Review of Blood Out (2011) by Allan C — 06 May 2017

Low budget but slickly made direct-to-video action/drama about an on-the-edge cop investigating his brother's gang related murder. The only reason I watched this film is because it had Val Kilmer and he was sadly not in the film all that much, despite second billing.

Kilmer plays a sleazy crime lord, but the main character is Luke Goss, playing the cop seeking justice for his brother's murder. I think one hilarious moment indicative of the film's low budget nature is when the filmmakers used stock helicopter footage of a palatial mansion on a coastline with it's own golf course, which then cuts to Kilmer sitting poolside in the backyard of a house that looked more like an about to be condemned beach house, let alone an opulent mansion.

This film desperately wanted to be "Running Scared" or "Crank," but it's really just badly written, low-budget, direct-to-video dreck. Jason Hewitt does direct the film wish gusto and enthusiasm, but that's not enough to save this weak script.

Besides Kilmer, 50 Cent and Vinnie Jones were somehow sucked into appearing in the film as well.