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Blood Father

2016

Jean-François Richet

Mel Gibson, Erin Moriarty, Diego Luna, William H. Macy ...

5.3

6,267

Action. Thriller An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 16-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Nigel M. Smith The Guardian	"As comeback projects go, 'Blood Father' is stellar (...) The actor completely tears into the role of Link (...) Richet matches him, delivering a muscular and deliriously entertaining B-movie that is sure to play like gangbusters with genre aficionados. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"The result (...) is a serviceable piece of B-movie entertainment without an ounce of originality."	NEU
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"Keying off Mel Gibson's downfall, a grimy little pulp action thriller gives him the chance to show that he's still got it."	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"By no means a great piece of filmmaking, 'Blood Father' nevertheless recaptures some of the rough attitude of Gibson's 'Mad Max' days (...) It's not a redemption so much as an erratic attempt at redirection."	NEU
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"The fading, erstwhile disgraced star’s grizzled, weary urgency gives this story some gusto and resonance, but otherwise, (...) Jean-François Richet delivers adequate B-movie excitement only in spurts."	NEU
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"Mr. Gibson makes a persuasive derelict John Wayne with a loose, energetic performance, finely tuned comic timing and an amused, self-aware 'Lethal Weapon' glint."	POS

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