Bloodshot (2020) User Reviews

Clichés but Entertaining

[claudio_carvalho · 5/10 · 5 April 2020]

"Bloodshot" is a poor collection of "Universal Soldier", "Robcop", "Matrix" and 'Memento", among other films, that do not work well. The plot is absolutely predictable and it is possible to the viewer to foresee the story. Despite of the clichés, the viewer that is fan of Vin Diesel will certainly find the movie entertaining. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "Bloodshot"

a bit bland

[SnoopyStyle · 5/10 · 17 April 2020]

Ray Garrison (Vin Diesel) is an American special force squad leader. He and his wife Gina are kidnapped and brutally murdered by mercenary Martin Axe. Tech entrepreneur Dr. Emil Harting (Guy Pearce) brings him back to life with new powers. KT (Eiza González) is another one of Harting's projects.

I don't particularly like Diesel at the start of this movie. He has his moments but this is not one of his best. It's not the worst thing in the world. The plot is functional. The action is bombastic but somehow bland. That's the general takeaway. The movie is trying to be a big comic book superhero origin story but it just lacks something memorable other than Psycho Killer. It comes off as a bland second tier comic book movie.

Eliza González Was A Joy

[slightlymad22 · 6/10 · 11 March 2020]

I just got out of Bloodshot

I didn't like it, but I wouldn't say I hated it. It is a very silly film that is seemingly aware (At least I hope it is) of how silly it is. It's pretty tame violence and blood wise, it's pretty much all in the trailers which is disappointing.

It's full of cliche's, it's action is routine and the effects whilst not bad, are not mind blowing either, there isn't much humour, but I have to say it is hard to hate a film that includes a dick joke which takes 20 minutes to pay off.

Of the cast Vin Diesel is a bit bland and Guy Pierce is hamming it up but Eliza González was joy as KT

It features two things I hate in movies, people eating noisily (when they'd never really eat at that moment) and when you see the back of someone's head (Vin Diesel for example) whilst he is talking, but what you can see of the side of his face, clearly does not match what he is saying.

There were 16 other people in my screening. They were mostly 20 or younger and spent a lot of time on their phones. Someone was even checking Facebook during a chase scene.

I am not familiar with the comic but this film felt very familiar throughout as it seemed to borrow many aspects in visuals and concepts from other recent anti hero films.

[gillianronnie · 6/10 · 8 March 2020]

It works on a basic level of action spectacle, but really doesn't offer anything in the story department that we haven't come to know with these revenge anti hero films. Vin Diesel is as standard as he usually is and doesn't make the character interesting either. I'll just sum it up and say this is just a throwaway action film with some cool sequences but overall you will feel like you've seen it already.

Someone should tell the director it's 2020

[mga-65088 · 11 March 2020]

It feels like an early 2000's superhero movie in a bad way like Daredevil or GhostRider

It's Vin Diesel

[DPF_1 · 7/10 · 23 February 2021]

On one side you have the fanboys who would lick the sweat from his armpits rating this a ten, and the I hate Vin Diesel crowd (who probably didn't bother to watch the movie) giving one star reviews. Despite it's flaws this is an entertaining, slickly produced, mindless sci-fi/action film. Vin Diesel knows what he's good at and he does it pretty well, if you're expecting something else that's your fault.

Not worth going to the movie theater

[mauricepuhlmann · 5/10 · 6 March 2020]

First of all I have to mention, that I saw the trailer before I saw the movie. Basically I knew exactly what would happen because the trailer spoiled the whole plot. So thank you for that.

They prise the fact that the film is produced by the same people who produced the Fast and Furious series. That should tell enough about that movie:

Lots of action, bad story and full of stereotypes.

Enjoy that one at home, on an evening where you have nothing better to do.

Surprisingly Decent

[OzoFriendly · 7/10 · 19 March 2021]

I watched the first 5 minutes of this movie and turned it off. It was that corny.

Then I forgot that I'd done that and, stuck for something dumb to watch on a a day off sick, I spun this up again.

The movie resumed at the five minute mark and I thought what the hell. At least I don't have to watch the start again, and settled in as i was bathed in cheesy screenwriting and even sketchier acting.

Then came the reveal and I've gotta say I was delighted. The kinetic set pieces were tight and engaging and the CGI was on point. Guy Pierce pitched his bad guy perfectly against Ray's would-be villains. Ray and his supporting characters weren't deep, but they certainly weren't flat and decent acting and direction of the main cast more than made up for some of the peripheral duds.

This movie is straight-up comic-book fare, so if you come to this movie hoping for a sophisticated narrative, you'll just wind up annoying those of your friends who pegged it from the start for the lurid action-fest it is. It's certainly no Bourne Identity, but it punches way higher than the most of the critics would boorishly suggest.

Would watch again. 7/10

Boring, Predictable and a mess

[penguin_holmes · 4/10 · 7 March 2020]

I never saw the trailers, neither did I knew this was based on a comic-book. I just wanted to see a good action movie with Vin Diesel in it. I did not had my exceptions very high, but boy did it even went far beyond that.

This is your run of the mill action movie, even the action seems are uninspired, there is no redeeming quality about this movie, it was very generic and boring. Add that with wooden performances and the script was a total mess, it could be written by any Kid, it was that generic.

This movie does not stand out in any way from the other superhero action movies, it does nothing that distinguishes itself, neither does it do a good job in what it's trying to achieve, just random things happening here and there and you stop caring midway through.

I would say avoid seeing this one, not worth watching in the cinema at all or in general.

Nothing special

[Cer6erus · 4/10 · 8 March 2020]

I love Vin Diesel. But this movie is a Vin Diesel movie like any other. Lots and lots of action and a rather thin story behind it. The movie wasn't bad, but it was very predictable. The story had some good elements which could have made for a great movie. It just seems unfinished. I would not go and see it at the movies, its not worth the money.

Solid

[schlangz · 8/10 · 11 April 2020]

I don't get all the hate. It's a great action flick. Unrealistic, yeah definitely, but if I want something social-critic I would watch other stuff.

Give it a chance, much better than everybody is crying around here.

A pretty regular enjoyable film.

[anthony_zutt · 7/10 · 7 February 2021]

The story is quite basic, the characters are what you would expect them to be and they perfectly deliver what they are supposed to deliver.

What stood out most for me in this film was the colouring of the shots at times. It used very vivid and light colors, which worked amazingly with some of the darker borders and backgrounds.

Overall a movie you should definitely pick up if you're not into deep storytelling or emotional scenes, but more a fan of action, heroic stories, etc. etc.

Win for the worst effects

[Clive_W · 2/10 · 28 March 2020]

The special effects in this film are average, the final fight scene was again pretty cool but did feel like an old style video game and the overall content felt weak, the story lacking, the characters rushed and random. I did find the psycho killer scene quite amusing, there were moments of humour throughout the film. At some point during the film I got very confused over location as one moment it was said location (a), then suddenly without explanation was location (b) and (c) in completely different countries within Europe... overall final feeling to the film was that if you want something to not pay attention to or a harmless bit of fun but if you want to engross yourself in the film this is not recommended.

Would have been better as a limited streaming series

[supermario1 · 7/10 · 31 January 2021]

The 10's are fake or from people who wanted it to be a 10. It's not bad though. There's too much going on in as short as a movie is, and would have been better if the details, twists, and lack of better word 'conspiracy' were given time to develope. Overall pretty good though. Even though it's sci-fi-ish/superhero like, its more believable than the last few Fast & Furious movies 🙂

Why all the hate??

[bryanarmstead · 7/10 · 30 March 2020]

Not the best movie but was good for some action, special effects and a few laughs.. I really enjoyed it ✔

Decent action VFX action flick but tons of phony reviews here diminish it.

[msghall · 7/10 · 26 September 2020]

This is a no-brainer in the real sense - it doesn't take any intelligence to watch this. It's pure popcorn entertainment. It's fun in its way but pure Hollywood superficiality with a predictable, well-worn plot, paper-thin characters and simplistic script. Saying that, I watched it and enjoyed it for what it was. A tipoff that this flick needed to be hyped is shown by the sheer number (hundreds) of counterfeit reviews here. Somebody has paid a lot of money for trolls to write the same reviews with the same words and the same sentiments. This movie is no masterpiece but it doesn't deserve this level of Hollywood malfeasance.

Even for Vin Diesel this was terrible

[abeoyler-17879 · 1/10 · 14 March 2020]

Cheesy, super fake, terrible plot, terrible acting. All around awful.

I enjoyed it

[jac-14181 · 8/10 · 17 April 2020]

Problem with people these days is they keep comparing movies to other movies. Alone it was a decent action film and I enjoyed it. It's not Marvel or DC. It's not Fast and the Furious. It is its own decent film

Still enjoyable

[jordymadueno · 6/10 · 9 September 2020]

I was expecting something terrible and it wasn't that bad. Definitely, it's not good but you can make your peace with that by enjoying the action scenes. I even liked the premise which isn't something new but it's good though. My recommendation with this one is to enjoy what is enjoyable.

Great high tech action film

[loevw · 7/10 · 24 March 2021]

This was labelled by Sky NowTV as a superhero movie but I wouldn't call it that, even though it certainly had the potential to be. And that feels like a missed opportunity. However, if they make a sequel, which I really hope they do, this would be a great beginning story. Either way, fine entertainment for true action fans who also like science fiction and special effects. Vin Diesel was a perfect fit for this, and I loved seeing gorgeous "KT" who made the story even more interesting.

If you watched the trailer nothing new here

[magadalwarmayur · 1/10 · 12 March 2020]

Was highly excited for the film but the film was so terrible I slept halfway through the film. go in your own risk.

Great film - spoilt by massive continuity error

[tommystec · 7/10 · 18 November 2020]

Not too predictable, great action, but London scenes when clearly not even in England and spoilt it. Different building types, white/wrong number plates even the police car was wrong! You could see it was filmed somewhere different entirely. Not sure why they even bothered with the London reference.

Lots of action, but not an impressive script or storyline...

[paul_haakonsen · 5/10 · 26 March 2020]

Right, well I had the chance to sit down and watch the 2020 movie "Bloodshot" from director Dave Wilson. I had never heard about this movie prior to getting to sit down and watch it.

I must admit that right away I wasn't having much of any expectations to the movie, as it starred Vin Diesel. And I am not overly much of a fan of his, as his performances in movies tends to be very monotonous and tedious. But still, I do like watching movies that I haven't seen before, so I took the time to watch "Bloodshot".

While the movie definitely is crammed with action and impressive effects, then I will say that the script and storyline was quite far fetched. Sure, it was entertaining, as it is a movie, but the realism in the script was long gone. Which essentially meant that this turned out to be an action movie where you just disconnect your brain and lean back to watch the action and CGI effects.

If you have seen one movie with Vin Diesel, then you know what you get in "Bloodshot" as well, because the performance here didn't deviate one ounce from what you get in other movies. While that was monotonous, most of the movie was actually made bearable by the performance of Guy Pearce, as he was just fantastic in his role.

"Bloodshot" is an entertaining enough movie for what it turned out to be, but this is hardly an outstanding action movie. And I doubt that I will ever make a second viewing of this 2020 movie.

My rating of "Bloodshot" settles on a very mediocre five out of ten stars.

Shooting blood

[kosmasp · 7/10 · 21 June 2020]

High concept you say? Well Vin Diesel is a trying to bring the 80s back .. film wise that is. Because if you think about it, the concept feels like something from the 80s and it would have worked way better back then I reckon. Still and while I am not aware of the comic books this is based on, the movie can be fun to watch, with that certain twist in it.

It's thin and predictable once you get the main idea (if you haven't already read the synopsis of it that is) ... but entertaining. And the effects are good, plus the movie does exactly what it tells you that it will do ... no "secrets" there

I'm willing to give anything a chance but terrible writing.

[resistivism · 1/10 · 4 April 2020]

Every scene was just one audible groan after another. I don't expect Shakespeare from Vin Diesel and have enjoyed many of his movies in the past but unfortunately the writing and this one was just too bad.