Bloodwork (2012)

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

****SPOILERS*** Movie about these two not so bright collage students Greg & Rob, Travis Van Winkle & John Bregar, who decide to spend their spring brake as guinea pigs in this weird experiment-In them being paid $3,150.00 each-in being subjected to this drug RXZ19 that's to rejuvenate their bodies no matter how much damage is done to them. With the sexy Dr. Wilcox, Tricia Helfer, in charge the two feel that they can hit on her or some of her women patients to make things even more interesting for them. It soon turns out that the experiment is really being conducted by what seems like the CIA headed by the man in charge or in the dark suit Eric Roberts who planned to have all those involved including Dr. Wilcox killed to keep the results from being made public!What this experiment does to its victims is turn them into flesh eating zombies as well as have them become indestructible in that no matter what's does to them they come back to life with the bodies rejuvenating themselves minutes after their destroyed. Things got so out of hand that Dr. Wilcox calls for reinforcements from a nearby US Army base to stop the rejuvenated Zombies from breaking out of their confinement and killing and devouring anyone, man or animal, in the vicinity.****SPOILERS**** It's both Greg & Rob who finally make it to safety after the military lead by Eric Roberts-The man in the dark suit- wipe out and burned the flesh eating zombies and had the entire place roped off and quarantined from the public and media. But the bad news for the two boys is that in trying to escape to civilization their picked up hitch hiking by the chubby Aaron,Joe Pingue,one of the few who wasn't effected by this experiment who to their shock, by him locking the car doors, is now himself a flesh eating zombie and driving them back to where they escaped from, the secret laboratory, to be incinerated.

I never heard of this movie until I saw it on Redbox, it caught my interest and I rented it. The movie is about to College students, Greg(Travis Van Winkle) and Rob(John Bregar), who take part in a pharmaceutical study. A new drug for allergies, it needs to be tested; and the pharmaceutical company needs it's Guiana pigs. The roommates want to take a trip to Amsterdam for Spring Break so they sign up regardless. I would too, for 3000 dollars who wouldn't. The drug is RXZ-19; and the viewer will find that out later in the film when they are at the clinic facility. Once they are there they are searched, for alcohol, cell phones, and any personal devices. The personal items are are stored until the trial is over. They meet others there, Nigel who is a trial freak, other students, one ex-con, and an older lady are there. The trials begin, with blood tests, Aaron who is a Phlebotomist comes around to Rob to get blood. Aaron gets the crap scared out of him when he is just doing his job. The trials begin with blood work, drug stages, and observations. Dr. Wilcox( Tricia Helfer) is a Dr, that is going to push the envelop with this study. The study is usually in 5 doses, but she is going the distance to do more than 5 doses. If you know anything about drug trials half the group gets the drug ; and the other half placebo. This is where I think they got it wrong with the study; usually more than one person gets the sugar pill. In this study they all get the juice except Greg. He is curious about what is going on; and goes to Dr. Wilcox's office. Once there he uncovers animals that have undergone serious surgeries; and wonders what is going on. Just then Dr Wilcox walks in and explains what she has done; and tells him what this drug is capable of doing. She finds out he is on the placebo, suffering from no effects of the medicine. He is normal, has no transformations; and is grossed out by rotting food, dead animals, bugs, and E.T.C.. The others are not and are turning into zombie like creatures. Greg truly finds out the effects of the drug, a drug that can heal a person in no time at all, a regenerative drug. When Greg finds out, he wants out; but the others don't. Dr. Wilcox is willing to pay 8000 to the trial subjects and staff. This is were she pushes the limits regardless of the outcome. She gives everyone 2 extra doses and the group becomes more violent and dependent on it, it gets to where the test subjects what more and more of the drug. The group starts turning into zombie like creatures capable of anything. In the end she realizes something must be done and starts the detox, Rob, Greg's friend is the first. While Rob is going though detox, the remaining subjects are out of control, killing the staff; and keeping Greg from leaving the premises. Greg finally sees Aaron, The Phlebotomist, and Aaron tells him he is still in the clinic. I have no idea why Eric Roberts is in this film except to show up, look menacing; and kill the only person(Aaron) that can help Rob; and Greg. The movie has some far out stuff; but other than that it is worth the 1.00. In Conclusion, Greg saves Rob they get out and finally find a car to take them to safety. The car is driven by Aaron, and both of them think he is O.K., WRONG. The ending could have been better; but this was a cool movie for a B horror film. I would recommend it for anyone who likes great old school horror flicks. This is one of todays horror flicks that has plot, and plenty of thrills.THX, Kris L. CocKayne

How on Earth is this a solid effort? Seriously now, I love horror in its many forms but Bloodwork is cheap and acts the same too. The subject is overly used, the actors are OK, the logic in the film is missing, no scares, no tension, just a lot of mediocre moments that lead to a very weak ending.Bloodwork is a combination of things you've seen a thousand times, trust me, a little bit of The Facility, Insanitarium and so many like those 2 that I'm just gonna stop here. If you are new into horror, maybe this will seem like an interesting thing to watch one lonely, rainy night, but for anyone else, either familiar or just looking for a good scare, it will present itself as a very big disappointment. I was seriously surprised as how bad it was, I waited and waited and at a certain point I did realize that this is all it has to offer.Therefore I recommend you look elsewhere, no point into watching something that was made long before, not even at the same quality. Bloodwork is a ripoff that failed badly, showed some potential here and there but it didn't work out well. So sad I got fooled by all those positive reviews and quite a good rating too. Well, you live and learn. Cheers!

A bunch of people sign on for a clinical drug trial at a sealed facility. The test has some strange rules, and still stranger things happen as the test subjects begin to learn what the drug does.The story relies fundamentally on what anyone who knows anything about anthropology will tell you is some pretty pretentious (ie. flawed) science, but this is only in your face for a short monologue towards the middle of the film.I felt inclined to forgive that and other sub-par dramatic moments in favor of the quality sets, props, and cinematography, along with a multitude of nicely executed action/horror scenes sporting convincing gore and other effects that clearly were the focus of this endeavor (save for one decapitation scene that was very difficult to take seriously).Eric Roberts just provides a prop cameo. Also note the IMDb cast list (as of this review) is missing some entries, notably Tamara Feldman.