BLOODSTONE Review: Rajinikanth Rules

Dwight H. Little’s 1988 action comedy adventure, Bloodstone, stands amply among any cadre of 80s action titles you can put together. Aside from it’s campy and cheesy allure, it’s precisely the kind you would expect from the Cannon era – this one being from Omega Entertainment and hailing as an Indian-American production. To boot, it marks the only production of its kind for Indian actor Rajinikanth, who was already twelve years into his craft, and having learned several languages. For this, language barriers fall short for his role in Blood Stone, coupled with leading duo Brett Stimely and Anna Nichols, and a line-up of oddball characters fresh from a Golan-Globus vehicle. Bloodstone carries its narrative from 13th century India to present day, introducing ex-cop-turned-textiles family business heir, Sandy (Stimely) and wife, Stephanie (Nichols), freshly arrived on their workacation in the region. A man named Paul Lorre (Jack Kehler), boards the […]

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