It was exactly what I expected. Nothing more nothing less. A decent script turned into a decent movie. That's ok with me. I've had fun watching it. The storyline is good, with no exaggerations, and the atmosphere is quite tense. So, I think it is a movie that may not be remembered, but on the other hand it's a movie that delivers what it promises.
8 Reviews
Very ordinary tv quality crime drama.
=G=30 January 2003
"Blood Crime" tells of a detective (Schaech) and his wife (Lackey) whose vacation becomes a nightmare when she is raped and he becomes embroiled in the murder of the suspect and the subsequent investigation spearheaded by a tough rural Sheriff (Caan). "Blood Crime" has the look and feel of a low budget made-for-tv flick with fade-to-black every 15 minutes for commercial breaks and the usual hacked screenplay with flaws, plotholes, and foibles aplenty. With New Zeland standing in for Oregon and drama standing in for common sense, this mediocre flick would have us believe a coroner can not only tell us a gun was used to beat a man to death but he can identify the caliber of the weapon. Or, that a Sheriff can commit a double homicide in the name of justice with impunity...etc. A journeyman no-brainer B-flick with B-flick talent for the sofa spud. (C)
That's a lot of engine for just one man!
sol-kay5 June 2009
Warning: Spoilers
**SPOILERS** The movie "Blood Crime" has so many inconsistencies in it that it's almost impossible to follow much less comprehend.
We have a burned out Seattle undercover cop Daniel Pruitt, John Schaech,who decides to call it quits and move out to the great and wild American North West in Oregon State and go camping together with his wife Jessica, Liz Lackey. It's when Pruitt drives back in town to get some food and drinks his wife is then brutally attacked and raped by an unknown assailant. Finding Jessica in a total state of shock Pruitt drives her back to town only to side swipe a tractor-trailer driven by Bobby M, Paul Glover. If anyone should be outraged it's Bobby, who's truck was almost run off the road, who confronts Pruitt only to have Jessica hysterically accused the totally shocked Bobby of being the person who raped her! This has Pruitt brutally pistol whip Bobby and, after beating him within an inch of his life, dumps him inside the back of his truck without even bothering to call for medical help, for the badly beaten up Bobby, and then leaves the scene.
It's later at the local hospital where he took Jessica that Pruitt realizes that his wife, in her hysterical state of mind, had misidentified her attacker. This is when Jessica accuses every man there, doctor & male nurse, who are treating her as being the one who raped her! You could just have imagined what was going through Pruitt's confused mind when Bobby was later found dead in the back of his truck by the local police! Even worse it turned out that Bobby was the son of the town's Sheriff Morgan McKenna, James Caan! McKenna is a man who believed in frontier justice with him being the sole judge jury and executioner of the, innocent or not, accused individual! It's at this point that the movie goes into a giant black hole where nothing at all seems to make any sense. We have the very astute Sheriff MaKenna acting as if he's a total jerk in not noticing the connection that Pruitt had to his son's murder. We also have Pruitt doing his utmost in destroying any evidence that can throw any light in him being at the scene where Bobby was found beaten to death.
***SPOILER****The most startling, and unbelievable, revelation in the movie is that the person who did in fact murder Bobby wasn't Pruitt! This made even Pruitt's wife's accusations of Bobby, a totally innocent man, raping her make far more sense then in Pruitt not being Bobby's killer!
The film "Blood Crime" is so confusing and disjointed that you completely forget that it's Sheriff McKenna and Pruitt, both lawmen, who are by far the two worst characters in it. Taking the law into their own hands and meeting out justice regardless of the innocence or guilt of those their meeting out "justice" to makes them as bad, if not even worse, then any bad guy in the movie. In fact the person-not Bobby McKenna-who was later identified by Jessica as her rapist seemed to be, without any proof that he did it, far more innocent then the already proved to be innocent and now dead Bobby McKenna himself!
A real clunker of a movie "Blood Crime's" biggest crime was that it showed-and even encouraged-the notion that no matter what the evidence is a cop or law enforcer can do anything he pleases, even murder, regardless of where the evidence leads him. Something that the police departments all over the USA have been trying so hard to disprove since the violent and riot torn 1960's when police were held even in lower esteem then the criminals that they were to protect us from!
We have a burned out Seattle undercover cop Daniel Pruitt, John Schaech,who decides to call it quits and move out to the great and wild American North West in Oregon State and go camping together with his wife Jessica, Liz Lackey. It's when Pruitt drives back in town to get some food and drinks his wife is then brutally attacked and raped by an unknown assailant. Finding Jessica in a total state of shock Pruitt drives her back to town only to side swipe a tractor-trailer driven by Bobby M, Paul Glover. If anyone should be outraged it's Bobby, who's truck was almost run off the road, who confronts Pruitt only to have Jessica hysterically accused the totally shocked Bobby of being the person who raped her! This has Pruitt brutally pistol whip Bobby and, after beating him within an inch of his life, dumps him inside the back of his truck without even bothering to call for medical help, for the badly beaten up Bobby, and then leaves the scene.
It's later at the local hospital where he took Jessica that Pruitt realizes that his wife, in her hysterical state of mind, had misidentified her attacker. This is when Jessica accuses every man there, doctor & male nurse, who are treating her as being the one who raped her! You could just have imagined what was going through Pruitt's confused mind when Bobby was later found dead in the back of his truck by the local police! Even worse it turned out that Bobby was the son of the town's Sheriff Morgan McKenna, James Caan! McKenna is a man who believed in frontier justice with him being the sole judge jury and executioner of the, innocent or not, accused individual! It's at this point that the movie goes into a giant black hole where nothing at all seems to make any sense. We have the very astute Sheriff MaKenna acting as if he's a total jerk in not noticing the connection that Pruitt had to his son's murder. We also have Pruitt doing his utmost in destroying any evidence that can throw any light in him being at the scene where Bobby was found beaten to death.
***SPOILER****The most startling, and unbelievable, revelation in the movie is that the person who did in fact murder Bobby wasn't Pruitt! This made even Pruitt's wife's accusations of Bobby, a totally innocent man, raping her make far more sense then in Pruitt not being Bobby's killer!
The film "Blood Crime" is so confusing and disjointed that you completely forget that it's Sheriff McKenna and Pruitt, both lawmen, who are by far the two worst characters in it. Taking the law into their own hands and meeting out justice regardless of the innocence or guilt of those their meeting out "justice" to makes them as bad, if not even worse, then any bad guy in the movie. In fact the person-not Bobby McKenna-who was later identified by Jessica as her rapist seemed to be, without any proof that he did it, far more innocent then the already proved to be innocent and now dead Bobby McKenna himself!
A real clunker of a movie "Blood Crime's" biggest crime was that it showed-and even encouraged-the notion that no matter what the evidence is a cop or law enforcer can do anything he pleases, even murder, regardless of where the evidence leads him. Something that the police departments all over the USA have been trying so hard to disprove since the violent and riot torn 1960's when police were held even in lower esteem then the criminals that they were to protect us from!
New Zealand/Aussie "American" accents
Memlets18 October 2002
I enjoyed this TV movie, but something about it kept irritating the heck out of me. Not enough to make me quit watching, though.
This is one of those movies made with American stars in New Zealand or Australia, but the action is supposed to be taking place somewhere in the United States. In this movie, it's the American Northwest.
However, the rest of the cast are actors from New Zealand or Australia, so they have to fake an American accent. Some actors are better at this than others.
Often the faked American accent fails when the actor is required to yell a line. Whatever, it's really, really distracting.
Just a complaint, that's all. As I said, I enjoyed this movie nevertheless.
This is one of those movies made with American stars in New Zealand or Australia, but the action is supposed to be taking place somewhere in the United States. In this movie, it's the American Northwest.
However, the rest of the cast are actors from New Zealand or Australia, so they have to fake an American accent. Some actors are better at this than others.
Often the faked American accent fails when the actor is required to yell a line. Whatever, it's really, really distracting.
Just a complaint, that's all. As I said, I enjoyed this movie nevertheless.
Nice setup for a better thriller
SnoopyStyle23 May 2014
Seattle cop Daniel Pruitt (Johnathon Schaech) is getting away from it all. While camping out in the woods, his wife Jessica (Elizabeth Lackey) is attacked. On the way to the hospital, they nearly crash into a semi-trailer. Jessica claims that the driver is her assailant. Daniel beats up the man and locks him up in the trailer. Then in the hospital, she claims the male nurse is her attacker. Daniel realizes his mistake, but before he could fix it, sheriff Morgan McKenna (James Caan) turns up at the hospital and reveals that the truck's driver is actually his son. He's been killed and they found Daniel's gun at the scene. The sheriff assumes that the attacker was at both crime scenes picking up the gun in the woods and dropping it by the trailer. The sheriff takes along Daniel on his investigation.
The concept is set up for a better thriller. However it needs to be more exciting. Johnathon Schaech is not a compelling lead. He needs to show the tension wearing on him better. He's not a good enough actor. The movie loses steam after a promising start.
The concept is set up for a better thriller. However it needs to be more exciting. Johnathon Schaech is not a compelling lead. He needs to show the tension wearing on him better. He's not a good enough actor. The movie loses steam after a promising start.
Some serious bad writing.
Boba_Fett113818 May 2008
You can have good actors, a great crew working on the movie and more than enough money to do the things you want to but when you have a bad script it all ends and a movie just can not work out.
"Blood Crime" has a bad written script. Well, perhaps bad is not the most correct word to use since the story is more just an highly unlikely one. You just never get sucked into it because it all and the way the story progresses seem so highly unlikely. You can say that I even was a bit annoyed by the movie its story at times. It isn't credible and has some gaping plot-holes. Seriously, when your name is Preston A. Whitmore II you should be writing some better movies than this.
Because the story isn't much good basically nothing really ever works out in the movie. Sure the movie has James Caan in it but this really doesn't make this movie any more good or interesting to watch.
You movie you can really easily do without.
4/10
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"Blood Crime" has a bad written script. Well, perhaps bad is not the most correct word to use since the story is more just an highly unlikely one. You just never get sucked into it because it all and the way the story progresses seem so highly unlikely. You can say that I even was a bit annoyed by the movie its story at times. It isn't credible and has some gaping plot-holes. Seriously, when your name is Preston A. Whitmore II you should be writing some better movies than this.
Because the story isn't much good basically nothing really ever works out in the movie. Sure the movie has James Caan in it but this really doesn't make this movie any more good or interesting to watch.
You movie you can really easily do without.
4/10
http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/
Hitchcockian Suspense!
GodAmongUs14 August 2002
We all pretty much know what to expect from these Movies of the Week, yet this one stands out as a nicely executed, taught suspense thriller. Some plot holes are there but are more then made up for by gritty, top notch performances by the ageless, amazing James Caan and the smoldering Jonathan Shaech.
The story itself presents a fascinating conundrum: A young homicide detective flees the big city with his wife in search of a better life. After making the move, the wife is brutally assaulted on the same night that the son of the local sheriff is killed. As the wife had previously alleged that this was the man that attacked her, the detective finds himself at the center of a small town conspiracy. The local cop and the big city detective are then forced to find the perpetrators together.
Kudos to the writer Miller for both his keen sense of suspense which always keeps us guessing and his on screen dialogue which absolutely crackles. Stay tuned for the bone crushing ending...
Overall, a fun thriller and a slick MOW suspenser...
The story itself presents a fascinating conundrum: A young homicide detective flees the big city with his wife in search of a better life. After making the move, the wife is brutally assaulted on the same night that the son of the local sheriff is killed. As the wife had previously alleged that this was the man that attacked her, the detective finds himself at the center of a small town conspiracy. The local cop and the big city detective are then forced to find the perpetrators together.
Kudos to the writer Miller for both his keen sense of suspense which always keeps us guessing and his on screen dialogue which absolutely crackles. Stay tuned for the bone crushing ending...
Overall, a fun thriller and a slick MOW suspenser...
Wonderful film to watch. Nitpickers never will be happy.
mclongrun24 May 2022
If you want to be entertained, this is a wonderful film. If you are the type of person who goes to movies looking for imperfections, you will find them. The reviewers of this film have forgotten the main purpose of the genre - entertainment. The interaction between Caan and Schaech was perfect. The movie carries us until the climax. Which was very satisfying.
I would watch this film again.
I would watch this film again.
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