Blood
Punch
(2013/Midnight Releasing DVD)
Picture:
B- Sound: B- Extras: C Film: C-
Blood
Punch
(2013) is a low budget horror thriller that strives to be a
Fincher/Tarantino style film mixed with over the top humor but
doesn't quite hit the mark stylistically. The lead actor Milo
Clawthrone does his best Jesse Eisenberg impersonation as a
stammering wise-cracking meth addict who
breaks out of rehab to follow a mysterious bad girl name Skyler
(played by Olivia Tennet) into what could be a very lucrative and
easy drug score. Unbeknownst to him, she lures him to an isolated
cabin with her psychotic boyfriend Russell (played by Ari Boyland)
where the love triangle quickly turns deadly.
Russell
decides that he wants to kill Milo for having a fling with his
girlfriend after
a wild evening of meth and peyote, in which the three manage to
invoke an ancient Native American curse that affects anyone who
spills blood on the sacred land around them. They quickly find
themselves trapped in a repeating timeline filled with deceit and
betrayal.
Every day is Tuesday, and each morning begins with
killing Russell in whatever way the two can muster ala the Groundhog
Day
effect. This gives Milton and Skyler the rest of the day to throw
today's Russell on the pile of other dead Russells and brainstorm
about how to solve their repeating time predicament, which results in
their trying a number of desperate ways to set things right again,
none of which work.
How will they right their wrongs and get things back to normal?
A
mix of sex, drugs, time warping, and carnage, Blood Punch has
been a Film Festival favorite but to me felt a little muttled plot
wise and not shot quite as creatively as its script. Perhaps with a
bigger budget and some better actors this could have been pulled off
more effectively, but by no means is it a complete fail.
Presented
in standard definition with an anamorphic widescreen aspect ratio of
1.85:1 and a lossy Dolby Digital 5.1 track, the film looks fine on
DVD but could benefit to a Blu-ray upgrade to sharpen up some details
in texture. Extras on the disc include Deleted Scenes, Outtakes, and
Test Footage for the film.
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James Harland Lockhart V
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