Bloodshot (2020)
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A soldier resurrected with nanite technology must navigate a web of manipulated memories to seek revenge.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
After being killed by mercenaries in Italy, U.S. Marine Ray Garrison is resurrected by Rising Spirit Technologies (RST) using experimental nanite technology. The nanites replace his bloodstream, granting him superhuman abilities but requiring constant recharging. RST's CEO, Dr. Emil Harting, manipulates Ray's memories to turn him into a weapon, making him believe different people killed his wife, Gina. Ray first tracks and kills a mercenary named Ax in Budapest. Harting then resets Ray's memories to target a former associate, Nick Baris. During this mission, a programmer named Wilfred Wigans helps Ray realize that RST has been manipulating him. Ray discovers that Gina is actually alive but has started a new life in London. After a final confrontation where Ray kills several RST agents and destroys the facility, he faces Harting. Ray chooses to sacrifice himself to defeat Harting, but Wigans updates his technology to make the nanites self-sufficient, reviving him. Ray, Wigans, and a freed KT (another RST patient) leave to start a new life.
- First release year
- 2020
- Runtime (minutes)
- 109
- Production countries
- United States; China
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- David S. F. Wilson
- Writers
- Jeff Wadlow · story; Jeff Wadlow · screenplay; Eric Heisserer · screenplay
- Cast and characters
- Vin Diesel · Bloodshot; Eiza González · Gina; Sam Heughan · KT; Toby Kebbell · Ax; Talulah Riley · Gina; Lamorne Morris · Wilfred Wigans; Guy Pearce · Nick Baris
- Genres
- superhero; science fiction; action; vigilante
- Themes
- revenge; memory manipulation; human experimentation
- Tone and mood
- action-packed; dark
- Setting
- Various international locations including Italy, Kuala Lumpur, Budapest, East Sussex, and London during the early 2020s.
- Premise and plot tags
- superhero; sci-fi; military; amnesia
- Source material / true-story basis
- Valiant Comics character Bloodshot
- Franchise connections
- Valiant Comics shared cinematic universe
- Reception
- The film received generally negative reviews from critics, with criticism for Diesel's performance, but praise for the action sequences and the visual effects. It received mixed or average reviews on Metacritic and a 'B' grade from CinemaScore.
- Reported review scores
- PostTrak · score: 3 · scale: 5
- Production trivia
- The film's release coincided with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.; The film was the most watched film on Amazon Prime Video over its first three days of home release.; Ken Watanabe was originally intended to play the Harbinger villain Toyo Harada in a post-credit scene, but the cameo was not filmed.
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