Best movie of this year hands down!

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

In ancient times the inhabitants of a Greek island sacrificed their daughters to a reptilian creature that lived in a cave under the sea. It went into hibernation and was eventually sealed inside the cave but the superstitions remained. Then one day two people, "Madeline Grice" (Deborah Shelton) and "Frye" (James Earl Jones) came to the island and discovered some old coins hidden in what turned out to be the exact same cave. Thinking that there may be a valuable treasure behind the sealed door, Frye blows it open with plastic explosives. This causes the creature to awaken and feed on people one by one. Now, while this might sound like a plausible plot for a film, certain key elements seem to be missing which requires the viewer to fill in the blanks. Along with that, the acting is mediocre, the special effects were bad and the dialogue is even worse. About the only good things about this movie are the local scenery and some attractive ladies to include Deborah Shelton, Mary Louise Weller (as "Sherry Grice") and Lydia Cornell ("Barbara"). But it wasn't nearly enough.

"Blood Tide" is a movie about people in Greece who talk, and talk, and talk, are occasionally attacked by a sea monster, and then talk some more. The pace was so mind-numbingly slow that I started doing multiplication tables in my head for some excitement.Then, after what seemed like 12 hours of talking and nighttime sequences that were too dark to tell what was happening, someone died and had money shoved in their mouth, and James Earl Jones was yelling at nuns, and I had no idea what was going on. I stuck it out to see what the monster looked like, but I blinked at just the wrong second and missed that too. This is not a "so-bad-it's-good" movie like "Plan 9", it's a "so-boring-you-may-end-up-in-a-coma" movie. Unless you're looking for a cure for insomnia, skip this one.

Below-average creature feature concerning a hibernating sea monster, who according to Greek mythology, is offered virgins to protect the the community and keep the monster at bay - until it's awoken by a trio of amateur archaeologists (Jones, Shelton & Cornell) visiting a tiny Greek island where the villagers harbor the deadly secret. Martin Kove and his new wife Mary Louise Weller sail into port to locate his missing sister (Shelton) but is warned off by the local elder (Ferrer) until he discovers that his sister (a virgin) has become obsessed with the mythical creature and is willing to become its next sacrifice.Picturesque locales and some occasional suspense can't quite mask a lack of direction and content. Attractive and able cast deliver some reasonably entertaining dialogue with James Earl Jones spouting Shakespeare while Kove and Weller trade friendly barbs - the script has more promise than the shaky plot. Leading lady Shelton as the obsessed artist is amateurish (she also sings the film's closing track), and Ferrer is one-dimensional as the nay-saying doomsday prophesier, passively supportive of the beast's culturally cleansing rampage. Oscar-winning actress Lila Kedrova ("Zorba the Greek") adds further status to the notable cast as a concerned nun at the local monastery who fears the beast's revival.The music is atmospheric and there's a couple of gory moments, but it's mostly an aimless and uninspired monster movie that squanders a capable cast and engaging script. If you're into creature features then this will require your attention, but others may find little to enjoy.

I'm sure a trip to the Greek islands was the main reason for a lot of talented people to sign on to this film. I hope the checks cleared for all of them.Bloodtide finds newlyweds Martin Kove and Mary Louise Weller on a honeymoon and also searching for his sister Deborah Shelton who as treasure hunter James Earl Jones says has gone completely native. The local mayor is Jose Ferrer who adds to his collection of casting as every kind of ethnic group you can think of by playing a Greek and Ferrer speaks in profundities that are basically telling these folks to enjoy, but don't overstay. But Jose really wants Jones out because he's let loose an ancient sea demon who back in the glory days of Greece virgins used to be sacrificed to. Taking a look at him for the brief few seconds he was in the film, he both didn't look all that scary and didn't look like he really cared if the girls had never been touched.Jones who played Othello to great acclaim on stage and he was a man born for that part spends some time quoting snatches of dialog from the Bard the same way Christopher Plummer did in one of the Star Trek films. Jones also did a one man show of tribute to Paul Robeson and Robeson when he did Othello on Broadway had Jose Ferrer in the cast as Iago.But believe me Bloodtide is just one for the money and a vacation for these two.