Blood Quantum (2019)
Third review is Blood Quantum, directed and written by Jeff Barnaby. Includes spoilers:
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Blood Quantum (2019): I almost can’t believe that this has been on my to-watch list for so long, it was so so damn good! No pros and cons list needed.
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It kept the formula of good zombie movies and added some cool additions like Native people being immune, playing out the brother Lysol as being legit homocidal and prejudiced to white folk, and having three acts where the final scene ends in a pregnant woman giving birth after getting bitten and them sailing off into the sunset. I think the effects were amazing, the fighting was diverse, not just shooting but using swords, machetes, and chainsaws. More often than not I had my jaw open because I think their decisions were smart, exciting, and well done. Well done Canada, I would recommend. And the title directly taken from the laws from the U.S. about defining Native American heritage by a fraction of ancestry and having this actually be a benefit in this movie had me enjoy another moment of appreciation after. I typically shy away from Zombies, typically people make selfish decisions, move slow, and they usually end with some weird message about the human spirit or it’s completely helpless. Or gangsta AF (The Girl With All The Gifts) I love me a haunted building, revenge, devil stuff, caves, and shit that gotta do with Black people. But this made me rethink my zombie aversion.
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I give it a 9, I think it was almost perfect, I’d shoot for one or two black people and a clearer motivation for the antagonist other than getting payback on everyone around him for his shitty life. But I’ll let that rock because it was a good ass movie.
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