This mystery-thriller is neither mysterious or thrilling. The story is completely predictable and the characters are underwritten and uninteresting. Much of the acting is wooden, but that is not a surprise given the material with which they had to work. Don't waste your time by watching this film.
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Cheap and disjointed
Leofwine_draca5 November 2018
Warning: Spoilers
BLOOD MONEY is a cheap and disjointed crime thriller that manages to waste a number of familiar cast members and does very little else besides. The story involves a hardened criminal busting out of jail with some associates and visiting the home of a witness; a kind of hostage situation then follows. It's a largely indifferent of production, hardly thrilling and hardly profound when it comes to the dialogue. James Brolin has a tiny role and plays alongside Traci Lords, a youthful Mark Ruffalo, and Billy Drago, the latter for once not playing a bad guy.
Another one of those...
Everum8 November 1998
Talk about one of those waste-of-your-time movies. I saw this movie on its cinemax debut and christ! If any movie can manage to put together a poorly written, badly acted, terrible action sequences with a flimsy plot, this could be the shiner. I just wasted almost an hour and a half of my time just to see if this movie ever picks up. Well the worse thing is, I watched it with very little expectation of it. However, they could've done something to make it a bit appealing to the audience.
B-movie or po-mo morality tale?
genofoster20 March 2001
On the surface, it appears to be `just another one of those...,' yet with an open mind and an appreciation of mystery and crime stories (and especially a comprehensive knowledge of semiotics and film theory in general), Blood Money proves to be an intellectual treat.
Unfortunately, a lot of people could not appreciate the subtlety with which Blood Money turns film noir and the classic `crime story' conventions around, while at the same time commenting smugly upon the expectations of the cable-subscriber audience. Shepphird's film is all about inexorability, free will and ultimately, redemption, all cloaked in the guise of a quiet little made-for-tv movie. A post-post-modern `The Killing' with a Corman twist and a cast of zany characters (including ex-porn star Traci Lords, making her non-porn debut here, in a seeming homage to Mati Hari), Blood Money slaps you, then asks you if you like it. It catches you in the nude, and then just just when you think you've got it figured out, it reaches down and pulls out - something you didn't expect.
Unfortunately, a lot of people could not appreciate the subtlety with which Blood Money turns film noir and the classic `crime story' conventions around, while at the same time commenting smugly upon the expectations of the cable-subscriber audience. Shepphird's film is all about inexorability, free will and ultimately, redemption, all cloaked in the guise of a quiet little made-for-tv movie. A post-post-modern `The Killing' with a Corman twist and a cast of zany characters (including ex-porn star Traci Lords, making her non-porn debut here, in a seeming homage to Mati Hari), Blood Money slaps you, then asks you if you like it. It catches you in the nude, and then just just when you think you've got it figured out, it reaches down and pulls out - something you didn't expect.
Mid 90s Neo Noir
shepphirdjohn18 March 2022
I came across this movie as an imported VHS tape and because of the interesting cast I had to check it out. It has the look and feel of a classic film noir with a cameo from Mark Ruffalo as a sleazy public defender. Traci Lords is chilling as the crack-addicted gun moll/femme fatale. An undiscovered, low budget gem.
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