I watched this whole movie through hoping to find some point or reason for ANYTHING that was happening and came up with nothing. There's no explanation as to why this vamp girl is supposed to be so special, or why Jeremiah is driving her around. Ok fine between the two of them there is some sort of attraction, but why? Neither seems to have any redeeming qualities at all. Bill, who is sent out by the head vampire dude to kill Jerr and bring this vamp girl back is all bang and no bite. He repeatedly has the chance to fulfill his mission, since he magically always knows where our hero and vamp chick are hiding out, but apart from some idle threats he just lets them go? And the ending, wow. We expect some epic fight scene between Jeremiah and Roman but all we get is a mutual scream of rage from both of them, a drawn blade, and then the scene ends. Cut to the white room now painted from floor to ceiling with blood which looks more stupid than gory. And of course Bill is there to stop whatever blood ritual that Jerr and his vamp girlfriend are supposed to be doing to reverse her transformation. A transformation she keeps waffling back and forth about the whole movie. She wants to be cured, and then she doesn't, kill me, save me.. she just can't make up her darn mind. In this blood painted room almost everyone meets their end, so it's rather anticlimactic and unsatisfying. The closing shot has her wandering alone in a sort of daze down a highway in another ridiculous leather outfit that she seems to favor throughout the whole movie. Cue the melodramatic music and then fade to black. WTF did I just watch?
Blood Ransom
2014
Action / Fantasy / Romance / Thriller
Blood Ransom
2014
Action / Fantasy / Romance / Thriller
Keywords: vampire
Plot summary
Crystal, the girlfriend of Roman, Jeremiah's American boss whom he kidnaps. As Jeremiah's plans fail, Roman sends Bill, a psychopathic hitman after them. Crystal and Jeremiah tread the dangerous path of a love on the run. But as they run farther and as they fall deeper, a dark secret burns even stronger.
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Bloody Nonsense
Decent special effects but not much more...
Ugh... this one is a bit of a dumpster fire. The story starts off like it's already in progress; there is nothing really explaining why the characters are doing what they are and no prologue. You have to decipher it yourself through the movie. Characters die, but there is no connection to them and their three minute screen time.
The vampires (since they aren't directly referred to as such) have fairly neat special effects to display their urges, but that is the only redeeming quality about this movie.
It's one to skip. Unless you want to regret drudging through 80minutes of your life wondering '...but why, though?'
Anne Curtis is wasted
Anyone who has followed the prolific career of famous Filipina actress Anne Curtis knows that she has a lot of talent. She has been nominated for more than a dozen of acting awards and has won a few. From small scale dramas and comedies to larger budget action movies and thrillers, from her days as a child actress to her most adult roles, in countless films and series, Curtis has showed off an impressive range and star presence, almost always a charismatic performer. Which makes her performance here all the more disappointing, because she isn't given many lines and isn't called on to do much besides look pretty and intense.
Director Francis dela Torre began his career in the film industry as a cinematographer and camera operator, but he is much less experienced as a writer. This becomes apparent right away. Visually, while not exactly beautiful, it is filled with interesting shot choices and color usage. Dela Torre was a co-director of photography here and the results are decent. The script, on the other hand, also by dela Torre, is a complete mess and not much better than a typical direct-to-video flick. Mediocre pacing, uninteresting and messy plot development, boring characters. The performances are also uniformly mediocre. I'm not really a fan of vampire stories so they have to be especially strong for me to appreciate them. And this is pretty silly even for a vampire movie.