Diesel surprisingly doesn’t feel like a good fit here, even though he’s played guys like Garrison before, and whether it’s a tough fight sequence or a dramatic personal moment, he adds no complexity and no likeable traits to make audiences care about him – especially since he doesn’t seem to have any flaws. His narrative is essentially about him eventually being able to control his own fate, but even when he’s let off the leash it never feels like anything changes. Garrison is completely one-note with his think with his fists mentality and there’s no real complexity or character arc to his story. It actually blew me away how the characters have zero personality and the performances either come off phoned in or half-hearted. Unfortunately, Bloodshot barely makes any impression at all and is one of the most completely lifeless comic book movies I’ve ever seen. Not really knowing a whole lot about Bloodshot or really any of Valiant’s comics, it was already quite an uphill battle for Bloodshot to make a strong impression. Ray Garrison (pictured above) goes from dead to the deadliest living weapon. Things don’t exactly line up though and Ray begins to see that he might be a pawn in someone else’s game. As Ray begins to gain his memory back, he decides to use his power to exact revenge on those that killed him and Gina. Nanobots that now make up his blood allow him to not only unleash incredible strength on anyone that stands in front of him, but also instantly heal his wounds no matter how drastic. Emil Harting (Guy Pearce), researcher at the mysterious RST labs, and given enhanced abilities beyond his wildest dreams. The film follows Ray Garrison (Vin Diesel), a talented but over-confident soldier that is killed by an unknown assailant that also kills his wife Gina (Talulah Riley). While Marvel and DC have been the big names in bringing their characters and stories to the big screen, Valiant Comics is looking to taking a slice of the superhero pie by bringing their characters to a cinematic universe of their own – starting with Bloodshot.
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