15: The Revenant (2009)
Not the Western with Leonardo DiCaprio and the bear, this is about a literal revenant.
Or a vampire. Or a zombie.
Nobody is sure in-character.
But let’s say vampire. He drinks blood and reverts to a deathlike state during the day.
Anyway. A morally good but practically bad call following a foolish attempt to make a moral point results in a US soldier dying in Iraq, and then for no reason anyone here knows rising from the dead after his funeral back home. Going to a friend for help, they attempt to deal with this as best they can. and considering his options he decides to try and use his powers for good. That’s about all I knew going in, so I didn’t know that this plan goes about as badly as I’ve ever seen.
An indie dark comedy with a small central cast making a variety of bad decisions, a parody of the modern vigilante genre with criminals easy to find all over.
And it expands from there in ways I wasn’t expecting. It shows a mean sense of humour, but I appreciated that.
Content note for some nudity and a lot of the language.
The medium: Tubi
Gameability: Is this Vampire (Requiem more than Masquerade for the low-key action and lack of lore) or Fiasco? Could be both. I could absolutely rip off the scene where he tries to steal blood at the hospital.
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