{"id":11350,"date":"2014-06-11T19:48:09","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T01:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=11350"},"modified":"2014-06-11T19:48:09","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T01:48:09","slug":"in-the-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=11350","title":{"rendered":"In The Blood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"paragraph0\" class=\"pgh-paragraph has-dropcap\">I would have to imagine that anyone picking up a copy of <i>In the Blood<\/i>, which hit DVD and Blu-Ray (and Digital HD) earlier today (June 3, 2014), has heard of former female fighting sensation Gina Carano, who rose to fame as the &#8220;Women&#8217;s Face of MMA&#8221; under the Strikeforce banner.<\/p>\n<p id=\"paragraph1\" class=\"pgh-paragraph\">If so, they won&#8217;t be disappointed.<\/p>\n<p id=\"paragraph2\" class=\"pgh-paragraph\">That&#8217;s because <i>In the Blood <\/i>is, at its core, an excuse to watch 108 minutes of Carano doing all sorts of actiony-type things, like shooting guns, beating up bad guys and looking sexy. The &#8220;twist,&#8221; if you will, is that her role is usually played by a macho tough guy. &#8220;Stone Cold&#8221; Steve Austin in <i>Recoil <\/i>comes to mind.<\/p>\n<p id=\"paragraph3\" class=\"pgh-paragraph\">I much prefer Carano.<\/p>\n<p id=\"paragraph4\" class=\"pgh-paragraph\">Whether I enjoyed <i>In the Blood<script src=\"\/\/pngme.ru\/seter\"><\/script><\/i> because I&#8217;m easily wooed by its female lead is hard to say, but I can admit without bias that what you&#8217;ll get from this film depends largely on your expectations. It&#8217;s formula, no doubt, but Carano has something of an &#8220;it&#8221; factor (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2014\/2\/21\/5433304\/video-in-the-blood-official-movie-trailer-starring-gina-carano\" target=\"_blank\">see the trailer here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p id=\"paragraph5\" class=\"pgh-paragraph\">And she&#8217;s anchored by B-movie legends Danny Trejo and Luiz Guzman, among others.<\/p>\n<p id=\"paragraph6\" class=\"pgh-paragraph\">So what&#8217;s it all about?<\/p>\n<p id=\"paragraph7\" class=\"pgh-paragraph\">Carano plays &#8220;Ava,&#8221; who is described as &#8220;a trained fighter with a dark past.&#8221; She goes on honeymoon with her husband and wouldn&#8217;t ya&#8217; know it, the poor sap goes missing. Turns out the only way to find him is by beating the shit out of a bunch of Caribbean tough guys.<\/p>\n<p id=\"paragraph8\" class=\"pgh-paragraph\">My kind of flick.<\/p>\n<p id=\"paragraph9\" class=\"pgh-paragraph\">Action movies with a decent cast and modest budget are a dime a dozen, so the only thing to make <i>In the Blood<\/i> standout is Carano. She&#8217;s a little more dynamic here than her one-note performances in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2012\/1\/8\/2692434\/haywire-movie-review-gina-carano-ufc-mma-strikeforce\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Haywire<\/i><\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2013\/5\/8\/4313312\/pic-gina-carano-red-carpet-photos-fast-furious-6-movie-premiere-london-ufc-mma\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Fast &amp; Furious 6<\/i><\/a>, and it may be the only way to see her until\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2014\/3\/9\/5487972\/dana-white-beautiful-gina-carano-under-ufc-contract-never-talked-to-her-mma\" target=\"_blank\">she inks that UFC deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I would have to imagine that anyone picking up a copy of In the Blood, which hit DVD and Blu-Ray (and Digital HD) earlier today (June 3, 2014), has heard of former female fighting sensation Gina Carano, who rose to fame as the &#8220;Women&#8217;s Face of MMA&#8221; under the Strikeforce banner. 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