The Plague of Blood

Rating: 1/10 (20 January 2005)

This movie is as you might suspect given the many reviews which are before and after not quite what it appears to be and that is why whatever it looks or sounds like it is not what you get.The confusing premise is that there is virtually no ability to balance the tables.What does that mean?This movie is not honest,thats what it means.The horrible opening scene has this young white male attempting as we are to quickly learn, to virtually steal his mothers television set and sell it for a few bucks so he might buy drugs.His mother has the television chained to the radiator so as not to lose touch with whatever reality the television represents but passes the key to of all people her son the drug addict who is threatening her from behind a locked door.Here the author establishes a relationship that is in a nutshell what he is trying to figure out.Though this young person,her son is nothing but a liar and everyone associated with him share and provide impetus for his and there lying ways even unto the death of the other through lethal injection.That lethal injection is a main lining shot of Heroin which these characters are guilty of being part of which involves a loss of a limb as well as the death of the lie that they lived under.However the other end of this film is the relationship of the television to this kids mother which as it turns out is made to appear to be selling drugs of another sort.The weight reducing hysteria turns television and its programs into an accomplice to another kind of tragedy that involves the power of suggestion and the extremely cruel and aggressive nature of having influence over society by way of its programing and power as such.The film continues to show such grossly unjust and even indecent characterizations that we are really forced to look elsewhere for the answer as to the reason why this would exist at all,even if it is dishonest.This film is championing getting your way and believing it is indeed your way even as you are about to die of a overdose of heroin.The source then is not a reliable gauge as to value and contributes to the demise of society by providing a influence that is indecent.It is one thing in this world that we live in to be taken advantage of but it is another to be forced into an idealogical state that does not provide anything else but that.How can in all the world a system baring witness to undue influence,unfair power over and a lie to boot be looked at as the source of anything but an inhuman aggregate with gang like assumptions.It is not so smart to suggest that this film is providing the eclipse of life unto death even through its title,"Requiem for a Dream".The Dream it seams is dead,however that may not be the worst thing because it hardly had a chance in this world of the power of suggestion and here we are touching upon reality and the effect it has had upon the human race.If you get put off by this well this is what this picture is about.It is symbolic of an intent to kill honesty it is also bears witness to a foreign power in the likes of the influence of the technology that bears malice for its victims and is of such a predatory nature as to be a threat to civilization and even world peace.This discourse is not for the benefit of the writer nor does it provide an answer to anything but getting ones way which is why I cannot give the writer credit but can suggest that the influence written of, got what it wanted, credit for getting its way.Everything in its wake is lessened by such an accomplishment and even more so we are provided with a lie.This film has all the earmarks of a spear aimed at the heart of the human race.Just so you will know with so much power you must be selling something?I do not recommend this film outside of its political importance and that I believe you should be warned as well because it is a living breathing reality that made for this film and it is a living breathing reality that made it possible.That is what this film did, it provided an ability to know reality and if your wise enough you will be forewarned of its coming.Don't sell the sell short it means what it suggests and it intends to convince you that it means to get its way.