Blackwoods

Blackwoods

Director: Uwe Boll

Tagline: Tried, Convicted, HUNTED!

Rated: R (for violence, language and sexuality)

Characters:

Matt: Our main character, after he accidentally hits a girl with a car he simply goes mad, and starts imagining the craziest things ever! Say’s hello to a speeding 18 wheeler.

Dawn: Matt’s girlfriend, A bit weird herself, can’t really go into further detail without giving away some of the plot twists though.

Jim: Matt’s roommate, seems to be the only person Matt can trust at times, found stabbed to death.

The Sheriff: A nice enough man, seems to know Matt from somewhere, aww shit, can’t say more without giving plot twists either!

The Waitress: As unexpected as this may be she plays a pretty major part in the movie, she finds Matt as weird, I can’t disagree with her either.





Plot:
A young man accidentally kills a girl in a horrible car wreck. A few years later he’s forgotten all about the past and life seems to be taking a turn for the better. He lives in a nice apartment with his roommate Jim, he has a pretty girlfriend and people in general seem to like him well enough.
But this all ends suddenly when he and Dawn (his girlfriend) decide to go on a road trip to meet Dawn’s family and after a jarring turn of events he is chased by a family insane with grief. He then realizes that maybe he should’ve taken a better look at the past, as it seems to be taking a better look at him!








Review:
Ladies and Gentlemen, Uwe Boll! I am surprised as hell to see this turned out to be pretty good. I always told everyone the Uwe was NOT a bad director and this he’s proved me right! This is by no means a horror movie, and it’s a lot different than what the back of the cover says, it’s less of a revenge flick and much more of a head trip to Boll land. I mean, I really didn’t see the twist coming, it surprised the hell outta me! Really, it did! Now this may just be because I’ve yet to see a different movie with the same twist. Uwe shows that he can be a good director, just like I always said he was (NOT sarcasm, I really defend the dude). There are some scenes that are simply beautiful to look at (the scene with the flare flying through the woods via flare gun) and some scenes that are very...well outright amateurish (when the camera goes in like stop motion and blurs the actors). Now this is going to be a very short review because anything I say might give away the plot, so if you’ve already seen this and are just mildly irritated that I don’t go into more detail about the plot, I am sorry! The acting is good for the most part, except fr the occasional over acting brought to us by Patrick Muldoon. Now if only Uwe himself could read this and know that he has an honest fan of his work. But here’s a tip man. You gotta stop with these based on video game movies, I’m sorry but there’s only so many video games worth making into movies these days! I guess readers will also be glad to know that this is one of his only films that is NOT based on a video game either! I can recommend his to fans of thrillers and anyone who wants to take a headlong trip to Boll land!






Gore:
A gory dead body and some blood, disappointing.


T&A:
Just an offscreen sex scene and some dead dudes ass, so pretty much, NO!


Bodycount: 5



Final Rating: 3.5



Reviewed By: Ian Berling