Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

ThiefHott Too much of everything

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Leofwine_draca IN THE BLOOD is an action vehicle for flavour-of-the-month martial arts star Gina Carano, the mixed martial arts fighter who Steven Soderbergh put into a film with HAYWIRE. This one was shot in Puerto Rico and is a gender twist on your usual low budget fight flick, with Carano's husband disappearing during their holiday in the Caribbean and our starlet swearing vengeance on those responsible.The plot is very derivative stuff indeed but I didn't find this too much of a problem considering that's the norm for the genre. Carano's acting also leaves something to be desired; she's not great at emotion and appears to be on autopilot at other times. However, in the fight scenes she's very convincing, snappy and violent, and that's what counts.The story manages to shoehorn in regular action usually involving hand-to-hand combat with various thugs and goons and it's all well choreographed and realistic; just hits to take foes down rather than any fancy stuff. The ending is a bit underwhelming but I can go with that. The supporting cast includes minor parts for Danny Trejo, Stephen Lang, and Treat Williams, and a nice supporting turn for Luis Guzman as a corrupt cop.

paulwaidelich I live in Mexico, and while this is the Caribbean, the blending of the bad guys and the cops was too real. The common people have no control, and the narcos and the police find a way to work together. They feel there is no reason to shoot each other when they can all make money the easy way. Everyone who has anything is corrupt in Latin America. They protect what's theirs and to hell with everyone else. In The Blood got that right.In The Blood is a boring, predictable story. It's a 4 or 5 star movie, except for 3 performances. Gina Carano is no Meryl Streep, but she is totally believable as the loyal, ass-kicking wife who will go to any lengths to protect her guy. The fight scenes are great, and worth slogging through the swamp of poor dialog and the formula plot. The second performance that exceeds expectations is Luis Guzman as the police chief. He is perfect as the malignant, corrupt official with a face of stone. Then he is perfect when things don't go his way. Both his arrogance and vulnerability capture the essence of the Latina male.The final excellent performance belongs to Stephen Lang as the Flashback Dad. How did Gina Carano's character get so tough? Stephen Lang plays Gina's outlaw dad. The tough love he gives her is intense and believable. He's only got a couple scenes, but then are intense. Whether he's playing a civil war general (Gettysburg), a mercenary trying to steal a planet from the nativesDanny Trejo also gets to play another knife wielding bad guy. Danny Trejo is always good, but he's like a Latin John Wayne. He plays himself perfectly every time. You can't watch In The Blood like a normal movie, because it doesn't work like that. It's a boring story. You watch it to see the lovely Gina Carano beat up the bad guys and look good doing it. You watch it to see Luis Guzman play a villain so despicable you feel no regret when things don't go his way. Most of all, you watch In The Blood for the brief moments that Stephan Lang dominates the screen. 3 great performances. Skip the rest.

quincytheodore This movie may not have Steven Soderbergh at the helm or the famous brand of Fast & Furious, and frankly it's not that good, but having Gina Carano as the lead brings some degree of entertainment. There is not much in term of production value, cinematography is subpar, as well as acting or writing. In the Blood simply offers the chance to witness Gina Carano goes on a wild rampage at exotic tourist location, and pretty much nothing else.Her character's story revolves around a missing husband and sheer determination to find him at all cost, mainly the cost of others' well-being. It looks a bit like Taken at some point, albeit in Caribbean. There, she deals with locals and uncovers shady conspiracy. It's all made in modest fashion, there is no high tech camera or refined composition involved. Occasionally the film almost seems like it's made with camcorder, but at least this drab look presents the rough atmosphere of the setting.Gina Carano as Ava isn't that well versed in term of acting. This is the first time she performs without more experienced or charismatic actors to aid her, and this shows the deficit in acting department. Thankfully, as an actual badass martial artist, Carano can produce real impact as she mauls down her foes with brash attitude. As a lead she also looks the part, strong and athletic, she is convincingly powerful as well as beautiful.For writing or cinematography, sadly In the Blood is severely lacking. Some jokes are fairly spot on, but for most part the dialogues are plain. Sequences are partially shot with many locals in the area, the movie want to incorporate that for authenticity, but they turn out looking like behind the scene shots where onlookers gather in horde. At some points the contrast in lighting are a bit disturbing and out of focus. It has little choreography either, but Carano makes up for this. If Carano has better cinematography and choreography like those of John Wick or The Raid that could utilize her talent better, she could be utterly impressive.A real action star alone can't make a great action movie, unfortunately In the Blood is mediocre at best.

Peter Pluymers "When all the bastards are gone and dead, only then rest your head." Lets hope not too many movie lovers take this movie too seriously otherwise the Dominican Republic will have a serious tourism problem. Who wants to travel to such an idyllic island and ultimately face the local mafia? The tropical paradise photos of this incredibly beautiful island will fade after watching this low-budget action movie. The chance that you'll disappear and end up being used for some seedy business seems not unlikely. So it's advisable to avoid this extremely dangerous island and put your mind on some other tropical island. The local Dominican population won't be concerned, but the tourism industry will lick its wounds. Just kidding, I don't think it's not gonna rock the boat ! "In the blood" could only convince me in a moderate way until the denouement took such absurd proportions that it was hugely laughable. I am more inclined to believe the advertisement in which two barrels of cheap washing powder are being exchanged with that of a cheaper brand. This was just a hodgepodge of poor plot lines and probably some poor ideas that were shrugged off by others filmmakers. At the time Danny Trejo (Can anyone tell me in which movie he doesn't appear ?) pops up, the chance of this being a lousy B-action movie becomes huge. And when you realize that there are still films where Trejo occurs in, which are way better than this one , there's clearly something wrong with this film.Gina Carano, a famous MMA fighter, is back in action. Her performance as Mallory Kane in "Haywire" is still fresh in my memory, and the only thing I can remember is that it was a kind of "Bourne Identity" film. For the rest it wasn't that special. Carano is a skilled practitioner of mixed martial arts and has a sensual beauty. That's a fact. On the other hand she also acts in a stiff manner, which is mostly compensated by using a specific positioning of the camera in the film process, which ensures her lascivious formed body parts being clearly visualized, just to cover up this issue. In "In the blood" she plays Ava, a reformed drug addict, who's on a honeymoon in the Caribbean with her new husband Derek. He's also a former drug addict and they've met in rehab. Everything seems rosy, as witnessed by the vivid images of sheer love. However, sometimes you get the feeling that the two are strangers to each other while watching the sunset. The chemistry between the two is sometimes hard to find. The moment Ava demonstrates her techniques, taught by her father so she could defend herself, in a nightclub where she fights like a real fury, Derek looks at it with amazement and probably wonders who he's married to. Pretty unlikely.However, everything goes awry when Derek falls into an abyss during ziplining, getting seriously injured. Fortunately, his cell phone miraculously survives the terrible fall. He's picked up by an ambulance and obviously Ava can't join the ride because of some insurance rules. Afterwards she comes to the conclusion that her husband is nowhere to be found and apparently wasn't admitted to any hospital. In short, Derek disappeared. And the candidate suspects are lining up. Smooth young Manny (Ismael Cruz Cordova) who volunteered to show the island, the instructor at the zip-line, the local criminal Big Biz (Danny Trejo), the skeptical police chief Ramon Garza (Luis Guzman) and even her father in law are all potential suspects. Because Ava can't count on any sympathy, plus nobody is willing to organize a serious search for Derek and last but not least she's also taken into custody, she decides to take matters into her own hands and starts a personal quest to find Derek.The fact that bodies are piling up as she progresses in this research isn't annoying. Ultimately that's what everybody is waiting for. A seemingly fragile woman who's sweeping the floor in a fairly heavy-handed way with all kinds of scum. However, in most cases the portrayal isn't very original and sublime. The only fight scene worth to watch was the one in the nightclub. The following confrontations are rather dull and laughable implausible. Only Luis Guzman, also someone who has a long list of meaningless performances in all sorts of films such as in "We're the Millers", could really convince me in terms of acting (Mind you,compared to others in this particular movie only). Trejo's only quality is portraying a bad-ass, which isn't so difficult to achieve with his appearance. And Amaury Nolasco is someone who, after his appearance in "Prison Break" and recently in "Animal", tries to look like a bad-ass, but judging from the scene in the small village at the end still looks like a harmless wimp.The final revelation of how it all fits together, at the same time reflecting the double meaning of the title, is of such a low level that I'm sure that the screenwriters spent more time in the salty water then at the writing table at that point . Are you someone who loves seeing a fragile-looking wench slapping around a notorious gang of muscular-looking bullies, then you'll enjoy yourself with this one. However, it's advisable to take a stimulating pill in order to survive the outrageous bad last 15 minutes.More reviews at http://opinion-as-a-moviefreak.blogspot.be