This movie was something special for me, most of it because it's the last film for one of my all time favorite movie stars (River Phoenix). what made it more interested to me (and maybe to many river's fans) is that it was never completed due to his sudden death back to 1993. The story line or let say the idea of it is very slimier to the 1990 film (Misery) Starring both: Kathy Bates & James Caan, but unfortunately Dark Blood failed to reach half of Misery due to many reasons: First and the main reason was the movie was never completed because the scenes are just 80% of the film which destroyed a lot of aspects although the Director read some notes that weren't shot (in order to understand many things), but this was not enough. the second reason was there was no chemistry between Phoenix and Davis especially from Miss Davis side( not to mention that she doesn't have the qualities to attract a young man) in other words she was miscast for this role. As for both River Phoenix and Jonathan Pryce they really delivered one of there most powerful roles till date. MR. Phoenix gave us a brilliant performance as a villain. and he really developed himself very hard to present this part. he didn't care about his looks at all, he made himself really look like a half Indian half American and the death scene was very powerful i think if it was completed back then he arguably will be nominated at least to Golden Globe. At the end if you are one of River Phoenix Fans i highly recommend you to watch his last great performance, but don't expect to watch a great movie. it's a fine one with a very good performances.
Review of Dark Blood
