Tuesday, October 27, 2015

THE BLOOD LANDS: ALLSTATE DOESN’T COVER THIS



Ed (Lee Williams) and Sarah (Pollyanna McIntosh) are a young upwardly mobile couple living in England. When he chance to purchase a house in Scotland arises they decide to take it on. The old farmhouse was previously owned by a family that couldn’t make their payments and haven’t been seen or heard from for some time now. Nothing can go wrong, right?

The young couple begin to do things to fix up the house, a bit run down but not near as bad as most houses in these type of films. Ed is a bit stereotypical city guy who tends to make fun of the locals and the previous owners of the house. Sarah on the other hand finds the house quaint and a dream come true. While neither of them has a lot of experience as a home owner, they seem to be doing okay. Repairs are made, cleaning is done and they move forward. They even end up with enough free time to have a picnic.

But as with all movies like this their choice of location doesn’t sit well with the locals. Things begin to go awry until one night the pair wake up to hear someone moving about downstairs. They try to figure out what to do next and eventually Sarah makes her way out the upstairs window. She finally gets a glimpse of the home invaders who are wearing pig masks. It seems Ed was caught by them and is now tied up in the barn. Will Sarah be able to rescue him? Will the couple be one that stands and takes on the invaders or will they up and run? And if they run will they be able to get away before being tracked down?

The movie ends up being a by the book home invasion film that adds little to the genre. Most of what we see here has been done before. At least the movie is well made and well acted, something that isn’t always the case in movies like this. I don’t even think they do anything particularly stupid which is something that usually happens in this type of movie. Perhaps the best thing that happens here, one thing which will differentiate it from the rest of these type of films, is the ending, a twist that you won’t see coming.

In the end this isn’t a bad movie but not something to seek out either. It does entertain and offer a decent night’s entertainment.
 
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