This movie starts in typical B-movie fashion. Even my wife and friend commented on this. They generally don't like these types of films, so you know, take that with a grain of salt. Then oddly we all saw a turn. I knew how this movie was going to play out. Open Water on a ski lift. Which oddly enough... turned me off to seeing this film a year ago. Boy, was I wrong. This movie was awesome. Seriously!
I don't want to give away anything because its newer-ISH.
BUT... IT'S SERIOUSLY GOOD!
I also must add that watching this movie with my wife and her friend has added to the experience. Bunch of wusses.
Blood Games, aka Baseball Bimbos in Hillbilly Hell suffers from an identity crisis of pretty major proportions. On the one hand, it has everything guys want in a movie: boobs, sports, action and boobs. On the other hand, it also shows men to be downright rude crude dudes. What’s a sophisticated millennium man to think? Well let me tell you...“AWESOME!”
The movie’s story is simple enough: an out of town female baseball team wins a pick up game with some local rednecks, who are none too pleased. The game itself is kind of hilarious with slo-mo and ass pinching and whatnot, but after the post-game shower, it quickly gets violent. The loser dudes decide the only way to save face and regain their manliness is to try and rape the women, one thing leads to another and yadda yadda yadda, we have a full blown backwoods cat and mouse and crossbows action extraordinaire on our hands. Think I Spit On Your Grave with a dash of Deliverance and a pinch on the ass of A League of Their Own.
The odd thing is, Blood Games is suspiciously the only feature directed by Tanya Rosenberg, and while it plays up female empowerment and male grotesqueness, it’s simultaneously gratuitous in its catering to a male audience. I’d like to think Rosenberg was trying to tell a moral tale, being ridiculously meta in her production, or more likely “she” was really just a dude director using a pseudonym. And who could blame “him,” this movie is by no means a disney production with its frequent showing of rape and violence against women, though the ladies ultimately kick ass in the end.
I hope it’s presence on Impact VOD means Blood Games will be getting a DVD release soon, but in case your cable provider doesn’t offer it, you can find it on youtube here. This also got me thinking, what other sports/thriller movies are out there? The Fan comes to mind, but let us know your favorites.
Green lit and actually paid hard earned money for this movie to be made....
And what's worse is people worked hard on it. They stayed up late editing cheesy stock footage of sharks over green screen footage... They studied lines and went to school to be graffs, cinematographers, producers or some other miscellaneous job so this film could go straight to your local video store.
AND... that is what's amazing about it. This movie is fun/funny as hell... and from what i gather it's completely unintentional!
If after watching the above posted youtube video you haven't searched far and wide to get this on your Netflix or on your computer in some totally legal and non-pirated way... you are an idiot... thats right! i'm verbally attacking you the reader... you are an idiot. Go rent or buy this!
The Car is a suspense/horror movie starring Josh Brolin's daddy James as a cop trying to solve the mystery of a driver-less car that cruises around town and kills people. Sound familiar? John Carpenter perfected the idea in his 1983 adaptation of Stephen King's Christine. Still, there are some great scenes in this one. Watch more clips on Hulu.
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