Wicked Blood

Too often Hollywood tries to make hay from the stupidity of youth. Usually this is a problem for believability, as teenagers aren't really as immature as Hollywood contends, or we'd all be swimming in a world of vandalism and graffiti. The other error Hollywood often makes, indeed, film makers worldwide often make, is to cast older actors for younger roles. Wicked Blood (Bad Blood on my dvd) makes both these mistakes. Don't get me wrong, this is still a high stakes and interesting movie. The lead looks fifteen. What the movie really needed was a girl whom looked 10. Then all the confusion, all the massive bad judgements, all the extreme disregard for consequences, all the fantasy about a new family, and all the quaint references to chess as a game of reality would have made perfect sense. This would have been a far more powerful movie if that had been the case. That's my gripe, and I hope others disagree, because everything else about Wicked Blood is highly professional and entertaining, with great characters, well cast and played. It has an engaging story, not an Oscar for originality, but at least an unusual perspective. The film techniques, soundtrack and wonderful performances make sure it never dips into anything cliche, mundane or boring. This is solid Southern drama with streaks of both violence and conscience, and well worth a look.

This is a decent thriller that is more than predictable. Even if you haven't seen too many of those you can see where it goes. It's still nice to watch, if not really that great. The actors do a very good job with the clichés they get to portray. It's the girl that has to carry the most (and you might have seen her in a few other movies already) and she pulls that off.

For a movie with "Blood" in its title, there is not too much in the movie though. Still the violence can be disturbing (especially one scene involving the always reliable "crazy" guy Vinnie Jones ... that's crazy in movies of course). Not the greatest movie, but decent

Unfamiliar with the cast, they were all terrific. Really good movie... Finally found one

A set of good actors but a mediocre story. Its hard for me to be sympathetic for protagonists that don't think about the cost of others, even those they hold close when it comes to their schemes. So wrapped up in thinking they're the shiznit masterplanning fir a better life but cause only sadness and loss due to their immature actions. I was hoping I'd stumbled on to something good as I know most of these actors but it's was just a weak plot drama. The only character I had sympathy was Hannahs junkie, meth lab expert guardian, showing that addicts can come with a good heart and morals. The actor did well. Overall I feel I wastes my time . They didn't even show enough sceneries to be honest yet I'm sure there would be plenty in the area. Shoe string budget set with strong actors to hide this.

i'm wondering why people..quite a few actually reviewed the movie and enjoyed it and wound up giving it 4's and 5's. imo its a solid 6 movie. it was totally engrossing to me. Abby Breslin was the main lead and she did a wonderful job...everybody else were good or better. yes...its not believable that a girl would run packages of hillbilly crack for her uncle at only 10 dollars a trip, that was the only unbelievable thing to me. if you are a fan of either...Breslin...Bean or Purefoy, watch this movie, both male leads get plenty of screen time too. hey...its a good watch if one doesn't fall asleep through the movie..i totally enjoyed the movie.