Film Review – Jade

Former stunt performer James Bamford is trying to make his mark as a filmmaker as fast as humanly possible. “Jade” is the helmer’s sixth release in just over a year, as Bamford is in the midst of churning out low budget actioners carrying nondescript titles (such as “Utopia,” “Hard Home,” and “Shadow Land.”), attempting to flood the VOD/streaming market with forgettable offerings that all tend to supply the same lack of style and basic fight choreography. “Jade” intends to be a little different, as screenwriters Glenn Ennis and Lynn Colliar make a brief attempt to celebrate the blaxploitation subgenre in this story of a woman facing waves of trouble as she tries to survive a particularly violent night. The feature is an absolute mess, and while Bamford hopes to fog the reality of this dismal endeavor with lots of physical conflicts, he’s still stuck with a movie that has no real story or characters, and, at times, the film doesn’t even seem finished. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com