2013 · thriller · crime · drama
Blood Ties
Directed by Guillaume Canet2h 8m2013
Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.
Our read: Blood Ties (2013) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded thriller · crime · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured thriller / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- intense
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“You want moody 1970s Brooklyn crime about two brothers on opposite sides of the law.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if you need tight plotting; this one drifts despite its excellent cast.
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