Sunday, September 21, 2014

Blood Ties 2013


Blood Ties


     This film takes place in Queens, New York during 1974 over the course of a year.  Frank is a good cop with things going for him in the department.  His brother Chris is the one complication is, he’s just been released on good behavior after several years in prison.  Chris is 50 years old and he starts off on the right foot working at a job and living with Frank.  He reconnects with his former wife and his two children.  Leon, the father of Frank, Chris and their sister Marie, raised them alone after their mother left.  The boys have always been different but blood ties keeps families together.  Chris gets tired of not having any money and he feels nothing is going right for him.  He begins to blend back into his former criminal life.
     I usually don’t like crime dramas because they seem to always follow the same set patter of intense violence with the same ending.  This film is better due to the storyline and acting of the major characters.  Chris really puts Frank against the wall.  A hardened criminal verses a cop brother.  I liked the cars and the clothing of the period.  3 ½* (I liked this movie)

127 min, Crime directed by Guilaume Canet with Clive Owen, Marion Cotillard, Billy Crudup, Mila Kunis, Zoe Saldana, Matthias Schoenaerts, James Caan, Noah Emmerich, Lili Taylor, Domenick Lombardozzi.

Note:  Imdb 6.5 out of 10, 53% critic 40% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 2 ½*.
Special Note:  This film is an English-language remake of a 2008 French film titled Rivals (Les liens du sang).  The director of this film co-started in the French film.  






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