Bloodshot
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: March 13, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
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Mixed or average reviews based on 35 Critic Reviews
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25
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8
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70
VarietyOwen GleibermanMar 11, 2020
Bloodshot is a trash compactor of a comic-book film, but it’s smart trash, an action matrix that’s fun to plug into. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMatthew MonagleMar 11, 2020
So much of the movies is the right kind of entertaining, with the right kind of actors playing the right kind of second-tier blockbuster roles, that Bloodshot cannot help but be a cult classic in the making. This is Hollywood escapism at its finest at a time when we need it the most. Read full review
60
Time OutMichael GingoldMar 16, 2020
This derivative but fun Vin Diesel action movie has just self-awareness to dilute the bombast. Read full review
60
IGNKristy PuchkoMar 11, 2020
Bloodshot is unapologetically a popcorn movie of the switch-off-your-brain-and-kick-back variety. Diesel and company soldier through a wonky plot to deliver glowers, superhero poses, and loads of action. Director Wilson brings the heat with solid visual effects and a relentless pace. But keen-eyed viewers will notice the telltale signs of "fix it in post" fiddling. Read full review
60
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergMar 11, 2020
Bloodshot runs out of meta tricks before it is over, and David S.F. Wilson, who borrows his visual vocabulary from Tony Scott and Michael Bay, delivers action sequences with such choppy continuity that viewers may be as confused as Ray. He deserves bonus points, however, for embracing silliness. Read full review
58
IndieWireKate ErblandMar 24, 2020
Bloodshot is a throwback actioner that likely would have killed in the late ’90s, but now feels every inch the product of that era’s humor and innovation. In a rapidly changing world, however, that might not be a bad thing. Read full review
58
ConsequenceScout TafoyaMar 14, 2020
Bloodshot accidentally calls out the hollowness of every superhero movie by trying to beat them at their own game. It admits Vin is a tool to be deployed in very specific circumstances, it comes so close to self-awareness but drops the ball. In order to actually play as auto-critique, it would have to be a much better movie with a real director, but I admired the attempt, as I always do whenever Vin’s on screen. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyMar 11, 2020
It’s a lot of bog-standard action stuff glommed onto a deeper metaphysical muddle; Inception drawn in extra-thick Sharpie and testosterone. If the whole thing is ultimately a shell for Diesel to do what he does, the ending also takes care to sing in the key of sequel too: Come fast cars, Avatars, and farther galaxies, there will be blood, again. Read full review
52
PolygonJesse HassengerMar 11, 2020
The movie looks a little like a lost Tony Scott project, but not quite enough — the style isn’t as tactile. Most of its ridiculous conviction comes from Diesel. He’s given plenty of better performances, but here he’s especially convincing in the role of a guy who legitimately believes he has nothing better to do. Read full review
50
UproxxVince ManciniMar 26, 2020
Bloodshot‘s bad composition doesn’t give us enough space to appreciate its cleverest conceits. It trades lucid composition for “emotional truth,” but mostly it conveys the emotion of someone throwing energy drinks at your head. Read full review
50
CNNBrian LowryMar 16, 2020
Vin Diesel doesn't drive that fast, but he's plenty furious in "Bloodshot," and with good reason. Adapted from a comic book, the movie casts the heavily muscled star as a zombie killing machine, in what amounts to a superhero origin story with more twists than expected, but ultimately a simple-minded excuse for lots and lots of action. Read full review
50
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoMar 12, 2020
Bloodshot shoots to kill, but with the accuracy of a Stormtrooper - off the mark and leaving much to be desired. Read full review
50
Original-CinKim HughesMar 12, 2020
It would be swell if there was a way of describing Bloodshot that unscrambled its plot while making it sound staggeringly cool but… well, we can’t all be superheroes. Neat effects though, which maybe are the most important thing in a sci-fi actioner? Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMar 12, 2020
Frantically overcooked, bursting with headache-inducing, rapid-cut action sequences and only half as clever as it fancies itself, Bloodshot is an ambitious and intermittently entertaining minor-league superhero film. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliMar 12, 2020
Bloodshot suffers from a world-building failure. With too little time and emphasis placed on crafting the setting and exploring some of the rich possibilities of the milieu in which events transpire, the movie turns into little more than a ho-hum Vin Diesel action film. Read full review
50
The Associated PressJake CoyleMar 11, 2020
Bloodshot is just smart enough to be more than trash, and just trashy enough to be less than smart. It will do fine if you’re looking for a lesser simulation of a good movie. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMar 11, 2020
A lively and amiably stupid action movie, given an extra dose of atmosphere by the presence of Vin Diesel. He is his own quality control, his own authentic center, so that even in a story like this — a kind of Philip K. Dick for dummies — there’s something onscreen that’s not ridiculous, that’s reliable and consistently cool. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshMar 11, 2020
Predictably, it descends into a meaningless blur of gravity-defying physics and robotic limbs by the end, where a lot of violence is happening but you’re never sure exactly why or even how. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Mar 11, 2020
The real issue, though, isn’t that Bloodshot would fail an IQ test. It’s that its dumb fun isn’t executed with panache, smart or otherwise. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweMar 11, 2020
Wilson acquits himself adequately enough, emphasizing pacing over character development, but delivering a series of kinetically propelled scenes that clearly benefit from his extensive visual effects experience. Read full review
50
Slant MagazinePat BrownMar 11, 2020
Given its hero’s imperviousness, the film’s chaotically edited action sequences tend to be devoid of suspense. Read full review
50
Screen RantMolly FreemanMar 11, 2020
Bloodshot puts a surprisingly clever spin on the superhero origin story that's fun and funny, but Diesel's performance ultimately leaves it lacking. Read full review
40
EmpireIan FreerMar 11, 2020
Despite the odd strong moment, this Bloodshot is anaemic. Read full review
40
Total FilmJames MottramMar 11, 2020
The odd spirited turn aside, this is a throwback to the bad old ’90s days of comic-book movies. Read full review
40
ScreenCrushMatt SingerMar 11, 2020
Hollywood has gotten so good at boiling down comics mythologies that it’s easy to forget how hard it can be to distill a sprawling adventure stretched across decades of stories into two entertaining hours. Bloodshot serves as a painful reminder of that fact. Read full review
40
SlashfilmChris EvangelistaMar 11, 2020
No one will ever accuse Vin Diesel of having range, but he seems particularly lost here. There’s nothing remotely interesting about Ray, before and after he gets his robo-blood. Read full review
40
The GuardianCharles BramescoMar 11, 2020
Aside from the singular brawn of its leading man, this would-be springboard has nothing much worth launching. It’s a stack of wormed-over action tropes, and to make matters worse, the movie knows it – and yet does not know enough to spare us its missteps in the first place. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonMar 13, 2020
The most noticeable influence is “Universal Soldier,” a film that shares so many plot elements that Bloodshot can be classified as a blatant rip-off. That movie spawned three sequels; I can only hope Bloodshot’s bloodline ends here. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 12, 2020
Eiza González of “Hobbs & Shaw” and “Baby Driver” is a stunning beauty who handles what action choreography they entrust to her. She knows how to suck in her cheeks as she’s about to set off grenades in the computer room like an action bombshell badass. Very Olivia Wilde. Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzMar 12, 2020
Diesel’s "Fast & Furious" movies have heart. His "Riddick" movies have weirdness. His "XXX" entries have lunacy. (Can we pause to admire how many franchises this man has to his name?) Bloodshot, though, only offers mere generic mediocrity. Read full review
37
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanMar 11, 2020
The movie is presented as the story of a man who hasn’t figured out who he is yet. But that’s not quite right. Instead, it’s a movie that doesn’t seem to know what it wants to be when it grows up. Read full review
30
The VergeJoshua RiveraApr 4, 2020
As an action movie, Bloodshot is the worst kind of uninspiring: not bad enough to circle back around toward fun, not good enough at action to be even momentarily impressed by a fight scene. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)Angelica Jade BastienApr 1, 2020
At this point, what could have been a passably entertaining diversion, the kind of film best enjoyed overcoming a hangover or while folding laundry, falls flat on Diesel’s lips. He lacks the gravitas of delivery, disinterested in his lines even before he finishes saying them. Read full review
30
TheWrapRobert AbeleMar 11, 2020
First-time feature filmmaker Dave Wilson and cinematographer Jacques Jouffret (“Mile 22”) can manipulate the speed of combat scenes all he wants (the stylistic crutch of a slo-mo point of contact is evergreen) but dull choreography, CGI overuse and Cuisinart editing are still the bane of today’s action sequences. Read full review
25
The PlaylistCharles BarfieldMar 11, 2020
The superhero film equivalent of the worst kid at the playground. Read full review
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