Bloodshot: Everything you need to know about Vin Diesel’s violent superhero

What can you expect of the movie?

In addition to an interesting story, we can probably describe what you should expect of Bloodshot in two simple words: action and gore.

The Bloodshot comics are absolutely teeming with both of those things, and that should translate brilliantly to the big screen – especially given that the movie will be R-rated.

Both the lead character and the series in general are ruthless. There’ll be gunfire, explosions, punching, kicking and a heck of a lot of blood.

Vin Diesel is a king of the action movie genre, so he should revel in the role (and getting to say more than “I am Groot” in a comic book movie will surely come as a refreshing change to the star).

Pretty much everything Diesel does is action-based – The Fast and the Furious, The Chronicles of Riddick, XXX and The Last Witch Hunter, just to give a few examples – so if anyone’s going to nail the escapades of Ray Garrison, it’s him.

Expect a lot of threatening dialogue, delivered in Diesel’s instantly recognizable, lazy deep tone.

As for the gore, it’s something we’re starting to become a little more accustomed to in superhero movies. We’ve been there before with the Blade trilogy and, more recently, with the Deadpool movies and Logan, so it won’t be anything new – but the level of gore in Bloodshot might be even more extreme than the aforementioned superhero offerings.

Expect severed appendages, torn flesh, gaping wounds, a lot of blood splatter and more.