Thursday, March 30, 2023

Contracted: Phase 2 (2015)

After a one night stand with Sam, Riley goes to see his doctor brother-in-law James to get tested for STD’s.  While waiting for the nurse, Riley realizes he has deep cuts on his back and pulls Sam’s fingernails out of one of them. Inexplicably he hides this from both the nurse and James. 

Meanwhile the police are looking for BJ, who they suspect of being involved in the spread of the STD that is killing people.  They believe he’s the carrier, and want to figure out why he’s not affected by it, when those who catch it die within days. They call Riley into the stations and show him a photo of BJ. Riley lies and says he’s never even him, even though he saw him in the back seat of a car with Sam.

Later on James tells Riley his STD tests came back negative. Riley is relieved until James violates HIPPA regulations and mentions Sam had a necrotic STD. As Riley starts showing symptoms, he searches for BJ in the hope he can get treatment so he won’t die.

Riley may be concerned for his own health, but he has no concern for keeping others safe. He visits his grandmother, makes a date with her nurse, and goes to Alice’s memorial which his pregnant sister is hosting.  There’s a lot of people in a small house.  No one notices when his nose bleeds in the dip, not even his date or James, who are standing right next to him. Riley leaves the party and the dip without cleaning up.  And we already know the worst person to ingest infected blood is a pregnant woman. So we know where this is headed.

The movie picks up right where Contracted left off. The only problem was I couldn’t remember what happened in Contracted. So I had no idea who Sam was.  But I don’t think you really need to since she’s dies in the opening and the story follows Riley


Where did the police get the 8x10 glossy candid? 
It looks like Riley is wearing a tall hat but
it’s the head of his date behind him
How do you not notice the blood in the dip?
It does not look like food.



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