A very unusual film, but that’s a good thing, In fact it’s quite unique as well, especially for those who like mixed martial arts, the terror genre. Blood, Sweat and Terrors, now on DVD and VOD, is a cool compilation of nine short films that pack a punch to knock your socks off. Read on for some information on each of the segments and you’ll want to watch each again and again.
The following are the titles and a little tantalizing intros of each of the short films. Each is produced by different filmmakers and are the best of the best production, acting, camera work, direction, and special effects.
In “Manila 1997” Sid goes into a brothel and shoots up the place coming out barely alive. But, as he tries to leave he sees a naked woman who leads him to an evil person that tells him he’s not done “we will tell you when you are done.” He is told that he must find the men who killed one the naked lady and make them suffer in death. Extreme violence, explicit nudity, language, subliminal ghastly images, and gore. (Adults Only for this short film).
In “Empire of Dirt: Awesome Runaway!!” a man sits tied up in a chair with men speaking to him in a foreign language. It is an interrogation, but he and he won’t answer their questions. So they inject him with a fluid to make him talk, but he breaks away. The pursuit gets deadly. Violence, language and gore.
In “Jacob’s wrath”, Jacob North is running from men who want to kill him. When they get near enough to harm him he fades into another place. He is looking for a Jeremy Dawson and he finds him having sex with his young daughter. The film takes place in two dimensions with a twist ending. Violence, sex, language
In “Flow” two women, Smith and Taylor are in the UK fighting against the opposition to their beliefs. Will defending their post they are spotted. Violence, language
In “Express Delivery” Vee “The Postman” gets out of a car somewhere in California. In his trunk is Swifty who takes him to a meeting point where he has to palm him off to his client. Vee opens the trunk and lets Swifty out only to find himself in danger. A nice twist ending you won’t see coming. Violence, language
In “Turncoat” Two policemen drive up to Vince’s apartment house at night. They put on gloves and take flashlights out of their trunk and enter the building. Breaking into his home the see Vince in bed and a fight breaks out. They tie him and put him in a chair. While lead cop search the premises looking for a bag, Vince tries to talk to the other one. Language, violence
In the short film “Get Some” it’s 2019 humankind has fell victim to the most devastating plague in recorded history. No one knows the origins of the virus and as yet no cure exists. All they know is that with every savage bite of an “Outtie”, the plague spreads. Countries have barricaded themselves and live behind walls struggling to stay alive from the infected outsiders. But, Hunter Smith has a better plan to save the world. Violence, language, gore
In the short film “Olga” we find the following scenario. At a restaurant, Russian Mafia Boss welcomes his son Sasha as their newest member. While celebrating the Boss tells one of his hitmen to go over to a booth where a woman has just sat down and asks her to leave as it’s a private party. She gets up from her booth and takes the hitman down. Then she lays waste to two other hitmen. The Boss is stunned and doesn’t realize that this may be the end of the beginning. Violence, language
In “Fetch” The film opens flashing back to two days earlier with John Fetcher searching for a bail jumper named Sonny whose worth about $10 thousand in reward for bail jumping from his boss Jimmy. But his job isn’t that easy and things start to go south. He faces money problems as his ex-wife Susan wants her alimony check. So when Jimmy calls asks him if he wants to make 50 grand for an easy gig, Fetch jumps at it. But this time his job is even harder. Violence, language, sexual innuendos.
The fight scenes are so good you’ll want to rewind and watch them again. My hat is off to the following Choreographers, stunt supervisors and coaches who pull off some of the best close fighting excitement I’ve seen in years. Choreographers Nania T. for “Awesome Runaway”, Stunts/martial arts Mathieu Coderre and Carl Langlais, Leon Gosselin LeClerc and Maxine Page for “Jacob’s Wrath”. “Flow” Elaine Ford fight choreographer. Fight choreographers Sonny Louis and Beau Fowler for “Express Delivery”. Stunt Coordinator Peter Pedriro for “Turncoat”, Fight Choreographer Jean-Francois Lachapelle for “Olga”. And “Fetch” acting coach Cameron Thoe.
The short films are not rated by the MPAA, but contain those warnings above. Depending on the short film, they are creepy, disturbing, spine chilling, uncanny, eerie, supernatural, bizarre, weird, disgusting, or/and revolting.
The box title is “BLOOD, SWEAT AND TERRORS and can be picked up at your nearest department or video store or Video On Demand. But, you will want to put the DVD in your collection for sure.
FINAL ANALYSIS: An awesome DVD for fans of this genre. (5 out of 5 Stars)
Specifications and additional video information:
Starring: Jamie Birkett, Warren Brown, Lucy Clements, Beau Fowler, John Hannah, David Leitch, Sonny Louis, Neil Maskell, Rodney Roland and Paul Sloan
Directed by: Several
Genre: Action, Terror, Thriller, Horror
Running Time: 1 hr. 38 min.
MPAA Rating: extreme violence, explicit nudity, language, subliminal ghastly images, gore
Video Release Date: November 6, 2018
Language: English
Reviewed Format: DVD
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0
Video: Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish
Number of Discs: 1 disc
Distributed by: RLJE Films
Released Formats: DVD, VOD
