Don't we all have someone in our circle of friends of whom we say: "Don't pay too much attention to X, that's just how he is. He is a bit weird and insane in the brain, but we like him". Well, that's also the best way to describe what kind of writer/director Niko Mastorakis is. His films are pleasantly deranged cocktails of far-fetched plots, sleazy perversions, extreme violence, and unconventional humor. But hey, it's Mastorakis... He's harmless and he means well...
"Blind Date" is almost impossible to describe. It's about playboy/businessman Jonathan Ratcliff who is actually a stalker and voyeur, but he's still portrayed as the hero. He goes blind from running against a tree, but his fancy doctor tells him it's actually due to an unprocessed trauma. He wants to use Jonathan as a guinea pig to plant a kind of computer chip in his skull that will replace his eyes and be directly connected to the brain. Now, Jonathan has the vision of a Commodore-64 computer, and his brain goes bonkers when he plugs his head into a video game. Meanwhile, in Athens - yes, we are in Greece - there is a serial killer wandering around who slices open young women, but only after they have undressed. Although a dozen women have already gotten into an old taxi before they were found dead, there is apparently no police looking for the killer. Don't worry, because Jonathan is connected to the killer (and I really have no idea how that's possible) and he goes after him with his black and white vision and a terribly ugly car!
As I said, there is nothing of structure or logic in "Blind Date". BUT, there are a lot of topless actresses (including Kirstie Alley... for lovers of "before they were famous" lists), gruesome massacres, and an arsenal of corny crooner songs! With a little imagination you could also call "Blind Date" a Greek variant of the Italian giallo. Proceed at your own risk.
