Not long into the flight, a band of ruthless skyjackers, led by the coldly pragmatic Berg ( Dominic Purcell, Legends of Tomorrow), makes their play. And Nadja and Elias will not be meeting the medical team. While at the gate, Elias befriends Farid (Kais Setti, Dogs of Berlin)-a kind young man bound for a conference.Īlas, Farid will miss his conference. They’re hoping to make a new start in America, where a talented team of doctors wait to help Nadja find a cure for her sickness. With her is Elias (Carl Anton Koch), her sweet, precocious son. It does however remind us that there’s an inherent evil within all of us just waiting to be unleashed.īlood Red Sky provides in-flight entertainment when it premieres on Netflix July 23rd.Nadja (Peri Baumeister, The Last Kingdom), a cautious, brittle woman battling a terrifying illness, boards an overnight flight from Germany to the United States. In the harsh light of day, Blood Red Sky is bound to burst to flames under the flimsy weight of its minor successes. So much potential is present in Blood Red Sky that I wish the script and characters had been given calculated attention. It doesn’t feel very earned, though I guess it aligns with the vague setup. The ending, which should be hard-hitting, is just bleak and depressing. Instead, it left me feeling a cool indifference. Their struggle to survive could’ve been bold and exciting. With such heavy focus on pace and action, their bond falls to the wayside. We should be fully invested and Nadja and Elias, yet there’s a disconnect. The flaws, as previously stated, mainly lie in the characters, or lack-thereof. At least in this regard, Blood Red Sky may indeed warrant a watch. Think 30 Days of Night, meets 28 Days Later, and you have a good idea as to the motion and functions of the creepy vampires. It’s clear that the main focus went into making the monsters as intense as possible. The vampires themselves are fierce and terrifying. The vampire plague spreads all across the plane’s hierarchy, with Nadja the only hope. She dispatches several of the men in bloody fashion. Her motherly instinct kicks in, and Nadja makes the only decision she can to protect Elias. ![]() The only hope of making it through the night is for Nadja to embrace the hidden bloodthirsty beast that lives inside of her. After being shot in the chest 3 times, it’s clear that her human side will not be enough to face off against these awful people. When a group of terrorists hijack their flight to NY, Nadja and Elias must fight for survival. The shots actually help suppress a horrible secret-spoiler alert: she’s hiding powers and vampirism. A kid (Carl Anton Koch) weirdly obsessed with time zones waits in the lobby while his mother Nadja (Peri Baumeister) injects herself with alleged bone marrow implants. Who is left on the plane? In order to find the answers, we must go all the way back to when it’s first boarded. A child is discovered, and there’s an immediate assumption that terrorism must be involved. It all starts in Scotland, where a plane lands with explosives on board. Director Peter Thorwarth has an eye for gory, heart-pounding suspense, let down only by the straightforward and flimsy script. The action comes fast and furious, often so quickly that you barely register names before the victim gets shot, stabbed, or ripped open. This fast-paced, bloody thrill ride delivers on the monster mayhem, but comes up short both narratively and in its thinly-sketched characters. ![]() ![]() Netflix’s newest foreign offering, Blood Red Sky, can be pared down to four simple words: vampires on a plane.
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