![]() The plot doesn't matter at all, because this movie is about vampires biting folks to make more vampires. He's good as usual, but he could have used some help from the rest of the cast. ![]() With that said, Patrick (Buck in the film) does more than necessary here as a Texas theft who assembles a gang of misfits for one last score. We replace those cinema icons with Robert Patrick, which isn't necessarily a bad thing (he's the freakin T-1000 after all), but Patrick is a character actor, and character actors usually are best when not in the lead. No time to waste.īut how does Texas Blood Money stack up against the George Clooney/Harvey Keitel original? Well, not that well. Everything feels as if they had 30 days or less to finish the thing, and nothing could prevent that deadline. These flicks reek of cheapness, from the film quality, to the sets, to the actors, to the dialogue, to the gore. Take the From Dusk Till Dawn sequels for example (and if I had Robert Rodriguez's El Ray channel, I'd discuss the TV series, too). They keep making 'em, and we keep watching 'em. It's the laziest form of filmmaking, but you know, sometimes it works. However, with all principle cast and crew on to bigger and better things, studios often decide that the easiest way to make money without spending it is to take a known title and produce more with minimal effort. The original film must have been either a box office or a sleeper cult hit that slowly gained an audience. There's something about the appeal to direct to disc sequels that remains unexplainable. "As long as expectations are kept low, it's hard not to enjoy the stupidness of Texas Blood Money." We're hoping this column will promote constructive and geek fueled discussion. THE BLACK SHEEP is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATH.
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