Director: Dave Wilson. Starring: Vin Diesel, Eiza González, Guy Pearce, Lamorne Morris, Talulah Riley. Release: VOD.
Vin Diesel returns, as lukewarm as ever, as desperate as ever, trying to start yet another franchise, but unable to bring anything new to the table. It least he's consistent.
Bloodshot is a super-soldier story, and we've seen it a million times before. The first 45 minutes are excruciatingly predictable, basically a stone cold rip-off of RoboCop. Then the film pulls out its ace and the story takes a dramatic turn. Unfortunately that makes the everything that came before more or less irrelevant and makes you feel a bit like a fool for watching so far. The film culminates in a ridiculous, fake-looking fight between some CGI doubles and then you'll really feel like a fool for not having bailed sooner.
It's hard to imagine this is the start of a long-running franchise. It's just too dull and dumb. Then again, I said the exact same thing about The Fast & The Furious. That was eight movies ago and counting. I'll grant Bloodshot one ting: It's a little less obnoxious that other similar Diesel film, but that still doesn't mean it's any good.
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