Anna Daniels
It isn’t all rotten news for Bloodshot. The New York Times‘ Ben Kenigsberg had positive things to say both about Diesel and the use of humor in the film’s ample action sequences, writing, “Diesel strikes the right balance of contemplation and meatheadedness…[Director David S.F. Wilson] deserves bonus points for embracing silliness: One car crash involves a truck filled with flour.”
Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle was similarly complimentary. Though he clearly doesn’t think Bloodshot will be in the running for any Oscars, he found the film “a lively and amiably stupid action movie, given an extra dose of atmosphere by the presence of Vin Diesel.” Rafer Guzman of Newsday largely agreed with LaSalle’s assessment, adding that, “If Vin Diesel were a 12-year-old boy, he couldn’t have dreamt up a better movie for his fan base than Bloodshot.” That might sound backhanded, but after twenty years of Fast and Furious flicks sprinkled with a few Riddick films here and there, fans must certainly know what they’re signing up for when they go to see a Vin Diesel movie, and it isn’t high art.
Bloodshot is set to premiere on March 13th.
Written by: Looper
