Today, I was stuck at a railroad crossing and watching the train go by was more entertaining.

This movie had a poor plot and I've seen better acting in professional wrestling.

How do people get money to make these movies? I want to know, because obviously they are letting just anybody do it. It was free and I still want my money back.

"Be careful on your way up there". Up there is rural Wisconsin. Say "cheese!"

Anyway 2021's Blame is an interesting thriller. I applaud it for its craft though because it evades the viewer from what it actually is. You initially think it's horror fare but nope, it's not assertive enough for that. People get killed but the motive is fallacious. How refreshing if you're tired of the same old same old.

Blame takes place in Illinois and Wisconsin (mentioned earlier). The snow is falling, the blizzard is imminent, and you just wish the five characters in peril knew how to use GPS (what the??). Blame provides flashbacks upon flashbacks as if the ghost of Rashomon walked in. Oh well. That's Blame's hook and it's probably the best way the flick could succeed.

Blame is about a few buddies who attempt to drive to a Wisconsin ski refuge only to get stuck on the road and find shelter in a remote building. You just know conflict and chaos are about to flex. The five personas aren't the most likable people in the world but their performances are intense and effectively panicky. It's the typical five with a mixture of girls and guys with at least two of them dating. The actors are unknowns but they could easily pass as modern day cast members of One Tree Hill.

Blame is directed by the unseasoned B. J. Rayniak. Could have fooled me. BJ strongly puts Blame's pieces together in fits and starts. Some of it stalls but keep watching. The ending is justified as it could lead to someone harboring manslaughter charges and/or obstruction of justice.

Blame's outcome can be deflating if you're a horror geek obsessed with discovering the next Billy Loomis. Bite your tongue. Blame is more intricate than that stuff so check it out. If it's not to your liking, just refer to the lyrics of Collective Soul. "Lay that blame on me".

First plot hole: photogenic young city millennials plan a winter vacation. They are unable to use their phones, car radios, televisions, newspapers, or local store owners to comprehend the fact that a giant snowstorm is coming. Even though they live in a city which is often subjected to blizzards, they head off to an even snowier area without putting snow chains on their tires.

Second plot hole: the millennials put their phones in a bag in the back of the car. When the inevitability break down, no one seems to remember that they have the phones.

Third plot hole: They break into the only school in the US with working heat and lights, but no alarm system.

Fourth plot hole: Even though there is a snowstorm and they have broken into a school with bathrooms, one of the group "goes around back" to pee outside.

Fifth plot hole: How did they hear "noises in the bushes" over the sound of a blizzard?

Sixth plot hole: Small town Wisconsin police dress like Columbo?

Seventh plot hole: Where are the black and brown friends? Have you been to Chicago?

Eight plot hole: who goes out into a snowstorm to steal an SUV?

I could go on, but you get the drift (pun intended).

Unwatchable.