Blue Ruin (2013) (original) (raw)

Mysterious outsider Dwight's quietly itinerant lifestyle is changed forever when he returns to his hometown in Virginia to exact vengeance for a brutal crime once committed against his family. Proving to be an inexperienced assassin, he finds himself caught in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.

Director: Jeremy Saulnier
Writer: Jeremy Saulnier
Starring: Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves, Kevin Kolack, Eve Plumb, David Thompson (CLXVII)
Producer: Anish Savjani

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Review by Brian Orndorf, May 1, 2014

10 / 10

Revenge stories tend to celebrate violence, cashing in on the visceral appeal of righting wrongs with extreme aggression. �Blue Ruin� is a familiar tale of pent-up distaste, though writer/director Jeremy Saulnier works diligently to avoid expectations of stylish comeuppance, returning the drive of revenge to its most feral state, where gut-rot anxiety overpowers any fantasy of psychological liberation. An exceptionally composed and imagined film, �Blue Ruin� finds suffocating spaces of contemplation, doing a masterful job exposing the frightening yet functional steps of murder as it plays with ...read more...

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