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2019 film by Frédéric Petitjean

Cold Blood
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Directed by Frédéric Petitjean [fr]
Written by Frédéric Petitjean
Produced by Olias Barco Corinne Benichou Oleg German Florence Moos
Starring Jean RenoSarah LindJoe AndersonSamantha Bond
Cinematography Thierry Arbogast
Edited by Viktor Onysko
Music by Xavier Berthelot
Productioncompany Screen Media Films
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date 15 May 2019 (2019-05-15)
Running time 95 minutes
Country France
Language English
Budget $2.7 Million[1]
Box office $1 Million[2]

Cold Blood, also known as Cold Blood Legacy, is a 2019 action thriller film written and directed by Frédéric Petitjean [fr] and starring Jean Reno, Sarah Lind, Joe Anderson and Samantha Bond. It was released on 15 May 2019.[3]

Henry, a professional assassin, retires to a cabin in the frozen forests near the Canadian border. He lives there in isolation and silence until coming across a crashed snowmobile and a seriously injured young woman, who gives her name as Melody. Henry fends off the wolves who attempt to attack her, and begins to treat her wounds, extracting several splinters and shards of woods with the limited means he has at his disposal. However, as the woman heals, he begins to grow suspicious of her lack of personal identity documents, cellphone, and investigates the area around the crash. He demands she leave his house as soon as possible, despite her lack of ability.

Due to Henry's treatment and care of her, Melody begins to recover. Upon seeing Henry sitting outside, back to her, seemingly fishing, she reassembles a gun hidden in her backpack and shoots him in the head. Unbeknownst to her, she shot a straw mannequin. Henry detains her and interrogates her for details. She reveals her true name is Charlie, and she came here to kill Henry to avenge his assassination of her father. Charlie's father, a millionaire, had neglected her all her life, and she wishes only to make his memory proud. Henry reveals he already knew that and the second part of the contract he was hired under was to assassinate her as well. Henry frees her to go into the wild, but she returns to the cabin.

A former bodyguard of her father shows up at the cabin to rescue Charlie. Henry kills him in a shootout. The next morning, tired of his life as an assassin, he calls the police on himself. Charlie hits Henry over the head; he shoots the wolf behind her and seems to be about to shoot her when he drops the cartridge from the gun. He is fatally shot by the police who showed up.

Charlie is taken care of by the police. She returns to Henry's cottage to find he has left her his copy of The Art of War along with the phone number of the person who hired him to kill her.

The film received generally negative reviews. Variety called Cold Blood "instantly forgettable",[5] The Observer named it a "boring thriller"[6] while The Hollywood Reporter said that despite the film featuring a "a breathtaking snow-covered setting" and being "well shot", the "result is a film that’s as nonsensical as it is blandly put together".[7]

  1. ^ "Cold Blood (2019) Review: A Disjointed Yet Oddly Entertaining Thriller". Ready Steady Cut. FireCask. 5 July 2019. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
  2. ^ "Cold Blood (2019)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
  3. ^ "Cold Blood". Screen Media Films.
  4. ^ Tom Percival (2 September 2019). "UNILAD Chats To Legendary Actor Jean Reno About His New Film Cold Blood Legacy". Unilad. Archived from the original on 29 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  5. ^ Mark Keizer (2 July 2019). "Film Review: 'Cold Blood'". Variety.
  6. ^ Rex Reed (7 August 2019). "Jean Reno's 'Cold Blood' Won't Raise Your Temperature, Even in Sub-Zero Weather". The Observer.
  7. ^ Jordan Mintzer (22 May 2019). "'Cold Blood Legacy': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.