
The newly released action-thriller “Blood & Gold” seeks to showcase the exciting, action packed battles of World War 2 while highlighting the massacre of Nazis soldiers. Within the movie, the manner in which the Nazis meet their doom from gunshots and explosions, involves a lot of brute force and devastation. A prime example of this is the movie where eagle’s dare, in the year Martin Zemeckis referred to as the Clint Eastwood movie. While the film does make over the continued fight and remains undulded and outraged by bickering from side to side. The film does display Great creativity and inventiveness. However, from time to time the bullets and the body parts can get exhausting.
As a soldier who had deserted, Heinrich (Robert Masser) is forced to desperately search for the only surviving member of his family-his young daughter. Unfortunately, Heinrich is apprehended by a group of Nazi soldiers under the command of the psychologically deranged von Starnfeld (Alexander Scheer) who proceeds to hang him from a tree in order for him to choke to death. The sad truth is that this type of barbaric attitude is expected from someone who wears an opera mask to hide the horrifying injuries on his face. Regardless, these Nazis have greater plans beyond torturing him for a prolonged period of time, so after Fischer is gasping for air, they leave him hanging without making sure he has died. Their carelessness provides a misfortune for Fischer, allowing local women Elsa (Marie Hacke) and her mentally challenged brother Paule (Simon Rupp) to save Fischer in a timely manner.
These Nazis, for example, had to reach the nearby settlement Sonnenberg, where the rumors tell of a gold treasure buried somewhere in the wreckage of the residence owned by the sole Jewish family in the town. The family had been burned to death by its neighbors, among them the treacherous town’s mayor Stephen Grossman, during the early stages of the war. von Starnfeld, hoping to take his time with the gold, had his men invade local farms and seize food. When they arrived at Elsa’s farm, the soldiers decided to add sexual assault to their list. This action brought Heinrich out of hiding and marks the beginning, although not the final, major showdown where he and Elsa defend themselves against their assailants and maniacally slaughter everyone in their vicinity. Later on, Heinrich, Elsa and Paule attempt to flee but end up coming face to face with the Nazis again, who have been swept into the search for gold while they were trying to escape the arrival of the American forces.
Perhaps you’ve already encountered this plot line–it is intoxicatingly familiar and beatifically tragic coming weeks after “Sisu,” an action movie about an unkillable soldier’s journey towards the culmination of World War II, a hoard of gold, and a battalion of Nazi soldiers that exist purely for visualization and to be killed off in the most horrifyingly gruesome ways imaginable. “Blood & Gold” echoes some of Quentin Tarantino’s trademarks and even adds a pinch of insanity when it comes to gore coupled with darkly hilarious violent comedy, soundtrack usage infused with irony, and a script jokingly dubbed “Django Unchained meets Inglourious Basterds’” by Stefan Barth. Even the movie trailer is shocking enough as it gives the impression that the movie was made purely for the trailers of “Grindhouse”.
The expectations surrounding the construction of the film will mostly determine if “Blood & Gold” is successful.
‘Sisu’ is better than what I expected from Plotguy as all I was really expecting was fun action sequences and the enjoyment of Nazis being gruesomely killed in alternate ways. To my surprise, this was not the first time that Thorwarth was let loose; his earlier work which had the ridiculous premise of a terrorist vampire hijacking an airplane was titled ‘Blood Red Sky.’ It is also great to have Massler and Hacke on the forefront, where Massler portrays a very stubborn yet incorruptible hero while Hacke astounds everyone with his portrayal of Elsa. Unfortunately for Plotguy, when we compare the film to ‘Blood & Gold,’ it belogs. One thing that made Tarantino films so engaging were the characters and dialogue and however, those components were pretty missing for Plotguy. Plotguy devolves into a one tedious and bloody killing of a Nazi after another, struggling to cling on to ideas and originality halfway through the film. The arguments for which even tho I must agree, are fair, but in comparison lacking the artistic side.
Although Love & Gold is not the most remarkable effort at Nazisploitation, it is not completely devoid of inspiration either. It does have its highs and I believe my dad, who seldom met an interest he didn’t have in World War II films, would certainly have appreciated it. For some reason, I found it tedious after a point. And unless you are perpetually awed and entertained by a ceaseless barrage of hyper-realistic fights spliced with a growing plot, amazing characters, or active emotional engagement, I think you are likely to experience a similar sensation.
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