BLOOD RUN A Film Review Copyright Dragan Antulov 2000
It doesn't look good when the film has the best scenes in the beginning. In the case of BLOOD RUN, 1994 erotic thriller by Boaz Davidson, the scene in the beginning is not only the best but also the only one worth watching, at least if male audience is concerned. The scenes of torrid sex between two young, rich and beautiful women don't last long, because one of the participants gets murdered. The investigation is given to Brad Kingsbury (played by David Bradley), violent, boozing police detective who also happens to be bad father. He quickly finds the suspect in Tanya Borgman (played by Anna Thomson), surviving member of the lesbian couple. However, beautiful and sexy Borgman soon shows that her sexual orientation isn't very strict, so Kingsbury succumbs to her seductive abilities, endangering his career and life in the process.
What distinguishes BLOOD RUN from myriad of other erotic thrillers is the fact that it looks like one of the most shameless rip-offs of BASIC INSTINCT. Director Davidson and scriptwriter Dennis Dimster tries to counter such impression with few shootout scenes more suitable for Hong Kong action films. However, such efforts are in vain, because plot and characters simply look too similar to those in Verhoeven's film. This is especially the case with Anna Thomson, who spares no effort in order to look identical to Catherine Trammel from BASIC INSTINCT, including the similar outfit, but nevertheless she fails in such task because of her too obvious cleavage. While (male) fans of Anna Thomson would probably enjoy this film, the rest of the audience should avoid this cheap knock-off and enjoy the original instead.
RATING: 3/10 (+)
Review written on October 3rd 2000
Dragan Antulov a.k.a. Drax Fido: 2:381/100 E-mail: dragan.antulov@st.tel.hr E-mail: drax@purger.com E-mail: dragan.antulov@altbbs.fido.hr
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