Yeah the storytelling is really lackluster, dialogue is uninspired, worldbuilding is half-baked and acting can be improved upon.

But this is just fun. Great imagery with enjoyable product design paired with predictably amazing Carpenter Brut soundtrack makes it for an entertaining and different 50 minutes. You gotta hand it to Ickerman, he didn't hold back.

It's the kind of thing teenager me would find amazing. And fuck it, I miss teenager me.

I'm not sure what I just watched but I do know that it was colorful and the music was awesome.

As a fan of Carpenter Brut that made the soundtrack, I had to watch this. The music video for Turbo Killer was the first result of the collaboration between Carpenter Brut and director Seth Ickerman. Blood Machines was the second and was often referred to as Turbo Killer 2 during the crowdfunding. Because of Turbo Killer, I had high expectations for this movie. Sadly, Blood Machines can really give you the perception that it was never meant to be a movie at all but rather music video that was streched to 50 minutes by adding a bad script performed by mediocre actors accompanied by cheap props, makeup and VFX.

I love the visuals, I love the soundtrack. A little bit more story would have been nice.

Actually pretty awesome visuals, could be a music film for world star edm artist or artist like Janelle Monae

"2001 A Space Odyssey" meets "Blade Runner", meets "Event Horizon". More style over substance, with little if any attempt at cohesive storytelling, a plot, or even a point. But, when all else fails, throw in a malfunctioning "pregnant" A.I. unit, several attractive "butt nekkid" female "beings" of undetermined origins, complete with illuminated inverted crucifixes to cover the really naughty bits, a homicidal pseudo religious fem cult, and a misogynistic male protagonist who is easily tricked into thing with the wrong head, and, you might be able to look past the first year film school SFX, to actually find some enjoyable bits here and there.

As others have said, the visuals are interesting, but it's disappointing that they couldn't find a cogent story to go along with them. Still, if you've got a blunt of Ayahuasca Purple Indica laying around, this might make for an interesting 50 minutes of social isolation....

super enjoyable super cool super awesome.. what more do you need? not everything has to have meaning, some shit can just be badass!

Super fun short. Definitely a lot more style over substance, but I don’t consider that a negative.

Amazing visuals combined with an amazing soundtrack and a minimalist plot to bring us along for the ride? Yes! And it works so well!

I think this movie is visually very striking. It's special to watch, it looks good. The story, acting and dialogue could be improved upon. Overall I liked the idea and the visuals.

This was recommended to me via a podcast (thanks Schröck, if you ever read this) and while I do agree with the commenters here that it lacks in world building and has some bad acting with bad dialogue, it still is very enjoyable to watch. The visuals and music help a lot and I'd say that it's worth watching just for that.

The whole ship design and atmosphere remind me of Lexx the dark zone (that trash sci-fi show from the 90s) and I loved that trash when I was younger and still seem to like it now 25 years later.