My Bloody Valentine 3D was actually the first real 3D movie I saw in cinema, not counting stuff at museums (for example the awesome 3D show I saw at Erich Von Däniken’s Mystery Park in Swiss once!), and it’s still one of the most impressive 3D movies out there (together with Avatar). I’m not one of those fancy schmancy movie geeks who hates the format, I actually embrace it. What makes My Bloody Valentine more sensitive for fans out there is that it’s considered a remake of George Mihalka’s slasher masterpiece from 1981, but it’s not. Like the 2009 Friday the 13th it actually recaps the events in the first movie - slightly different here, but not much - and then returns ten years later to see what the hell is gonna happen when Harry Warden returns. It kinda builds it’s own little world around the events - sometimes following the original story, sometimes choosing its own path.
Jensen Ackles is Tom Hanniger, the majority owner of the Hanniger Mines. He was present when Warden last killed a lot of kids in the mines and never returned - including cutting the ties with his father. But now he’s back. His dad is dead and Tom wants to sell the mines, much to the anger of the villagers. But of course, it just takes a few hours after he arrives to town before also Warden shows up, on the ten year anniversary of the massacre, and continues his bloody revenge on the good town folks!
It’s hard to deny this is a fun, fun movie. It lacks the emotional power and strong characters like the first movie had, but the acting is decent and few of the characters behave perfect, which makes them more real. The red herrings is sprinkled throughout the story, some very subtle - and some not so subtle at all. Tom Atkins playing the retired sheriff is the highlight of the cast, but he’s an old veteran who knows how to do his job. I especially like how he refuses to take the charge into a house during the end and lets a young, small female cop do this - just because he’s retired. It’s an unusual thing to do, in a mainstream movie where an old sheriff should be the king of morality.
There’s a lot of creative deaths, enhanced by the fine 3D and the gore and blood is plenty tossed towards and around the screen. Some of the scenes feels a bit gimmicky - but it comes with the genre - but it’s all made with a lot of fun. I can even ignore the motel scene is all about a woman completely nude, mostly because it feels fresh to do it with a character who clearly doesn’t care if she’s naked and also fights back in the nude. My Bloody Valentine 3D also have a fun and cool character played by a small person, which is even more rare...oh, and male nudity.
I’ve seen this film a couple of times over the years and I still think it holds up pretty well. The first movie is superior in every way, but I this one is a fine modern slasher with everything you want from the genre. It’s a whodunit, like many slasher was the during the golden years, it has a lot of graphic violence and a cast that truly enjoys what they’re doing. What more do you need? Except a sequel, I wanna sequel! It can be a DTV sequel shot in Romania or Hungary, doesn’t matter - as long as I can see the legend of Harry Warden roam the screen again!
"My Bloody Valentine 3D was actually the first real 3D movie I saw in cinema,"
Never seen this one, just the My Bloody Valentine (1981).
"It’s hard to deny this is a fun, fun movie. It lacks the emotional power and strong characters like the first movie had, but the acting is decent and few of the characters behave perfect, which makes them more real."
Not boring with other words.....
"I especially like how he refuses to take the charge into a house during the end and lets a young, small female cop do this - just because he’s retired. It’s an unusual thing to do, in a mainstream movie where an old sheriff should be the king of morality."
It´s nice twist on an old, tired cliché.......making him more cautious, filled with ambiguity.
"There’s a lot of creative deaths, enhanced by the fine 3D and the gore and blood is plenty tossed towards and around the screen. Some of the scenes feels a bit gimmicky - but it comes with the genre - but it’s all made with a lot of fun."
I can imagine it´s a little bit like Final Destination 5 (2011) , some death scenes are made for 3D.
"I can even ignore the motel scene is all about a woman completely nude,"
No, njet und nichts.......sounds so yummy...hahahhhahhah
"I’ve seen this film a couple of times over the years and I still think it holds up pretty well."
It does sound fun, director Patrick Lussier usually have some tricks of his sleeves, like he did in Dracula II: Ascension (2003).
Good review and thanks Fred.
Posted by: Megatron | March 30, 2014 at 01:37