Well, even though Kristen Stewart only has three facial expressions - wet Sunday afternoon, miserable, and toilet smile - this is surprisingly good movie - there, I've committed that comment to writing.

The film is definitely noir, with Ed Harris and Katy O'Brian adding some additional depth and character range. Ed Harris is particularly good as a psychopath with a must-see hair style. The plot, whilst a little slow to get going, and with only a smidgen of cliches, works well and actually had me engaged. The writing and Direction are decent, without feeling too heavy or overwrought.

There is a slight weirdness, and I did think, for a moment the film might loose its way with a Bruce Banner scene but, actually, it worked and showed some humor beneath the darkness.

A strangely refreshing and engaging film.

I saw Love Lies Bleeding, starring Kristen Stewart-Charlie's Angels_2019, Snow White and the Huntsman; Katy O'Brian-The Mandalorian_tv, Black Lightning_tv; Dave Franco-The Disaster Artist, the Now You See Me movies and Ed Harris-Westworld_tv, Geostorm.

This is a lesbian love story that kind of reminded me of Thelma & Louise on steroids. Kristen is the daughter of Ed, who owns several businesses, including a gym that Kristen manages. Kristen and Ed do not get along because of Kristen's mother, who disappeared 12 years ago-Kristen thinks Ed had something to do with her leaving. Dave is married to Kristen's sister and is an abusive husband. Katy is passing through town on her way to a bodybuilding competition in Las Vegas and gets a job at one of Ed's other businesses, a gun shooting range. Katy and Kristen-who is a lesbian-get together. It seems that Katy likes men & women, and decides to help Kristen out by taking care of Dave, as a favor-remember, Dave is abusive-but takes it too far. Secrets are uncovered, as the police close in and things get a little weird at the end.

It's rated R for violence, grisly images, language, drug use and sexual content-including nudity-and has a running time of 1 hour & 44 minutes.

It's not one that I would buy on DVD but if you are into bodybuilding, it would be alright to stream.