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Blood and Bone is about a black man name Isaiah Bone (Michael Jai White - Spawn,
Black Dynamite) who is soon to be released from jail. As a farewell he is greeted by
gang of pissed off cons armed with metal shanks in the bathroom, all wanting to teach
Bone a lesson he won’t ever forget. Bone who clearly knows what is about to happen
is already prepared as he hand washes his shirt in the sink. Bone warns the gang first
before unleashing in a matter of seconds several deadly swift kicks and punches to the
gang. Now a free man, it doesn’t take long for him to settle into a vacant room
offered by single mother Tamara (Nona Gaye - Harlem Nights, Crash), who doesn’t
want any trouble and likes to keep to herself. Bone who seems to be on some sort of
mission, decides to knuckle it out by putting his fighting skills to good use, slipping into
LA’s underground street fighting to earn some extra cash. It doesn’t take long for Bone
to make a name for himself and with loud-mouth hustler Pinball (Dante Basco -
Terminator Salvation, Biker Boyz), who knows the right people, helping to promote
Isiah, in a matter of weeks he goes from underdog to top contender. A ruthless
gangster James (Eamonn Walker - Lord of War, Cadillac Records), wages everything he
has with the city’s notorious crime lord Franklin McVeigh (Julian Sands - Warlock,
Arachnophobia), in a fight Bone cannot turn down.
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No comment is made as the video quality for a screener is only for viewing purposes
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No comment is made as there are no audio settings to choose, screeners are only
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We really can't give you a deep insight on what is actually on the retail version, as we
were only sent a screener. But according to the Eagle Entertainment website you have
a 'Commentary with Director Ben Ramsey & Crew', a 'Breaking The Mold: Behind The
Scenes' featurette and an 'Image Gallery'.
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Directed by Ben Ramsey, Blood and Bone is one of those films where you can feel the
impact of the film within the first 10 minutes. A film where the prison bathroom fight
scene is jaw-dropping (no-pun intended) to the point that you can feel your adrenaline
kicking in and you find yourself wanting to constantly rewind the fight over and over
again. The thing I found the most annoying was the script, as it really fails to offer
anything new or fresh, or indeed anything which we haven’t already seen before in
previous fighting films like Never Back Down (2008) or Damage (2009). Apart from all
the amazing, well choreographed fighting scenes, which clearly save the film from
becoming stale and boring, Blood and Bone honestly isn’t a great film. That said though
it has enough blood, sweat and tears to help waste away most of your day when
renting it out one weekend. Not a keeper unless you are huge fan of the same-old-
same-old low budget fight film genre.
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