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Peter Crady (Humungus), a dangerous psycho killer, has escaped from
jail, and now it's up to the man who originally arrested him, detective
Johnson (Wolf Morrison), and special agent Stone (Marie-Therese Lind) -
colleagues so much at odds with one another that it's inevitable they fall
in love eventually - to track him down. A good starting place is Crady's
sister Susan, who's naturally scared out of her mind regarding Crady's
return as she has helped having him arrested in the first place. But agent
Stone offers to guard her while detective Johnson does some digging - and
comes up with some alarming evidence, like that Crady's own psychiatrist
(Walter Pepl) helped him in any way, shape or form and is still having his
back now. Eventually, Crady manages to kidnap both agent Stone and Susan,
and now it's up to Johnson to save the day, but the only two allies he has
are Susan's fiancé (Franciskus Beacon-Schandl) - formerly best friend of
Crady, so his allegiance is somewhat in doubt - and over-zealous news
reporter Tracy (Isabella Enzenhofer), who might put her career over doing
the right thing though ... Now one thing's for sure, Blood
City Massacre doesn't have anything new or original to offer, nor has
it set out to do. Instead, the film is a loving throwback to European
genre and exploitation cinema from the 1970s and 80s when movies still had
an anything-goes attitude to them, when sensationalism still reigned
supreme, and stories were told in a straight-forward way. And this
impression is only helped by dialogues, scenes and indeed character arcs
that seem to be lifted from the movies of old, with only a mild addition
of irony. As a result, the film feels a bit out of time in 2011, but if
you're a fan of vintage Euro cinema (as am I), you'll sure find plenty to
like here.
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