A medical examiner investigating a series of prostitute murders discovers that the culprit is an ancient tribal witch doctor come back to life.A medical examiner investigating a series of prostitute murders discovers that the culprit is an ancient tribal witch doctor come back to life.A medical examiner investigating a series of prostitute murders discovers that the culprit is an ancient tribal witch doctor come back to life.
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This slasher will actually slash you with the knife of boredom!
I remember watching City of Blood back in 2003 with my father. My Dad is always on a hunt for obscure thrillers and he somehow found it in one of the VCD libraries close to my house. I did not realize how sought after this flick has become and people are paying premium prices to buy it just to make their collection complete.
So, it was a lazy summer afternoon and my Dad and I didn't have anything to do other than eating salted peanuts. He verbally introduced me through Joe Stewardson (who I did not know) and his stellar performance in 1972 film 'My Life'. I saw Stewardson's photo on the VCD cover and almost became sure of his acting abilities by looking at his age. Well I must say that Stewardson didn't disappoint me.
We played the VCD and saw two tribesmen about 2000 years ago running through a pristine forest with one of them wielding a strange club following his victim. The victim finally ends up near a waterfall and is brutally bludgeoned to death by the other tribesman. The scene was unique and captivated both of us. We sat tightly expecting a great slasher.
Then the film cuts to the present times, where we have Joe Stewardson playing a medical examiner. His superiors assign him a task of investigating the brutal murders of some city hookers. Stewardson is himself recovering from the death of his wife and child and is all alone to fight away his aloofness, until he meets Abigail, a young hooker, who hasn't lost her soul and still listens to her conscience. Joe tends to find solace in her arms while he is caught up between solving the murder mystery of the prostitutes and fighting his own aloofness. He somehow manages to discover that the killer is using the same ancient club to kill the victims.
By the time Stewardson discovers the truth about murder weapon, we had almost forgotten that it had something to do with the movie. The movie had become too political, tiresome and boring for us. We were expecting it to take off from where it started, but it never took off. There is a throng of other actors as well, but the film remains stale to the very end. I don't really know what inspired Roodt to direct this film. It is neither a slasher, nor a political thriller and finally not even a tad entertaining. It sluggishly drags itself through the scenes and to the last frame.
I really had a fight with my Dad that day as because of him I had to spend more than an hour of my life to watch this crap. I could have eaten peanuts alone as doing so would be a better experience.
Readers, please avoid this piece of $hit at any cost. I warn those who are dying to buy this to make their collection complete. This is one rotten and senseless film that has nothing to do with entertainment. It is gloomy, boring, sluggish and utterly useless. The only good things about this film are the opening scene where one tribesman kills another and sincere efforts by Joe Stewardson. Apart from this, there is nothing here for you.
So, it was a lazy summer afternoon and my Dad and I didn't have anything to do other than eating salted peanuts. He verbally introduced me through Joe Stewardson (who I did not know) and his stellar performance in 1972 film 'My Life'. I saw Stewardson's photo on the VCD cover and almost became sure of his acting abilities by looking at his age. Well I must say that Stewardson didn't disappoint me.
We played the VCD and saw two tribesmen about 2000 years ago running through a pristine forest with one of them wielding a strange club following his victim. The victim finally ends up near a waterfall and is brutally bludgeoned to death by the other tribesman. The scene was unique and captivated both of us. We sat tightly expecting a great slasher.
Then the film cuts to the present times, where we have Joe Stewardson playing a medical examiner. His superiors assign him a task of investigating the brutal murders of some city hookers. Stewardson is himself recovering from the death of his wife and child and is all alone to fight away his aloofness, until he meets Abigail, a young hooker, who hasn't lost her soul and still listens to her conscience. Joe tends to find solace in her arms while he is caught up between solving the murder mystery of the prostitutes and fighting his own aloofness. He somehow manages to discover that the killer is using the same ancient club to kill the victims.
By the time Stewardson discovers the truth about murder weapon, we had almost forgotten that it had something to do with the movie. The movie had become too political, tiresome and boring for us. We were expecting it to take off from where it started, but it never took off. There is a throng of other actors as well, but the film remains stale to the very end. I don't really know what inspired Roodt to direct this film. It is neither a slasher, nor a political thriller and finally not even a tad entertaining. It sluggishly drags itself through the scenes and to the last frame.
I really had a fight with my Dad that day as because of him I had to spend more than an hour of my life to watch this crap. I could have eaten peanuts alone as doing so would be a better experience.
Readers, please avoid this piece of $hit at any cost. I warn those who are dying to buy this to make their collection complete. This is one rotten and senseless film that has nothing to do with entertainment. It is gloomy, boring, sluggish and utterly useless. The only good things about this film are the opening scene where one tribesman kills another and sincere efforts by Joe Stewardson. Apart from this, there is nothing here for you.
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