2013 · thriller · crime · drama
Blue Ruin (2013)
Directed by Jeremy Saulnier1h 30m2013
When the quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news, he sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. However, he proves an inept assassin and finds himself in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.
Our read: Blue Ruin (2013) (2013) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded thriller · crime · drama entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, steady, extreme thriller / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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