Blue Ruin

MA15+

2013

90 mins

Directed by Jeremy Saulnier
96%
79%
Thriller
Award Winner

Offering a subversive take on the traditional revenge tale, a beach bum drifter finds himself in over his head when... More

Offering a subversive take on the traditional revenge tale, a beach bum drifter finds himself in over his head when he tries to avenge the death of his parents in this 1970s-style thriller. FIPRESCI Prize winner for director Jeremy Saulnier at Cannes 2013.

Dwight (Macon Blair) leads a bleak life, sifting through dumpsters for food and sleeping in his run-down car, but when he receives news that a hometown felon has been released from prison, Dwight heads back there with murder on his mind. As he attempts to settle a score from his past, Dwight finds himself locked in a brutal, violent struggle with a close-knit, gun-wielding clan as he tries to protect what remains of his own family.

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Blue Ruin | Ratings & Reviews

96_%142 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
79_%19,902 reviews
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"A lean and suspenseful genre piece that follows a bloody trail of vengeance to its cruel, absurd and logical conclusion."

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Variety

"A cunning, suspenseful thriller... an impossible-to-ignore calling card from writer/director Jeremy Saulnier. Hollywood awaits."

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Total Film

"It's a taut, unflinching first act ... But as the bodies pile up and the plot circles in on itself, that beautifully constructed web of suspense begins to unravel."

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Time Out

"Odd revenge genre low-budgeter keeps the tradition of revenge killing all too alive."

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Hollywood Reporter

"A brutal stripped back thriller that suggests more great things to come from Jeremy Saulnier."

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FilmInk

"A lean, tough, thoughtful thriller with depth... establishes Jeremy Saulnier as a promising indie auteur and Macon Blair as an unusual leading man."

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Empire Magazine

Blue Ruin | Details

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Award winner: FIPRESCI Prize winner (International Federation of Film Critics at Directors' Fortnight), Cannes Film Festival 2013.
Rating: MA15+,
Runtime: 90
Genre: Thriller
Country of origin: USA