). That was cringe-worthy. Nevertheless, the story's concept is really captivating, to say the least (or the comic book wouldn't have its remarkable success). It's one of those action flicks that could easily turn into a successful franchise if the people involved in the project are more talented. With this, I transition to another of my main issues: Vin Diesel. Very rarely, I negatively criticize an actor's performance. I admit that I'm easily pleased by any cast. If you ask me "what's an actor/actress you don't like?", I would probably be stuck for an answer. Diesel's display is so emotionless that even someone like me can be affected by it. Besides being a rock throughout the whole film, Diesel has this weird habit of TALKING VERY LOUD AND CLEAR, only to instantly lower his volume so much that he's almost whispering. He does this consecutively and repeatedly in almost every dialogue. There's no care for developing a single character, not even the protagonist. Everyone is just a stereotype of some secondary action character: the funny IT guy, the hot girl who develops feelings for the hero, the male teammate who gets jealous that his alpha territory gets invaded, and the "motivation-less bad guy who's made look like a good guy in the beginning, but we all know who he truly is"... Literally, the two most talented actors (Toby Kebbell and Talulah Riley) are the ones with the least amount of screentime. In the end, Bloodshot is even worse than I expected. The messy, formulaic, and logically questionable screenplay by Jeff Wadlow and Eric Heisserer is the worst aspect of the movie, but the action is undoubtedly the most disappointing one. The "final fight" is one of the worst CGI sequences of the century, and the action throughout the runtime is filled with an uncontrollable shaky-cam, an excess of slow-motion, and some poor editing, making most of these scenes incredibly hard to follow. Vin Diesel delivers as much emotion as a rock, and while the rest of the cast is fine, the characters follow every single stereotype ever written for an action flick. It also doesn't help to put a first-time director in charge of the whole thing, but David S. F. Wilson is far from being the one to blame. Occasionally good action moments and a great concept just barely keep the film breathing. It's one of the worst movies of the year. Rating: D
Gimly2020-07-26
★ 5/10
I really disliked the ending, but the first fight scene also was some of that straight-up injectable #TheAesthetic shit. Those two kind of cancel each other out, and the rest of the movie I was pretty middle of the road on, so I guess the whole thing averaged out to 2.5 outta 5. Maybe it would have been a better experience on the big screen, but we aren't allowed to do that anymore, so, sorry Bloodshot but, you're stuck with a moderately-favourable "meh". Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.