Review: Bloodshot is the solid escapist fare we could use right now

Vin Diesel stars as a marine brought back as a superhuman killing machine in Bloodshot.

Vin Diesel is having some rotten luck, professionally. First, mounting fears over the coronavirus led Universal to bump the much-anticipated Fast and Furious 9 until next year. Initially slated for an April 2019 release, it was rescheduled to make room for the 2019 spinoff film, Hobbs and Shaw, so an additional delay is extra frustration for franchise fans.

Then, the global pandemic helped sink the box office for the actor's star turn in the superhero action thriller Bloodshot, based on the Valiant Comics character of the same name. Along with The Hunt, the film debuted in theaters last weekend just as everything was shutting down nationwide, grossing around $11.5 million against a $45 million budget. It won't get a second weekend at all. And that's too bad, because Bloodshot is just the kind of escapist fare we could all use right about now.

Fortunately, Deadline reports that Columbia Pictures will release the film for electronic sell-through (as opposed to VOD) on March 24, 2020. Per a statement from Tom Rothman, chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Motion Picture Group:

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