Synopsis: When big city detectives refuse to further investigate his kid brother’s gang related murder, small town Sheriff Michael Spencer drops the badge and goes undercover to find his brother’s killer and avenge his death.
50 Cent’s plan to have a new movie out in less than five months has finally come through. It was announced about a year ago that 50 Cent was working on a film with Top Gun and The Saint actor Val Kilmer. Then titled Gun, the film has now been renamed Blood Out and has hit the thearters this month, April 2011.
This review contains spoilers so if you’re dying to watch 50 Cent in his new movie maybe you should save this for later.
It takes about 20 minutes into the movie before we first see Detective Hardwick (50 Cent). I can’t help but mention the close-up on Michael’s (Luke Goss) face just before he met 50. It was so unnecessary that the ensuing camera work on both men just made me wonder why I was watching the movie. You quickly realize that this crew has no clue!
The whole movie is peppered with unwarranted close-up shots and some badly judged split screen utilizations. You wonder if the only thing the director, Jason Hewitt, learnt from his expansive film production career, was the close-up.
If there was anything to write home about, the best dialogue came from Detective Hardwick (50 Cent) even though he only spent about 3 minutes on the screen.
[sws_blockquote_endquote align=”” cite=”” quotestyle=”style03″]The girl was damn enough to offer me a blowjob to let her go. (“Well? What did you do?” Says an officer). I let her suck my dick. Then I busted her for attempting to bribe an officer. (“That’s balls deep”, says another). What? She swallowed the evidence? Háhá![/sws_blockquote_endquote]
That characteristic laugh at the end of the line, reminiscent of 50’s rap songs, took away from it – every time Detective Hardwick opened his mouth, you couldn’t help but think 50 was about to rap. It’s hilarious at best.
However, this was the most interesting part of the movie and the only thing worth salvaging in 50’s career. 50 in my opinion acted well second to only Val Kilmer. So you can imagine. If the direction was any better – other than making people appear on screen – then 50 would have been a clear standout actor. Can you believe that?
Much worse was the transition from this particular dialogue scene. It summed up the whole below par editing you see throughout – you think your cousin just changed the channel. Are we watching a horror film? The technique was repulsive. The cinematographer suffered from the shaky camera syndrome that has gripped many young cameramen today. He should really take a closer look at Bourne Ultimatum if this was what he was attempting to imitate.
In addition, the obstacles that would have furthered the plot seemed as if a lazy student was copying and pasting plagiarized work 5 minutes before the deadline. For example, there was no reason why 50 and his crew would beat up Michael, another cop who’s trying to help 50 catch the bad guys. Though this scene could have advanced the plot, but instead it terribly nipped it in the bud. First, it provided the only awe to the plot. In order to convince the gang that he wasn’t a cop, Michael had to assault an officer. Guess who the gang chooses for him?
Detective Hardwick!
To the Detective, Michael was getting revenge. To the gang, it was a rite de passage. It worked a pretty charm for an isolated undercover who’s only seeking to revenge his brother’s death without the knowledge of the Police Department. However, it was too contrived.
There was absolutely no reason why Detective Hardwick (50 cent) would have maltreated another cop in the first place. It would have made a little bit of sense if they had established that 50 and his fellow detectives were bad cops who loved beating up other cops. Sadly, this was where the scene failed at pushing the plot forward.
Overall, many of the action scenes should have been excluded. They were bad, jerky and incongruent. Who runs up to a guy with a gun in hand – to get kicked in the balls? A poor Chinese karate animation at best. It only served to uncover the level of experience of the crew.
But goodness, the worst of it all was the car-crashing scene in the end. How is it possible for any human to toss a car in top speed with two people in it? Are we watching The Hulk? It doesn’t end yet, the people survive the car crash like Robocops. No wonder it’s Jason Hewitt’s first attempt at directing. And this is where it should perhaps end! For 50 and his 3 minutes of screen time, I am not sure, I am waiting to see him lose 50 pounds in Things Fall Apart – he may just have some talent rolled up his sleeves.
Genre: Action
Director: Jason Hewitt
Screenplay: Jason Hewitt & John A. O’Connell
Stars: Val Kilmer, AnnaLynne McCord and Luke Goss
Production: A Lions Gate film
If this is what you call good or ok acting from 50, then you are wrong. 50 can’t act. The only class act in this movie was Val Kilmer… but the amount of weight he’s gained over the years takes away from the movie. All I kept wondering is how the hell Val got so huge. It’s crazy but that’s all I kept thinking about in the movie.
50 Cent was much better than I thought. I can’t wait to see Things Fall Apart. And did anyone see all that tit in our faces? What was that for? How did that ‘further’ the plot, except they felt, ‘oh this is an action, a lot of guys are gonna like it if you put some titis in there’! Psssshh!
Hilarious review. Trailer doesn’t look that interesting either, so I think I’ll pass.
50 Cent has turned himself into a 50% actor – good enough though. Why these talented black folks can’t seem to see the future in black kids is what amazes me the most. 50 needs to find some good actors and actresses in his neighborhood and help them. Beyond that all his doing is cosine 90.