Admittedly, Vin Diesel is not the most talented or charismatic actor in the world but with the right director he has been successful in other films. The film stars Vin Diesel as Ray Garrison, a character so devoid of emotion and intrigue that as soon as the movie ended, I struggled to even remember his name. It’s amazing that “Bloodshot,” with this much talent in front of the screen, collapsed so spectacularly. Alas, “Bloodshot” did the exact opposite, and the result is a predictable and miserable viewing experience. As is standard with almost all major films released, however, not knowing what happens in a film prior to seeing it generally increases interest. Even if the marketing opted to choose the intelligent route and keep the film’s narrative beats a mystery, it still wouldn’t have increased engagement, as the narrative surprises are undoubtedly cliché and bland. Thus, the film is even more boring as its countless attempts at interesting twists were ruined from the very start. They gave away every moment in the film that could contain a minuscule amount of narrative interest. It should be prefaced that this film was spoiled prematurely by the film’s trailers. “Bloodshot” is a gross miscalculation of what audiences want in their tentpole fun action films it is dumb, simple and worst of all – soulless. “Bloodshot” is the epitome of a generic action movie, doomed to reside in the annals of forgotten movies among all the other bland and boring action films that have attempted to launch the next big-budget Hollywood franchise.
It is a film that is devoid of any passion, excitement or creativity. There are no justifications that can be made to excuse any of the film’s constant filmmaking failures. This review contains spoilers for the film “Bloodshot.”
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