Blood and Rain (2009) 6/10
From the rear of the DVD cover:
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Venice Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Tribeca Film Festival
WINNER - Thessaloniki Film Festival
‘..the violent underworld of the Colombian city of Bogotá’
This caught my attention most.
Blood and Rain looks good, well filmed. The acting is good. The story is best described as pedestrian, slow, it takes place in a single night.
To be honest, there’s not that much of a story to tell. In short:
Cab driver wants revenge on gang believed to have killed his brother. Cab driver happens to meet some girl. Cab driver and Girl end up in back of 4x4 being driven around by three gang members, the leader of which wants information before he despatches the Cab driver. Needless to say it is not a happy go lucky film.
It’s not all dull or depressing. During one of the all too few colourful moments, we get to see the interior of a night club where topless girls dance. There are also some shorts of the streets of Bogotá, Colombia.
The DVD cover warns the consumer:
CONTAINS INFREQUENT SCENES OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND REAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY
Personally I did not find the film violent. There’s some punches thrown, some guns being waved about, that kind of thing, nothing too shocking. Other than the topless girls in the night club, the only sex I recall, which was rather unnecessary and added nothing to the story, was the shot of some bloke with his cock in his hand. Did the film really need that ?
Spotted the DVD in Cex for £2 - mint condition. So I gave it a shot.
From the rear of the DVD cover:
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Venice Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Tribeca Film Festival
WINNER - Thessaloniki Film Festival
‘..the violent underworld of the Colombian city of Bogotá’
This caught my attention most.
Blood and Rain looks good, well filmed. The acting is good. The story is best described as pedestrian, slow, it takes place in a single night.
To be honest, there’s not that much of a story to tell. In short:
Cab driver wants revenge on gang believed to have killed his brother. Cab driver happens to meet some girl. Cab driver and Girl end up in back of 4x4 being driven around by three gang members, the leader of which wants information before he despatches the Cab driver. Needless to say it is not a happy go lucky film.
It’s not all dull or depressing. During one of the all too few colourful moments, we get to see the interior of a night club where topless girls dance. There are also some shorts of the streets of Bogotá, Colombia.
The DVD cover warns the consumer:
CONTAINS INFREQUENT SCENES OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND REAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY
Personally I did not find the film violent. There’s some punches thrown, some guns being waved about, that kind of thing, nothing too shocking. Other than the topless girls in the night club, the only sex I recall, which was rather unnecessary and added nothing to the story, was the shot of some bloke with his cock in his hand. Did the film really need that ?
Spotted the DVD in Cex for £2 - mint condition. So I gave it a shot.
