The fact that Sony has decided to open the Vin Diesel-starring “Bloodshot” next February is enough for us to worry about the quality of this film. Directed by Dave Wilson, in his first feature film as a director after being the “creative supervisor” behind “Avengers: Age Of Ultron” and director of video game trailers, “Bloodshot” seems to be DOA. I don’t really know who would get excited about such a film, I guess Vin Diesel die-hards? That contingent of fans no doubt exists, just look at the “Fast and the Furious” franchise for proof, but this trailer falls flat.
“Bloodshot” will co-star Sam Heughan (“Outlander”), Eiza González (“Baby Driver”), Toby Kebbell (“Fantastic Four”) and Guy Pearce (“Memento”).
Here is the synopsis:
After he and his wife are murdered, Marine Ray Garrison (Vin Diesel) is resurrected by a secret team of scientists. Enhanced with nanotechnology, he becomes a superhuman, biotech killing machine – Bloodshot. As Ray first trains with fellow super-soldiers, he cannot recall anything from his former life. But when his memories flood back and he remembers the man that killed both him and his wife, he breaks out of the facility hellbent on revenge, only to discover that there’s more to the conspiracy than he originally thought.
For Schrader, AI solves the curious practical filmmaking problem he had. How about just creating Black people? No casting calls, no agents, no actors turning down the roles.