Bloodwork

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The movie was pretty entertaining. Well-shot and technically great. There are some really funny jokes told in the beginning of the movie. It has a very interesting premise, which I don't remember having seen in other movies, at least not in the fresh way it is presented here. The scientific explanation for why we are "disgusted" by certain things was excellent and I learned something new. The characters were all likable, even the seemingly bad guys. I didn't know who to root for. I guess I liked both sides, because neither side was actually bad. You find out why when the movie is about to end. The acting was superb to say the least. Actually, I was surprised by the number of good actors and actresses in this movie. They were all good-looking and knew what they were doing. The movie was not really scary, but it was entertaining. I could compare it to The Lazarus Effect (2015) in style, which interestingly enough has the exact same rating on IMDb. All in all, if you're looking to be entertained, do watch this, but if you want to get scared, look elsewhere. This is science-fiction, Thriller, Mystery with some Horror elements. Final score: 7/10

****SPOILERS*** Movie about these two not so bright collage students Greg & Rob, Travis Van Winkle & John Bregar, who decide to spend their spring brake as guinea pigs in this weird experiment-In them being paid $3,150.00 each-in being subjected to this drug RXZ19 that's to rejuvenate their bodies no matter how much damage is done to them. With the sexy Dr. Wilcox, Tricia Helfer, in charge the two feel that they can hit on her or some of her women patients to make things even more interesting for them. It soon turns out that the experiment is really being conducted by what seems like the CIA headed by the man in charge or in the dark suit Eric Roberts who planned to have all those involved including Dr. Wilcox killed to keep the results from being made public! What this experiment does to its victims is turn them into flesh eating zombies as well as have them become indestructible in that no matter what's does to them they come back to life with the bodies rejuvenating themselves minutes after their destroyed. Things got so out of hand that Dr. Wilcox calls for reinforcements from a nearby US Army base to stop the rejuvenated Zombies from breaking out of their confinement and killing and devouring anyone, man or animal, in the vicinity. ****SPOILERS**** It's both Greg & Rob who finally make it to safety after the military lead by Eric Roberts-The man in the dark suit- wipe out and burned the flesh eating zombies and had the entire place roped off and quarantined from the public and media. But the bad news for the two boys is that in trying to escape to civilization their picked up hitch hiking by the chubby Aaron,Joe Pingue,one of the few who wasn't effected by this experiment who to their shock, by him locking the car doors, is now himself a flesh eating zombie and driving them back to where they escaped from, the secret laboratory, to be incinerated.

Super short & sweet w/ no spoilers. I truly enjoyed the film. While the concept of "voluntary medical test gone wrong" is not a new plot, the story told is a fun trip. No need for a synopsis, as it's covered in other reviews, but even the sentence or two in IMDB is enough to get the gist of what you'll see. So...on to content. Honestly, there are no glaring issues with the production and quality of work. While there are few things I would change (as a backseat driver), Bloodwork is solid. Direction, production (and post), acting, sound, editing, and cinematography are all professional quality, with some smaller name character actors on the list of participants. One comment I would note - and one I've NEVER made before deals with sound fx & musical score. It's good, but it could have been MORE! And by more, I mean quantity, not quality. So often, horror films use music and sound as the backdrop for intensity or mood, and while it was used in the film, it was used sparingly. I'm not sure if this was intentional, but the inclusion of more "eerie sounds" or mood-setting music score could easily have been utilized in more scenes. This is certainly not problematic, but would have increased my viewing engagement even more. As with many horror movies, the viewer's gotta take scenarios with a grain of salt. If you look for plot holes or spend time saying "that would never happen," you will find plenty of examples in the film. IF, however, you just sit back, don't ask questions, and take what you're fed, it's a fun watch. I tire of reading reviews filled with this type of feedback, as EVERY movie has issues like this. But quite frankly, that's not what this type of film is about. The goal is to engage the viewer in the story, profile the characters in a way that invests the viewer, then take the viewer on a trip filled with whatever thematic elements are used...in this case, horror. So don't criticize holes or realistic aspects of the flick...'cause none of it is truly based in reality. Just sit back, get your popcorn & beverage, and enjoy. It's definitely worth the watch. Quick notes on parental content: plenty of profanity plenty of intense and/or scary situations there are two sexual scenes, both of which show female breasts. There are also multiple scenes with shirtless male actors. no drug use, although pot is mentioned. Alcohol is used in one scene and visible in two scenes, as well as a cigarette or two. Qualified...there is drug use with respect to the trial drugs. a good deal of violent content, blood, fighting, and a little gore. I'm a gorehound, and LOVE movies filled with good ole nastiness, and while this film is not saturated with it, there are a few scenes that include gore as an element...which lent to the horror concept. A fun watch. Don't believe the bad reviews that highlight the story holes and realistic errors. Just watch and enjoy.

Being a trial patient for a new drug myself, I certainly could relate to the premise. Fortunately - for me! - things didn't get out of hand as it did for these poor guys - or not yet, that is! The film starts off very realistic and well substantiated. They offer more than enough time for us to get to know and like the characters before the mayhem starts, so we can root for them. It is lighthearted at first, and fast-paced. I enjoyed the different characterizations. There's also an interesting reversal of attitude among the characters. 'Bloodwork' turns uncomfortable real quick and you might want to watch some of the scenes through parted fingers, knees up to the chin! Believe me, it gets under your skin. During the final act, things spin out of control at a rapid pace. There's also a few surprises in store. Be prepared, the film becomes rather brutal, gory and bloody. The actors does an incredible job and I also found the script very good. Would I watch it again? Yes.

Two whacky college guys sign up for clinical trials of a promising allergy drug that has possible Covid 19 healing implications and get to eat weird foreign foods like raw rabbit and worms. When blood starts spilling, one gets to save the day and the duo head out to a new adventure ... or do they?

OK, so I watched it without much hope, since I had read a few comments here and I expected something quite bad, especially considering this movie doesn't seem to be widely distributed and it had been quite difficult to find. But I actually found out it really wasn't as bad as I feared. So first, a little summary - with quite a few spoilers, so be warned if you haven't seen it: two college boys accept to be part of an experiment in a pharmaceutical lab for what is presented to them as a test for a new drug for allergies. The test quickly proves itself to be something completely different though, as the drug being tested aims at making people more or less invulnerable. The problem being that it has quite nasty side-effects: first removing all feeling of disgust, then basically every kind of social inhibition, and also being extremely addictive. In the end, the movie gets into zombie-movie territory, even though there are actually no zombies in it, but flesh eating people who are almost impossible to kill are close enough So of course, the characters are quite mono-dimensional, and there isn't a lot of surprise here. The most "complex" character seems to me to be Dr Wilcox, and I think Tricia Helfer did quite a nice job: she has obligations and wants it to work, she's probably paid a lot for it and she might also know how everything will end up if she fails, knowing who her clients are. But her doubts show more and more as the experiment turns slowly into a complete disaster. So of course, she has cheesy lines, but after all, she hasn't been the one writing the dialogue… I found the acting mostly quite good, considering the obviously low budget and the simple enough characters. I thought the atmosphere was quite good too, and I really ended up weirded out and wondering as the side effects started to show. The scene with the couple having sex while they are run over by cockroaches and don't seem to care the least definitely worked for me. The idea of having one of the study subjects needing an operation and ending up dying because it was impossible to cut her open as the wounds healed instantly was also very nice. There are a few things that were quite bad though, mostly because they were completely unbelievable: the team of 'specialists' putting explosives more or less randomly in the building, the two college guys miraculously succeeding to escape after we've seen them running before the explosion when they were like on the 4th or 5th floor (hint: the only way they could have escaped here would have been to jump out of a window, and from this high, they would be dead or severely injured), the Aaron guy still alive in the end, but with a wound around his neck (either he has taken the drug, and he wouldn't have the wound, or he didn't, and he would be dead), and the guy chopping a head off with an ax, which is so unrealistic that is is quite laughable. But in the end, I found the movie quite enjoyable. I spent a nice moment watching it, and I find myself remembering more the good points than the bad ones. I'll probably even watch it again one of these days.

I saw this under the name Bloodworx-- same movie but it actually has several other titles as well. The story was your typical drug trial gone wrong movie but it did have some potential -- too bad it didn't have different writers. The ending was very vague and disappointing. Luckily some of the bad dialogue was pretty funny! One of the best silly lines by Dr. Wilcox "Everything's fine. Just be sure not to ITCH it. And you'll be good as new." Hahaha. Itch it! She's killing me with her technical medical terms! That's dialogue from a toddler, that an actual doctor would correct-- "no, honey, it's try not to scratch it-- not, itch it." hahaha OMG priceless!

Good story well sorta, good acting, bad directing (cant blame it on the actors) adding Eric Roberts add more damage than good to any recent movie he was an extra in movies and will remain as an extra, his fame was to another unduly fame of his sis Julia Roberts whom had nothing to relate pretty woman but somehow Hollywood convinced the world that her is the standard of being beautiful

Starts out fairly decent, first 30 minutes is more of a comedy than anything else. The quickly changes after that though and turns into something more in the horror territory. And that's also where the movie starts falling apart. In some aspects it works, it did have a good set-up and a decent enough cast, plus the cinematography was pretty cool and decent atmosphere but it's just the incredibly contrived writing that gets in the way. I'd rather have no reasoning than what we are given and there so many logical loopholes in the characters motives and reactions that you can go hula-hooping with them.