In the Blood (2014)

When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.

Director:

John Stockwell

Writers:

James Robert Johnston, Bennett Yellin

Stars:

Gina Carano, Cam Gigandet, Ismael Cruz Cordova

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gina Carano	...	Ava
Cam Gigandet	...	Derek Grant
Ismael Cruz Cordova	...	Manny
Danny Trejo	...	Big Biz
Luis Guzmán	...	Chief Ramón Garza
Amaury Nolasco	...	Silvio Lugo
Stephen Lang	...	Casey
Treat Williams	...	Robert Grant
Yvette Yates Redick	...	Nurse Leta (as Yvette Yates)
Eloise Mumford	...	Sandy Grant
Hannah Cowley	...	Monique Grant
Paloma Louvat	...	14 Year Old Ava (as Paloma Olympia Louvat)
Oscar H. Guerrero	...	JoJo (as Oscar Guerrero)
Cristian Miranda Velez	...	Timo
Blas Sien Diaz	...	Omar (as Blas Diaz)

Storyline

When Ava meets Derek Grant, they fall in love and marry with each other under the protest of his wealthy father Robert Grant that believes Ava is a gold digger. Ava had a tough childhood with her abusive father Casey that trained her in martial arts and other fights. Ava and Derek travel to Caribe in honeymoon and soon they meet the local Manny that invites them to go to a fashion night club. The powerful gangster Big Biz hits on Ava and Derek and she fight with his minions. On the next morning, Manny takes them to a tyrolean crossing but out of the blue, Derek has a problem with his gear and falls off in a valley, breaking his leg. Ava finds him and an ambulance takes Derek to a local clinic. Ava follows the ambulance in Manny's motorcycle but crashes and loses the sight the ambulance. When she goes to the clinic, she does not find Derek. She goes to the police station and Chief Ramón Garza promises to help her. But soon Ava discovers that there is a conspiracy and decides to look ...

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Plot Keywords:

woman fights a man | hand to hand combat | mixed martial arts | martial arts | kicked in the crotch | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Certificate:

14A

Did You Know?

Trivia

Gina Carano and Ismael Cruz Cordova would both go on to star in The Mandalorian on Disney + in 2019

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Goofs

Because she is handcuffed, the cop has to help Ava undress to go the bathroom. He takes her shorts down, and then her panties, but you can briefly see that she had panties under the ones he pulled down.

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Quotes

Ava: I have to finish this.
Ava: "When all the bastards are gone and dead, only then rest your head."
Manny: That's cheery. Where's that from?
Ava: I heard it every night before I went to sleep.
Manny: That's a pretty shitty lullaby.

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Soundtracks

Following Timo

User Reviews

Carano is really making a name for herself (as an action movie star)!

'IN THE BLOOD': Three and a Half Stars (Out of Five)

MMA fighter turned action movie star Gina Carano plays the lead in this crime thriller directed by John Stockwell (who's directed other popular B movies like 'BLUE CRUSH' and 'INTO THE BLUE'). It was written by James Robert Johnston and Bennett Yellin (the duo also wrote the horror movie sequel 'JOY RIDE 2: DEAD AHEAD') and tells the story of a recently married woman, with a violent past, who's husband goes missing on the couple's Caribbean honeymoon (after he has a freak zip-lining accident). It costars Cam Gigandet, Luis Guzman, Danny Trejo, Amaury Nolasco, Stephen Lang, Treat Williams and Ismael Cruz Cordova. It's not as good as Carano's first venture into leading lady action flick status ('HAYWIRE') but it is surprisingly well made and effective.

Carano plays Ava, a skilled fighter who was raised to be an emotionless killing machine, by her abusive father (Lang). With her marriage to Derek (Gigandet) she's hoping to leave that life behind but it of course haunts her once again, when the couple goes honeymooning in the Caribbean. First they get into a bar fight with a local crime boss, named Big Biz (Trejo), and his men. Then Derek has an accident, while the two are zip-lining, and goes missing on his way to the hospital. Ava will stop at nothing to find out what happened to him; even when the police, lead by Chief Ramon Garza (Guzman), are useless.

The movie is surprisingly intense and brutally violent. It's well written (for a B movie), with plenty of surprising twists, and decently directed too, by Stockwell. The cast is all impressive (for a film like this) especially Carano though. I'm really interested in seeing her continue to pursue this action movie career and I think she's off to a great start. Her part in 'FAST & FURIOUS 6' was a bit too small (and wasted her talents) but with this flick, and 'HAYWIRE', I think she's really making a name for herself (as an action movie star). It would have been really cool to see her play Wonder Woman, in the upcoming 'JUSTICE LEAGUE' franchise, she's already dating Superman (Henry Cavill)!

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Details

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Country:

UK Puerto Rico USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 April 2014 (Vietnam)

Also Known As:

In the Blood

Filming Locations:

Puerto Rico

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$594,860

Company Credits

Production Co:

Anchor Bay Films, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Movie Package Company (MPC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1