Cold Blood (film)
| Cold Blood | |
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 Poster | |
| Directed by | Frédéric Petitjean |
| Written by | Frédéric Petitjean |
| Produced by | Olias Barco Corinne Benichou Oleg German Florence Moos |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Thierry Arbogast |
| Edited by | Viktor Onysko |
| Music by | Xavier Berthelot |
Production company | Screen Media Films |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.7 Million[1] |
| Box office | $1 Million[2] |
Cold Blood, also known as Cold Blood Legacy, is a 2019 action thriller film written and directed by Frédéric Petitjean and starring Jean Reno, Sarah Lind, Joe Anderson and Samantha Bond. It was released on 15 May 2019.[3]
Henry, a professional killer, has retired after his last assignment to a cabin in the middle of the frozen nowhere forest of Washington state, near the Canadian border. To disturb the silence of the nature that surrounds him comes a sinister thud when a snowmobile crashes nearby with a girl on board who is quite seriously injured. Henry takes her to safety from the wolves who are already smelling their prey having tasted her blood on the snow and begins to treat her with the few means he has at his disposal. He extracts several splinters of wood from her leg and after a few days an even more worrying one in her groin. Generally he doesn't save lives, however he couldn't leave that defenseless girl at the mercy of the elements and ravenous wolves, but something in her made him suspicious. Meanwhile, she didn't have a cell phone or even documents, so that name, Melody, that she gave her could be false, which is why as soon as she recovers she'll have to pick up her heels and leave the cabin. But the girl hides much more and Henry will discover it when she tries to kill him but is disarmed and blocked under a large fir stump. She can only confess her identity as the daughter of Henry's latest victim, a millionaire who, eager for a son, had always kept her aside, albeit in a sort of golden cotton wool. But Henry, after having saved and cared for her, cannot kill her. In fact, now tired of that life as a lone wolf, he sacrifices himself for her by killing a hitman sent to her by her father's trustee who would have thus acquired all of her immense heritage. Henry kills him after a shootout in the forest where he specifically calls the police to be fatally shot in turn and take all the blame on himself, allowing the girl to leave the cabin with the officers and with a book that Henry left her with a dedication as a souvenir.
Cast
[edit]- Jean Reno as Henry[4]
- Sarah Lind as Charlie
- Joe Anderson as Kappa
- David Gyasi as Malcolm
- Ihor Ciszkewycz as Davies
- François Guétary as Brigleur
- Samantha Bond as Mrs Kessler
- Jean-Luc Olivier as Mr Kessler
- Larisa Rusnak as Katy
Reception
[edit]The film received generally negative reviews. Variety called Cold Blood "instantly forgettable",[5] The Observer named it a "boring thriller"[6] while The Hollywood Reporter said that despite the film featuring a "a breathtaking snow-covered setting" and being "well shot", the "result is a film that’s as nonsensical as it is blandly put together".[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cold Blood (2019) Review: A Disjointed Yet Oddly Entertaining Thriller". Ready Steady Cut. FireCask. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
- ^ "Cold Blood (2019)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
- ^ "Cold Blood". Screen Media Films.
- ^ Tom Percival (2 September 2019). "UNILAD Chats To Legendary Actor Jean Reno About His New Film Cold Blood Legacy". Unilad. Archived from the original on 29 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ Mark Keizer (2 July 2019). "Film Review: 'Cold Blood'". Variety.
- ^ Rex Reed (7 August 2019). "Jean Reno's 'Cold Blood' Won't Raise Your Temperature, Even in Sub-Zero Weather". The Observer.
- ^ Jordan Mintzer (22 May 2019). "'Cold Blood Legacy': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
External links
[edit]- Cold Blood at IMDb
- Cold Blood at AllMovie
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