Red-Blooded American Girl II explained

Red-Blooded American Girl II
Director:David Blyth
Producer:Paco Alvarez
Nicolas Stiliadis
Starring:Kari Wuhrer
Kristoffer Ryan Winters
Burt Young
David Keith
Music:Paul Zaza
Cinematography:Edgar Egger
Editing:Nick Rotundo
Studio:SC Entertainment
Runtime:95 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:English

Red-Blooded American Girl II (also known as Hot Blooded, Red Blooded 2, and Hit & Run)[1] [2] is a 1997 Canadian thriller film by New Zealand-born director David Blyth.[3] It is billed as a sequel to Blyth's 1990 film Red Blooded American Girl, despite featuring a different cast and premise.

Plot

College student Trent Colbert is making a cross country trip to visit his parents when he encounters a prostitute named Miya Falk. He gets caught up in her world of crime, and the two are eventually forced to go on the run from the police. Through these rigorous endeavors the two fall in love with each other.

Cast

Production

Filming occurred in Ontario, Canada. Kari Wuhrer is listed as Kari Salin in the credits.

Release

It was first released direct-to-video in Europe and Australia during 1997. The film was released to the American home video market in the fall of 1998, also airing on cable networks in the region.

Reception

Dave Nuttycombe of Washington City Paper wrote in his review, "Actors may take their names off a film, but their breasts remain. The box, the ads, and my photographic memory of her perky curvaceousness from previous DTV efforts all say that Kari Wuhrer is in this film. The opening credits read “Kari Salin.” If the ex-videotrix was unhappy playing a toe-sucking, whip-cracking whore, she might have raised objections while reading the script. Maybe she balked after filming scenes with a shirtless Burt Young (he's in surprisingly good shape, but still...). And while her impressive body does much of the storytelling, Kari's never fully exposed and gets lines like, 'You're not going to pout all day for being an accessory to murder, are you?'"[4]

In his 2015 book Spinegrinder: The Movies Most Critics Won’t Write About, author Clive Davies called it a "a useless road movie that isn't really a sequel".[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Red-Blooded American Girl II (Hit & Run) (Hot Blooded) (1998). Nov 23, 2020. www.rottentomatoes.com.
  2. Web site: Hit and Run (1998) - David Blyth | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie. Nov 23, 2020. www.allmovie.com.
  3. Book: Conrich . Ian . Murray . Stuart . New Zealand Filmmakers . 2007 . Wayne State University Press . 9780814330173 . 21 November 2020.
  4. Web site: The Name Game. Dave. Nuttycombe. Sep 11, 1998. Washington City Paper. Nov 23, 2020.
  5. Book: Davies . Clive . Spinegrinder: The Movies Most Critics Won't Write About . 2015 . Headpress . 9781909394063 . 21 November 2020.