Blu-ray Review – Intensive Care

The star power of George Kennedy is put to the test in 1991’s “Intensive Care.” It’s a Dutch production from director Dorna X. van Rouveroy, and she’s hoping a familiar face will help out the low-budget endeavor, paying the big bucks to bring Kennedy in for what’s truly an extended cameo, despite his dominating presence on the film’s marketing efforts. He’s not the center of attention in the feature, which is primarily focused on younger characters handling complicated love lives and more pressing matters of survival when a madman is unleashed from the local hospital. The helmer doesn’t have a particularly fresh take on slasher cinema, and “Intensive Care” isn’t very thrilling, often getting distracted with silly character issues, while movie maniac rampaging isn’t all that threatening. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com