Why has Jean Reno taken this part, its an awful movie, linear plot, poor script and poor acting
Reno and Lind do their best to carry this but even they struggle, please someone cine up with a script and a cast to suit Reno's talents, something on the level of Leon or even 22 Bullets would be better than this, I can only think that it lost something in the Editing
126 Reviews
Average Thriller ruined by a poor end
Luigi Di Pilla3 June 2022
What I liked the most was the wooden house in the mountains. Jean Reno was cool.
The story is nothing special. I expected some more credits at the end but it was executed poorly. If you have really not other films to watch give it a try. Just don't take everything seriously. 6/10.
The story is nothing special. I expected some more credits at the end but it was executed poorly. If you have really not other films to watch give it a try. Just don't take everything seriously. 6/10.
Why people can't enjoy films anymore?
tchitouniaram18 July 2019
Beautifully photographed, but story and action missing
barcar9330 September 2019
Warning: Spoilers
The cinematography is stunning. There is a nice pace set at the start of the story.
But then the story goes absolutely nowhere. The story seems to be about an assassin hired to kill a rich man. The assassination seems to be part of a really hostile takeover. (Why didn't the rival company just buy out the rich man's company like Edward Lewis does in "Pretty Woman" and then take it apart? The assassination seems to be an extreme alternative). So the assassination takes about two minutes and the assassin gets paid. But the rich victim appears to have an heir, who gets the company which will prevent the takeover. The heir is an only child who everyone believes is a boy but is really a girl. The assassin (Henry) seems to also have a contract to assassinate the rich man's heir, but the assassin doesn't know the identity or location of the heir--so he goes ice fishing in a lonely wilderness. (Huh?)
Meanwhile, a hard-bitten detective appears to be looking for the trail of the assassin, but then the detective's partner appears to transfer out immediately at that point. The investigation seems to go nowhere until the detective learns that the heir he thought was a boy (Charlie) turns out to be a girl (Charlie). Somehow this seems to put the detective on the right trail.
Charlie appears to be on the run from danger, but as it turns out, she seems to have been trained in martial arts. Somehow she is on a quest to get revenge for her daddy's murder. This is strange, because she seems to not have known her father, who sent her to a boarding school for her whole life. The girl's closest relationship was with her father's personal assistant-who appeared to care nothing for her either and was just following her father's orders. She was raised with a boy who appears to have martial arts skills too but also does not demonstrate any affection for the girl on his part. Charlie has picked up the trail of the assassin, and heads to the lonely frozen wilderness. Somehow, just before she arrives, she has a horrific accident on the snow bike and collapses outside Henry's cabin. The assassin nurses her back to health. As soon as she recovers, she tries to shoot him In the back of the head. (That's gratitude for you). Henry then tortures her by placing an incredibly heavy log on her already injured legs. Somehow he is insulted when she calls it torture. She reveals that she seeks to revenge the death of her father-which fact Henry seems to have guessed anyway. So she asks Henry why he hasn't killed her. For no apparent reason at all, Henry refers her to Sun Tzu's "The Art of War"--an ancient Chinese military treatise. She is understandably confused. Maybe he's going to train her like Leon Montana teaches Mathilda Lando in "The Professional"? She clearly is quite inept at the assassin business. No such luck, however. He gives her additional (unwanted) advice by telling her that a local wolf has tasted her blood and that she must shoot the wolf.
The boy, after expertly locating the girl in the wilderness, shows up in the dead of night and shoots wildly in the cabin windows-for no apparent reason. The assassin stalks him, then takes him out in a conflict that takes maybe two minutes. There is no apparent good reason for this scene to be part of the story.
Finally, the girl is running to the woods and the assassin is chasing her but firing his weapon aimlessly into the sky-perhaps to keep the wolf away? Who knows? Or cares by this point? The detective shows up and shoots the assassin. The story ends, but we don't care about the assassin, the boy, the girl or the detective. (Perhaps we care about the poor wolf-who makes a cameo appearance but does not appear to have been bothering anyone, so we are glad).
But then the story goes absolutely nowhere. The story seems to be about an assassin hired to kill a rich man. The assassination seems to be part of a really hostile takeover. (Why didn't the rival company just buy out the rich man's company like Edward Lewis does in "Pretty Woman" and then take it apart? The assassination seems to be an extreme alternative). So the assassination takes about two minutes and the assassin gets paid. But the rich victim appears to have an heir, who gets the company which will prevent the takeover. The heir is an only child who everyone believes is a boy but is really a girl. The assassin (Henry) seems to also have a contract to assassinate the rich man's heir, but the assassin doesn't know the identity or location of the heir--so he goes ice fishing in a lonely wilderness. (Huh?)
Meanwhile, a hard-bitten detective appears to be looking for the trail of the assassin, but then the detective's partner appears to transfer out immediately at that point. The investigation seems to go nowhere until the detective learns that the heir he thought was a boy (Charlie) turns out to be a girl (Charlie). Somehow this seems to put the detective on the right trail.
Charlie appears to be on the run from danger, but as it turns out, she seems to have been trained in martial arts. Somehow she is on a quest to get revenge for her daddy's murder. This is strange, because she seems to not have known her father, who sent her to a boarding school for her whole life. The girl's closest relationship was with her father's personal assistant-who appeared to care nothing for her either and was just following her father's orders. She was raised with a boy who appears to have martial arts skills too but also does not demonstrate any affection for the girl on his part. Charlie has picked up the trail of the assassin, and heads to the lonely frozen wilderness. Somehow, just before she arrives, she has a horrific accident on the snow bike and collapses outside Henry's cabin. The assassin nurses her back to health. As soon as she recovers, she tries to shoot him In the back of the head. (That's gratitude for you). Henry then tortures her by placing an incredibly heavy log on her already injured legs. Somehow he is insulted when she calls it torture. She reveals that she seeks to revenge the death of her father-which fact Henry seems to have guessed anyway. So she asks Henry why he hasn't killed her. For no apparent reason at all, Henry refers her to Sun Tzu's "The Art of War"--an ancient Chinese military treatise. She is understandably confused. Maybe he's going to train her like Leon Montana teaches Mathilda Lando in "The Professional"? She clearly is quite inept at the assassin business. No such luck, however. He gives her additional (unwanted) advice by telling her that a local wolf has tasted her blood and that she must shoot the wolf.
The boy, after expertly locating the girl in the wilderness, shows up in the dead of night and shoots wildly in the cabin windows-for no apparent reason. The assassin stalks him, then takes him out in a conflict that takes maybe two minutes. There is no apparent good reason for this scene to be part of the story.
Finally, the girl is running to the woods and the assassin is chasing her but firing his weapon aimlessly into the sky-perhaps to keep the wolf away? Who knows? Or cares by this point? The detective shows up and shoots the assassin. The story ends, but we don't care about the assassin, the boy, the girl or the detective. (Perhaps we care about the poor wolf-who makes a cameo appearance but does not appear to have been bothering anyone, so we are glad).
The Professional 2. He's back but he should not have!
FrenchEddieFelson19 May 2019
Beautiful winter landscapes, at the edge of an isolated lake in the great North American. Here are the positives! Otherwise: the dialogues are ridiculous, the ending is predictable, the script is pathetically not credible and was obviously written with a hangover. What a boring movie that will probably disappear from the movie theaters within one week, two at most. So if you want to waste 90 minutes, hurry up!
No ending...
zangloma12 September 2019
My first review but I had to, Reno did his part very good and scenes with him are great but, there is no ending which was very disappointing having good story not having conclusion. And other characters were developing good until last quarter than they all become pointless. Wasting of time
Tempted to switch off after 10 minutes.... should have
deif_thong20 November 2020
VIEWS ON FILM review of Cold Blood
burlesonjesse54 September 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Eight production companies, fourteen producers, and eight distributors had a hand in the making of 2019's Cold Blood. Hey, whatever gets the job done.
Anyway, Cold Blood is a carefully plotted and slow-building affair. It's like a combination of 2017's Wind River, Eye of the Beholder, and last year's Siberia (starring Keanu "whoa" Reeves). "Blood" is not an action-packed thriller or a grand ole shoot-'em-up per se. As something about a reclusive hit-man who takes in a total stranger only to find out that said stranger wants him dead, Cold Blood is indeed winter-esque. It's almost like you can see Dr. Yuri Zhivago or Victor Komarovsky coming around the corner.
Granted, "Blood" could have had an ending that wasn't so underwhelming. It doesn't seem justifiable considering that Mr. hit-man was at times a good Samaritan. Nonetheless, Cold Blood (whose working title was Cold Blood Legacy) keeps you intrigued and entangled for most of the way. You're constantly glued to the screen wondering how it will all end.
Jean Reno as "Blood's" mellow contract killer Henry, exudes decent screen presence and a gruff-ed stare. His performance seems minimalistic but somehow right for this type of role. Jean's adversary in Sarah Lind (she plays Melody), is also effective and somewhat forthright. Lind's character is like Maggie Hayward, a femme fatale, and Beatrix Kiddo all rolled into one.
"Blood's" director is rookie Frederic Petitjean. His thinking was yes, "there will be blood" (and there is). Petitjean creates an icy, bird's eye look and with budget constraints aside, knows where to put the camera. If only he remembered to put actors in his flick that talked like they were from upper Washington ("Blood" takes place in "The Evergreen State" but was filmed entirely in the Ukraine). Oh well. Cold Blood "warms" you up to its tight editing and its nippy, atmospheric chic. It's worth at least a three star rating.
Anyway, Cold Blood is a carefully plotted and slow-building affair. It's like a combination of 2017's Wind River, Eye of the Beholder, and last year's Siberia (starring Keanu "whoa" Reeves). "Blood" is not an action-packed thriller or a grand ole shoot-'em-up per se. As something about a reclusive hit-man who takes in a total stranger only to find out that said stranger wants him dead, Cold Blood is indeed winter-esque. It's almost like you can see Dr. Yuri Zhivago or Victor Komarovsky coming around the corner.
Granted, "Blood" could have had an ending that wasn't so underwhelming. It doesn't seem justifiable considering that Mr. hit-man was at times a good Samaritan. Nonetheless, Cold Blood (whose working title was Cold Blood Legacy) keeps you intrigued and entangled for most of the way. You're constantly glued to the screen wondering how it will all end.
Jean Reno as "Blood's" mellow contract killer Henry, exudes decent screen presence and a gruff-ed stare. His performance seems minimalistic but somehow right for this type of role. Jean's adversary in Sarah Lind (she plays Melody), is also effective and somewhat forthright. Lind's character is like Maggie Hayward, a femme fatale, and Beatrix Kiddo all rolled into one.
"Blood's" director is rookie Frederic Petitjean. His thinking was yes, "there will be blood" (and there is). Petitjean creates an icy, bird's eye look and with budget constraints aside, knows where to put the camera. If only he remembered to put actors in his flick that talked like they were from upper Washington ("Blood" takes place in "The Evergreen State" but was filmed entirely in the Ukraine). Oh well. Cold Blood "warms" you up to its tight editing and its nippy, atmospheric chic. It's worth at least a three star rating.
Beautiful Scenery dire story
derekjohnson-brown6 July 2019
Very Good Story
itsbobr5 September 2019
Henry (Jean Reno) is a hitman who lives in the snowy Washington wilderness. We see his last hit when he takes out Mr. Kessler in a steam room. A young girl, Melody (Sarah Lind) has a snowmobile accident. Henry finds her and takes her in and cares for her wounds even though he knows she should go to a hospital. Henry is suspicious and he keeps asking her what was she doing on that snowmobile and where was she going. In his line of work he needs to be that way as he never knows who is coming after him. See?
The photography and cinematography are outstanding. Yes, this is slow going but you want it to go slow as you see Henry take charge and is still figuring things out. Hey, you will, too..
Sheriff Kappa (Joe Anderson) is intrigued with Kessler's murder and believes a hitman was involved. He fears that Kessler's son Charlie is also targeted. Later we see David Gyasi as Malcom who is trying to find Melody.
There are a couple twists which actually clarify things.
Good performances by all, but especially by Jean Reno, and Sarah Lind as Melody. Kudos.
Notable: Samantha Bond as Mrs. Kessler who is in a rest home as she has Alzheimer's and she gives an important clue to Sheriff Kappa.
This is a very good and well told story. We will see a suitable ending, but I was hoping it would go another way, but........... (9/10)
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Humor: No. Language: Yes. Rating: A
The photography and cinematography are outstanding. Yes, this is slow going but you want it to go slow as you see Henry take charge and is still figuring things out. Hey, you will, too..
Sheriff Kappa (Joe Anderson) is intrigued with Kessler's murder and believes a hitman was involved. He fears that Kessler's son Charlie is also targeted. Later we see David Gyasi as Malcom who is trying to find Melody.
There are a couple twists which actually clarify things.
Good performances by all, but especially by Jean Reno, and Sarah Lind as Melody. Kudos.
Notable: Samantha Bond as Mrs. Kessler who is in a rest home as she has Alzheimer's and she gives an important clue to Sheriff Kappa.
This is a very good and well told story. We will see a suitable ending, but I was hoping it would go another way, but........... (9/10)
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Humor: No. Language: Yes. Rating: A
Cabin in the ... snow
kosmasp7 May 2022
Jean Re-snow ... no wait, I mean Reno. I don't even know if this is a pun or just me being silly. Very likely it is the latter. Anyway, Jean Reno can do no wrong. When it comes to his acting - watching him in this rather mediocre, but still decent thriller reminds me, that I should rewatch Leon again.
This has a twisted story ... though not completely unpredictable one. I may be putting it mildly and safely to be honest. There are contracts that seem more valuable than others - be it with the city/goverment (holding an official position) or with someone else.
It may take its sweet time to get where it is supposed to (now that was a pun - I can attest to that), but if you stick with it, you can have a decent thriller at your service - which might also be a pun.
This has a twisted story ... though not completely unpredictable one. I may be putting it mildly and safely to be honest. There are contracts that seem more valuable than others - be it with the city/goverment (holding an official position) or with someone else.
It may take its sweet time to get where it is supposed to (now that was a pun - I can attest to that), but if you stick with it, you can have a decent thriller at your service - which might also be a pun.
Save Your Time & Money
larrys34 September 2019
One of these so-called thrillers that just turned out to be a convoluted and dreary mess of a movie. I did watch it to the end to see how the heck it would play out. But then when it did finally end all I could say was huh? I would say save your time and money and avoid.
Horrible script
migwiben7 July 2019
Ignore this one.
middleearthmusic7 September 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Someone wasn't paying attention to the script, this feels like too many people were involved in the writing, all throwing in their own ideas which ended up as a disjointed mess. I won't bore you with specifics but one example of how lame this is. The daughter of the assassinated guy locates her father's killer and to get close to him fakes an accident on a snow bike and seriously injures herself so that the assassin will take her in and fix her up. This particular assassin likes to sit at the end of a jetty fishing for hours. So, if she knows his location and he is in plain sight for hours, why not take him out with a sniper rifle? No instead she'll crash into trees and nearly kill herself. Now that is a preposterous script. Probably some moron who likes John Wick was trying to think of a super tough way to get close to a killer. Don't bother with this one.
The knockoff of 'Polar' but this film is far less interesting.
tkaine35 July 2019
'COLD BLOOD' 3/10🌠🌠🌠 = ABANDON
Heavy winter snow, mountains, cabin, isolated older hitman, mysterious female need I say more. The resemblances to 'Polar' don't even end there but I'll leave it at that so not to spoil. Those who love Jean Reno such as myself will get very nostalgic seeing him as a hitman because of the classic 'The Professional' but him being a hitman in this film is just about the only similarity to the 90's classic. The action in this film is very sparse, you get a little in the beginning and a little at the end with a storyline that's about 90% identical to other films. This film also has holes regarding character flaws or reasoning of choices. A lot of it just didnt fit into this small box of a movie. If your a Jean Reno fan you won't mind atleast watching this film but it does not hit the mark at all and I wouldn't recommend this film and my rating is 3 which equals ABANDON, Your time would be better spent elsewhere.
Could have been better
pacman-8113 March 2020
A hitman living in snowy wilderness finds an injured woman outside his cabin they both try to suss each other out whilst he nurses her to health. The Hitmans last job was taking out a mafia boss so he's naturally suspicious of her whilst her background is hardly touched.
Slightly suspenseful and with Jean Reno you have great presence in each scene. A bit more background to the characters would have improved the film.
Tedious copy of Polar - by the numbers and the number is 3/10
omendata6 July 2019
When I saw Jean Reno in the credits it gave me hope but it seems he is just acting now for the money as his performance was lugubrious and seemed uninterested in anything but picking up a cheque.
The story was not fleshed out enough and we were given just a bare bones skeleton without much characterization and not even much action either; mostly just long winter shots of the Ukrainian mountains, which although beautiful does not make a movie.
I struggle to give this even a 3 out of 10 it is really quite boring as most of the other reviewers have already stated!
The story was not fleshed out enough and we were given just a bare bones skeleton without much characterization and not even much action either; mostly just long winter shots of the Ukrainian mountains, which although beautiful does not make a movie.
I struggle to give this even a 3 out of 10 it is really quite boring as most of the other reviewers have already stated!
Not great
joeoconnor-183814 May 2020
This is simply stupid movie
davet-299235 July 2019
You can describe this movie in various ways, and the reviewers before me did that. But the truth of the matter is that this movie is simply stupid. Stupid and idiotic. The action scenes are forced, as if following a guide of 'how to do action scene'. Really, it is just stupid and idiotic movie. Consider me as a servant of the public. I did the job for you, suffering on behalf of humanity the burden of this stupidity. So now you are exempted. Go and find something else to see. Or watch the grass grows. Will be more reasonable.
I like it ..simple as that
kith_kanann7 September 2019
A score of 4,5 ...not deserved imho , its a decent movie even if your not a Jean Reno fan is it amazing.. no..not at all..but worth watching..most certainly ... JR does what he does best..the strong silent type ..been a fan since : Le dernier combat , and still am
Stick to the country your shooting in.
joshualemmens-121525 July 2019
I know that the film was shot in several countries and that the accents were so mish mashed that the filmmaker should have done one thing. He should have allowed the location to be in the Ukraine or at least keep with the European flavour. There are enough films pretending to be where they are not and the actors who try to sound like they are American, failed miserably. It would have made the film much more appealing if the setting was outside of the so called US of A, and the actors accents would not have been a problem.
No subtitles
wkdralnc18 May 2020
Very dissapointing
kevinklawiter-4287325 August 2019
I am usually a fan of Reno's work but this movie was terrible at best. For a movie that was released in 2019 I was extremely surprised at just how bad it was. To much going on, too many unexplained answers. Im not sure if I can say this enough, it was terrible. I have no idea how they allowed this to be a final product.
Bad screenplay
bole-ns17 July 2019
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