Directed by : Jean-François Richet
Written by : Peter Craig, Andrea Berloff
Starring : Mel Gibson, Erin Moriarty, Diego Luna, William H. Macy, Michael Parks
Release Date : August 11, 2016
If you want to see Mel Gibson acting like the badass that he can be, then go ahead and see "Blood Father." I should warn you though, that even if this looks like some kind of hard boiled action thriller, it's not really an all-out high adrenaline film. The production quality of this is serviceable enough to give us some action sequences, but there isn't as many as you might expect to see. What you'll get here is a story about two people on the run from bad people who are out to get them. You've seen that movie before, and you'll see it again if you want to see Mel Gibson's latest venture in kicking ass.
Mel Gibson is in this movie as John Link, a grizzled old ex-con who is just trying to live a peaceful life, away from all the trouble that his past life brought him. That's not the Mel Gibson movie we want to see though isn't it? Enter Erin Moriarty as Lydia, his teenage daughter who has been missing for several years, and have been caught up with some nefarious individuals who are looking for her. Mel Gibson goes out of his way to protect her. He shoots bad guys. He evades bad guys. He chases bad guys. People get killed. Things get shot at. Places blow up. Basically the elements of an entertaining Mel Gibson movie.
Part of the fun in watching this movie is seeing John Link and Erin Moriarty try and figure a way out of their life or death situation. In doing so, we get to see a lot of good bonding moments between Father and Daughter, and I thought the two leads have great chemistry together. Erin Moriarty in particular stands out really well in this movie and holds her own against the action star veteran. Her character may have gone through a lot and can be tough, but Moriarty plays her with a vulnerability that successfully shows us how broken she is as person, and why her Father is the perfect person to help her survive through this. They really brought their characters to life, and that helped keep me invested with what happens to them in this story.
Besides the great performances by Mel Gibson and Erin Moriarty, "Blood Father" doesn't really stand out among the many similar entrees to this genre of films. It's done well enough to watch though, and the comfortable familiarity only adds to the fun.
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