Movie Review: Blood Red Sky (2021)

Synopsis: German widow Nadja and her son, Elias, board a plane to New York, where she hopes to receive treatment for what appears to be cancer. The plane is hijacked mid-flight and Nadja is shot by one of the men. However, instead of dying from her wounds, as would be expected, Nadja reveals her real condition, vampirism. Determined to protect her son, she soon starts a fight with the hijackers but as her ability to control her disease diminishes and one of the men injects himself with her blood, the plane is soon filled with blood-lusting creatures.

Who's in it? The movie stars Peri Baumeister, Carl Anton Koch, Alexander Scheer, Kais Setti and Gordon Brown.

Review: My wife and I had time for two movies last night and while I took a quick shower, she picked out Blood Red Sky on Netflix. The movie's description didn't do it a lot of favors, and we both had some serious doubts about the film. However, it turned out to be surprisingly unique and entertaining.

My first thought about this film was it was going to be similar to Flight of the Living Dead, with Nadja (Baumeister) carrying some sort of zombie virus. As the movie progressed and we learned she was, instead, a vampire, then it became a lot more intriguing.

The thing I liked most about this movie was the mix of good and bad that came with Nadja's vampirism. It made her virtually indestructible, which was bad news for the hijackers. At the same time, however, without the drugs that had allowed her to keep it under control, she was gradually losing her humanity. That meant, even though she was trying to protect Elias (Koch), there was also a good chance she would eventually try to kill her son.

The movie did lose a bit of steam (at least in my opinion) when one of the hijackers (Scheer) also became a vampire and began infecting more people. That's because, after that point, there wasn't much that separated this film from the zombie movie I mentioned before.

That said, the ending wasn't as predictable as I would expect a movie like this to be because the film does a great job setting up the hijacking plot in a way that made talking to the people who could help them practically impossible. Of course, to be fair, Elias also didn't do anyone any favors by coming off a bit whiny. I know he's just a kid, but I feel as though the authorities would have maybe considered listening to him if he didn't sound so hysterical and told them the guy they thought was a terrorist was just being framed.

Final Opinion: It could have done without the extra vampires but, up until that point, it was a unique movie that had an interesting protagonist. Ultimately, even with the film going a bit too far with the story, it was still worth taking the time to watch.

My Grade: B

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