Blood Drive

Blood Drive is an American science fiction action television series that aired on Syfy from June 14, 2017 to September 6, 2017. On the same day that the finale aired, series creator James Roland announced that Syfy had decided to cancel the series after a single season.

Plot
Blood Drive is set in the "distant future" of 1999. The "Great Fracking Quakes" have split the United States in two, separated by a giant ravine called "the Scar" roughly following the course of the Mississippi River. The megacorporation Heart Enterprises exploits strange discoveries from the bottom of the Scar to become ubiquitous across American politics, society, and the economy. Meanwhile, as a result of environmental decline, water has become scarce and gasoline prohibitively expensive.

Contracrime is a private police force in Los Angeles, where officers Arthur Bailey (Alan Ritchson) and Christopher Carpenter (Thomas Dominique) try to keep the peace and end up investigating an underground race known as the Blood Drive. The Blood Drive is a death race where the cars run on human blood. Arthur is caught by the race master of ceremonies, Julian Slink (Colin Cunningham), and forced to participate in the race as the partner of Grace d'Argento (Christina Ochoa). As Arthur and Grace make their way through the Blood Drive, they realize that Heart has been involved in their own pasts as well.

Main

 * Alan Ritchson as Arthur Bailey
 * Christina Ochoa as Grace d'Argento
 * Thomas Dominique as Christopher Carpenter
 * Marama Corlett as Aki
 * Colin Cunningham as Julian Slink

Recurring

 * Andrew Hall as The Gentleman
 * Darren Kent as The Scholar
 * Sean Cameron Michael as Old Man Heart
 * Carel Nel as Rasher
 * Aidan Whytock as Garret Kamble
 * Brandon Auret as Rib Bone
 * Craig Jackson as Cliff
 * Jenny Stead as Domi
 * Alex McGregor as Karma

Production
The show received a 13 episode direct-to-series order from Syfy on July 28, 2015. Each episode is based on a different genre of 1970s/80s exploitation film, such as cannibals, nymphomaniacs, or insane asylums.

Reception
Blood Drive received generally favorable reviews from critics, with a Metacritic rating of 64 out of 100 based on 12 reviews. Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter gave the show a positive review, noting that the show "kept me entertained and curious for longer than I expected."