This movie so far is the only one made by Marcos Antonio Miranda, and it isn't that bad. He has directed two music documentaries, and one music video. It's a shame that Mr. Miranda never made any more films since he had talent in the field.
Mr. Miranda not only directed this movie but he also starred in it as well. Playing the interesting character of Victor Ramos. His character was the second most interesting to watch, but the number one spot has to go to Ms. Paula Roth as Langstrom. Each scene of her's will grab your attention, and the crazy scenes will make you want to see more. Paula Roth had a very small acting career, with only three movies and one short film to her credit. I'm trying to find them for viewing, but I'm happy to have seen her performance in "Blazin'" since it has to be her best work.
The plot has a lot going for it, but unfortunately suffers from too much time being spent with the "Romeo/Juliet" characters. They really needed to be the smaller subplot to the bigger, much more important drug story. There are surprises in the story, and plenty of drama to keep your attention. Especially whenever Langstrom gets the camera.
Cinematography is good for the most part, with a few scenes being shot poorly. I'm guessing a time/budget issue was the reason for no reshoots to fix the problem. Editing is tight and the story flows well with no plot holes or inconsistencies showing up. The fight scenes and gun shoot outs in the beginning seem laughable, but as the movie moves forward they improve. By the end of the film you can see how much improvement was made.
The soundtrack has a big part in the movie since you'll have scenes of bands playing their music, to the background music having many different songs playing. There are a lot of different songs to listen to, which is a good thing to those lesser known bands trying to get themselves noticed.
The acting was high and low, depending on the actors. The two main characters (Alex and Samantha) were not that good in my opinion, although they are still acting after this movie. Perhaps they have improved on their acting skills. Other actors were just so bad that I'm guessing that they were friends of the Director.
"Blazin'" felt like it was the first of its kind for the type of story it presented back in 2001, since I can't think of any other film doing what they did before that year. It is a definite one of a kind, and if enough eyes get on it...it could become a cult classic of sorts. This movie deserves Blu-ray treatment for the Langstrom scenes alone.
