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Genre: Crime, Thriller, Mystery
Starring: Jean Reno, Olivia Thirlby, Michael Ironside
Cold Blood (2019) markets itself as a sleek assassin thriller, but ends up feeling more like a snow-covered slow burnโฆ without the burn.
Jean Reno plays Henry, a legendary hitman living off-grid near a frozen lake in the middle of nowhere. When he finds an injured young woman (Olivia Thirlby) near death outside his cabin, he takes her in โ only to be pulled back into a dangerous web of lies, secrets, and a past he tried to bury in the snow.
The setup has potential: isolated location, mysterious pasts, and the slow reveal of whoโs hunting who. Unfortunately, the pacing feels more like a chilly crawl than a tense thriller. Despite Renoโs gruff charm and Thirlbyโs committed performance, the script just doesnโt give them enough to work with.
Visually, the film makes good use of its icy landscapes โ wide shots of frozen forests and quiet tension in the stillness. But beautiful cinematography canโt fully save a plot that lacks urgency, twists that donโt twist hard enough, and dialogue that sounds like it was written on autopilot.
Final Verdict:
While Cold Blood tries to blend introspective noir with assassin suspense, it ends up being a beautiful but forgettable snowglobe of a movie โ nice to look at, but ultimately hollow when shaken.
