Blue Ruin (2013)

Release date: 2014-07-09
Country: USA|France
Language: English
Director: Jeremy Saulnier
Production Co: The Lab of Madness, Film Science, Neighborhood Watch
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Rating: 7.1/10
Length: 1h 30min

Storyline

A mysterious outsider's quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.

Plot Keywords

vengeance, neo noir, written by director, shot with an arrow, crossbow, blood splatter, car, vigilante, death, weapon, pontiac, automobile, sleeping in a car, beach, bare chested male, male rear nudity, corpse, police station, virginia, pistol

Short Review

The world doesn't need another empty genre exercise. But as Blue Ruin reminds us, it can always use more filmmakers of Saulnier's resourcefulness, sensitivity and quiet assurance.