Here's a slow burn dramatic thriller that confuses more than it answers while presenting the story of a young couple trying to have their perfect last four days
of their lives, enjoying nature and themselves far from any company. It'll be their last days living as they're committed to a suicide pact since the girl
(Arielle Cartwright) is suffering from cancer and doesn't want to continue with a painful treatment that goes nowhere and also brings her boyfriend (Liam
Walker) down and he doesn't want to be left behind after she's gone, so he's more than willing to join her. But as days move on, they both alternate states
of happiness, care and loving moments with confusion, aggression, doubt, anger and fear, and if one of them changes their mind and the other don't,
things could escalate to a nightmarish scenario.
"White Blood" succeeds well when it comes to showing the couple's routine and dynamics through good and bad moments, and how the ups and downs affects
them in different ways. There's a lot of bickering but there's also many loving moments. The affected aspect of it all is when tension rises up either through
nightmares, visions and then the real challenge comes along and it's a little confusing to get what's going on and why sometimes their conversations escalate
in a dangerous manner. It almost reaches some horror film vibes. And I'm still trying to understand that ending. Plus, it's one of those films that spin around with things instead of being a little
more direct. Viewers who don't read anything about it and just go watch it, we'll get a little frustrated in trying to understand exactly what those two are doing in
the forest.
Like said before, the couple's routine and banter are pretty interesting to watch, and the more you discover things about their past or just enjoy their
sense of humor, the better it gets. But on the other way it felt a little strange the way the woman reacts to some closeness from the man in a horrid manner.
There were times when it necessary for her to push him off when things were going erratic, but that very first moment during a brief discussion was overreacted.
And since she doesn't appear sick at all - it's almost like Ali MacGraw disease in "Love Story" - I wonder why this couple haven't had sex the whole time there.
The closest they ever got was in the improvised marriage.
On a deeper level one can have some thoughts about this scenario and how one would deal in reality with dramatic prospects of losing one's partner, if
joining him/her or staying behind to deal with a restless pain. That topic was interesting enough for me, despite all the problems and mysteries presented.
It's not a painfully depressive experience as it sounds, the focus shifts more towards the rising tension of it all. 6/10.
