Now here's a nasty little title that's managed to elude my notice for the past 30 years, having only been familiar with it for a short time I can say upon first impression that "Blood Games" is entertaining enough for the most part, but yet at the same time, owing much to the fact that it's a B movie, it's also quite inconsistent. I found this to be VERY much the type of movie the late great Andy Sidaris would have put together, had he ever gone in a more "Hard R" direction as the similarities between his films and this are obvious and undeniable. But unfortunately Blood Games falls a bit short of the mark and doesn't have anywhere near the charm and likeability factor that the Sidaris films have; nor is there as much nudity, plus the Sidaris films simply had hotter chicks, who were typically cast straight from the pages of Playboy (and Penthouse) magazine.
I found the main thing that Blood Games excels at (it's main thrust so to speak) is how quickly and strongly the movie builds up it's air of vindictive hostility and violence that looms over "Babe & the Ball Girls". Who must endure the very real and ever-present threat of rape and murder (by the hands of vengeful alcoholic mountain yokels), a terrible fate hangs over these lovely ladies and the tension is often so thick you can cut it with a knife. Fortunately for them most of the rapin' and murderin' hillbillies aren't competent, incontinent likely yes, but competent no not so much and their often more of a threat to themselves then they are their quarry. Perhaps if they'd put down their brewskies for just a minute or two, they would have had more luck hunting down, raping and murdering people with lethal weapons and live ammunition. Just a thought.
If there's a technical aspect that comes to mind that works against the film it would be sound issues. In several scenes the dialog is hard to make out and is very low in volume, it's sounds like the boom mike wasn't close enough. On the plus side the films location photography is strikingly beautiful with mountainous terrain, pine trees and a waterfall. I found that many of the films most action-packed moments were surprisingly well staged and there impact was further enhanced by some notably slick film editing; definitely of a higher caliber than one would expect from such a movie. On a side-note, I can't stop thinking how awesome a scene involving a bear trap would have been. Lastly, whoever composed this films music was very obviously using Jerry Goldsmith's score for First Blood as a blueprint, yep, almost to the point of plagiarism at times.
Ultimately if you like sleazy, violent, trashy, cinema than Blood Games, while no masterpiece, is certainly a fun way to spend and hour and a half of your time on a Sunday afternoon. Also a bit of advise and that is to have cold beer and pork rinds at the ready, because for this type of trash they'll make the perfect companion I promise you.
Conclusion: Blood Games is a very ugly and mean-spirited jaunt through the woods fully living up to it's grim title and the level of misogyny on display here is off-the-charts; and, of course, scores additional points for it's high T & A factor.
I found the main thing that Blood Games excels at (it's main thrust so to speak) is how quickly and strongly the movie builds up it's air of vindictive hostility and violence that looms over "Babe & the Ball Girls". Who must endure the very real and ever-present threat of rape and murder (by the hands of vengeful alcoholic mountain yokels), a terrible fate hangs over these lovely ladies and the tension is often so thick you can cut it with a knife. Fortunately for them most of the rapin' and murderin' hillbillies aren't competent, incontinent likely yes, but competent no not so much and their often more of a threat to themselves then they are their quarry. Perhaps if they'd put down their brewskies for just a minute or two, they would have had more luck hunting down, raping and murdering people with lethal weapons and live ammunition. Just a thought.
If there's a technical aspect that comes to mind that works against the film it would be sound issues. In several scenes the dialog is hard to make out and is very low in volume, it's sounds like the boom mike wasn't close enough. On the plus side the films location photography is strikingly beautiful with mountainous terrain, pine trees and a waterfall. I found that many of the films most action-packed moments were surprisingly well staged and there impact was further enhanced by some notably slick film editing; definitely of a higher caliber than one would expect from such a movie. On a side-note, I can't stop thinking how awesome a scene involving a bear trap would have been. Lastly, whoever composed this films music was very obviously using Jerry Goldsmith's score for First Blood as a blueprint, yep, almost to the point of plagiarism at times.
Ultimately if you like sleazy, violent, trashy, cinema than Blood Games, while no masterpiece, is certainly a fun way to spend and hour and a half of your time on a Sunday afternoon. Also a bit of advise and that is to have cold beer and pork rinds at the ready, because for this type of trash they'll make the perfect companion I promise you.
Conclusion: Blood Games is a very ugly and mean-spirited jaunt through the woods fully living up to it's grim title and the level of misogyny on display here is off-the-charts; and, of course, scores additional points for it's high T & A factor.