Blood Father

2016
R
1h 28m

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6.4/10

69K

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Dark Comedy Action Crime Drama Thriller

An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 17-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 17-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 17-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

69K

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POPULARITY

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Trivia
In 2008, Sylvester Stallone was planning to direct and star in an adaptation of Peter Craig's novel "Blood Father".

Goofs
Lydia is wanted by drug dealers that know her cell phone number, and by law enforcement that could easily track her yet, for some reason, she keeps the phone.

Quotes
Kirby: You know the difference between fitting and proper?
Link: Well, I'm not a trailer park poet like you, Kirby. You're gonna have to tell me.
Kirby: Well, it goes like this. I could shove my thumb up your ass right now and it would probably fit...
Link: Mmm-hmm.
Kirby: ...but it wouldn't be proper!

Alternate versions
The German extended TV version runs almost 10 mins longer than the original version, with 21 extended scenes and one additional scene.

Connections
Featured in Lost Souls: On the Road with 'Blood Father' (2016)

Soundtracks
Native Blood
Performed by' Ronald Jean' Quartet
featuring Jerry Donato
Written by Ronald Edwin Jean
Courtesy of Crucial Music Corporation

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Featured review

The resurrection of Mel Gibson

It was so refreshing for me, and I am sure for many other people, to see in this film the re birth of this such great actor and director Mel Gibson. His performance in this film reminds me the one he had six years ago in EDGE OF DARKNESS. Nearly the same topic with a lost father in search of his daughter, or in avenging her death. In both features, Mel Gibson is at his top. And I am also pleased that this latest film was made by a French director, already guilty of ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13, back ten years ago. I won't mention the MESRINE films. Not for foreseeable plot and also a bit depressing, although not totally clichés ridden. But it remains an excellent crime flick. I really hope that Mel Gibson will rapidly be back to the top.