Rent Blood and Money (2020)

Bad will hunting. - Blood and Money review by TE

A curious mixture of a film!

The first third is a leisurely portrayal of an elderly lone hunter, travelling the winter forests of Northern Maine in his mobile home. Tom Berenger does a fair job of establishing this surly, impassive, haunted character.

There's quite a genre in American movies where someone stumbles across a hold-all containing millions of dollars from a botched heist or a drug deal gone wrong.

The power of wishful thinking!

It's when the action starts that this film careers off the rails. The bad guys appear from nowhere and the whole thing descends into truly amateurish, completely unrealistic gun play. The second half of the film suggests that the makers ran out of money, or maybe that's just a charitable interpretation of the mess.

At least there are some fine shots of the snow bound woods to sustain the viewer.

Anaemic and bankrupt - Blood and Money review by cr

The first hour of this boring exercise is tom wandering around the woods and shuffling around his mobile home. Its like watching paint dry.

The second part is totally unbelievable with the bad guys somehow tracking him down in the wilderness and tom taking a bullet to the chest and shrugging it off.

Like you do!

This film has no credit.

Avoid.

Well acted slow burning drama - Blood and Money review by CD

I really enjoyed this film.  Don’t expect fast action but Tom Berenger’s performance is excellent and holds the whole film together.  He is a complex character and his personality shifts once he encounters the robbers, harking back to his army training.  The supporting roles are well acted and the film convincingly shows from his earlier tragedies how Berenger gets tipped over the edge.  The Maine scenery and skilful filming are interesting and add to the atmosphere.  The money becomes a side issue and at the end it is all about Berenger’s destructive behaviour.  Worth 4 stars and very much recommended.