Cup of my Blood
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    At twenty nine minutes even, I have to pause and give them a word of kudos.  They quote Luke 15:10 out of the Bible and get it right.  Rare in direct to video--so often the Bible is some throwaway source document that characters quote from haphazardly, not bothering to get it right.  When they DO get it right, I have to mention it out of respect.

     

    Here's the good news.  Everything I just said, as random and haphazard as it sounds, combines together to mean just one thing--this is pretty good stuff.  The first half hour is just going to amaze you.  It certainly amazed me, and at this point, I'm one jaded individual.  I can spot crap from a mile away.  I know when lousy special effects are being forced down my throat.  And make no mistake--this is a solid title with lots of suspenseful elements, lots of freaky moments, a deep and involved storyline, and even some comic relief.

     

    The ending is a vicious, bloody beatdown that pretty much manages to tie up every loose end in the movie.  It's surprisingly good.

     

    The special features include 16:9 widescreen format, cast and crew commentary, a behind the scenes featurette, deleted scenes, special menus, Spanish subtitles, and trailers for several different movies that I don't know the titles of because MTI didn't bother to tell me what they were.

     

    All in all,  "Cup of My Blood," though it looks trite and exploitative at first glance, turns out to be a solid entry in direct to video.  Fans of "The Da Vinci Code" and any movie involving the Holy Grail are probably going to be pretty satisfied with this.




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