What’s Really Going On Here?
June 24, 2008
Enlightened Blood is a Mexican film starring Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Jostein Roustand, Enoc Leaño, and Flor Payán. The film was directed by Iván Ávila Dueñas. This film is a Mexican version of X Files meets Quantum Leap. It is a unique film that keeps the viewer guessing and as he or she follows the lives of a few individuals as they deal with the amazing occurrence that they each share.
I can’t say that especially enjoyed this film. From a technical standpoint, the cinematography really started to annoy me. The cinematography used selective focus so much throughout the movie that I felt like it was perpetually out of focus. The story itself was extremely hard to follow. They would constantly introduce characters and then we would never see them again. No explanation is ever given for what happens to these wondering characters. Speaking of lack of explanation, the entire story is never really explained. The premise is good, but we were never given in information on what is happening. The film is not very clear on what is causing the occurrences in the movie and does little to help the audience understand. I can only give Enlightened Blood one and a half stars. It wasn’t very interesting to begin with and didn’t do much to improve on that.
