Love Lies Bleeding - In theaters March 8, 2024

[kaw]

3.00 star(s) Rating: 3.00/5 1 Votes

Title: Love Lies Bleeding

Tagline: Revenge gets ripped.

Genre: Crime, Thriller

Director: Rose Glass

Cast: Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian, Ed Harris, Dave Franco, Jena Malone, Anna Baryshnikov, Keith Jardine, Lily Harris, Jerry G. Angelo, Orion Carrington, Matthew Blood-Smyth, Hilary Fleming, Caleb Baker, Yvette Fazio-Delaney, David DeLao, Catherine Haun, Jeff Worden, George M. Dean, Aaron Black

Release: 2024-03-08

Runtime: 104

Plot: Reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Las Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.

 

[kaw]

 

[Lone Crusader]

Yeah I want to see this, looks pretty good.

 

[TheWildEye]

Looks interesting. Director of Saint Maud. I like the odd vibe. Could be another cult hit.

 

[Flloydo]

Really like the look of this

 

[leelee17]

Big fan of Saint Maud so it'll be interesting to see how this turns out.
Looks pretty good...

 

[tommyh84]

Just stumbled on this trailer, looks really interesting

 

[Space Cadet]

 

[Space Cadet]

Ed Harris looks so cool (in the trailer) :

 

[Noodles]

 

[TheWildEye]

I'm looking forward to this. Looks a trip.

 

[Space Cadet]

 

[TheWildEye]

Love Lie Bleeding Empire Magazine UK review

Getting a great write up here.

 

[TheWildEye]

'Love Lies Bleeding'
Some thoughts...

Funny one this. Very stylish but a little dull. The story says nothing new about a well trodden noir path we've all seen before. It perhaps relies too heavily on the audience interest coming from its trashy, late 80s, sweat stained americana aesthetic, which is undoubtedly captivating, but ultimately not enough to paint over what is just a dull, well used noir murder plot. The gay romance narrative that's offered up in the opening quarter goes nowhere and the director kind of flip flops and drops in other elements at a whim, such as body horror, cop thriller, comedy and even the soundtrack hints at sci-fi with its spacial, electro beat incidental music.
It's an odd, heady concoction that just doesn't ever really get going.
Some cool sequences aside, it didn't wow me as the directors debut film Saint Maud did.
Worth a watch for Ed Harris mullet but don't race to buy a ticket.
I'd give it a 3 Harris Mullets out of 5