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Blood (2012)

August. 09,2013
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Thriller charting the moral collapse of a police family. Two cop brothers, smothered by the shadow of their former police chief father, must investigate a crime they themselves have committed. Feature film adaptation of the 2004 series Conviction.

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Grimerlana
2013/08/09

Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

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ChanBot
2013/08/10

i must have seen a different film!!

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Forumrxes
2013/08/11

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

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Suman Roberson
2013/08/12

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

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punishmentpark
2013/08/13

Great actors, interesting (though it could go anywhere, but it took plenty of intriguing turns) premise, okay cinematography, yes, yes, yes... bút: 'Blood' failed quite miserably all in all.The main problem is that there is so much crammed into only ninety minutes that it is simply impossible to take. All of the ideas have potential, but hardly any of them come out right.After seeing this one, I found out there was a 360 minutes miniseries years before on which this was based ('Conviction'), I hope I'll be able to find it somewhere, hoping it will turn out to be just the appropriate form - and that the acting will be (at least) just as good.3 out of 10, mostly for the acting.P.s. I was really taken with the small, small supporting role by Adrian Edmonson - when's he going to get a lead in something significant?!

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FlashCallahan
2013/08/14

Takeaway the amazing cast, and what you get is just another Sunday night detective potboiler that ITV would show, and a few people would talk about it the next day, and then it would be repeated and then forgot about.Basically, a girl is found dead, they arrest the bloke from Pramface who has a past and has now turned to god. But the thing is, he was in contact with the girl beforehand.The two leading detectives get a little merry one night, kidnap the suspect because they think he might break into confessing. Things get a little out of hand, and they inadvertently kill him.Now they have to inspect the crime that they committed.It's all about family, and how a massive incident can affect the balance of them and those around them. It's just done in such a bland way, that even the brilliant performances from all concerned, cannot stop from boredom looming on the horizon.Cox pops up every now and again as a boozy, dementia affected father, making the film more watchable, but then someone mentions a bacon sandwich and he wanders off.All in all, its a wonderful first act, very gritty and real, but then it goes all formulaic.A waste of a brilliant cast really.

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davideo-2
2013/08/15

STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday MorningA young girl is found murdered in an English coastal town, and the pressure's on for detective brothers Joe (Paul Bettany) and Chrissie (Stephen Graham) to find the killer. When the prime suspect walks free, Joe and Chrissie abduct him and try to force a confession out of him, in the style of their old school, domineering father Lenny (Brian Cox) in his day, only for things to go wrong. Now, they find themselves trapped in a ticking time bomb, as the net closes in on them, with the diligent Detective Seymour (Mark Strong) putting the pieces together.Adapted from a TV series called Confession, this noticeably small scale production would have the production values to match it's source material. In spite of this, there some undeniably top rate, modern talent at work here that had the potential to really shine if their ability really matched what they were given to work with. Sadly, rather than keep you really riveted with what's going on and how it's going to turn out, Blood simply chugs along in a perfunctory manner, never having the bite or the spark to make the most of what it is. It's biggest mistake is probably killing off the mystery element, and instead of leaving you to guess whether the brothers really did it, puts you in on the act from the beginning Columbo style.As stated, this thoroughly low key piece has a top name cast to it, the kind that never abandoned artistic integrity for cheap selling out, and they still invest their all in it, with strong turns from Bettany and an explosive Graham, even if his cockney accent is over-powered (as in every other such role he's played) at times by his strong scouse brogue. Even in a supporting role, Cox still possesses a presence and intensity that allows him to shine through. Sadly, none of their superior thesping can save this hollow and undelivering piece. **

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leonblackwood
2013/08/16

Review: I realty tried to get into this movie, but I found it hard to keep up with what was going on. I understood the main concept, but as for the rest, I didn't have a clue. Anyway, its good to see some of Britain top class actors working together, but its the movie that coke have been so much better. None of the characters are able to shine because the film us based around an investigation were you know exactly what happened so the whole mystery is aspect is gone. Its just a case of catch up so you end up sticking with the movie to see what happens. If this movie had any other actor in it, it would be easily forgotten, but it wasn't totally bad. Average! Round-Up: You usually see actors like Mark Strong, Paul Bettany and Brian Cox in big Hollywood blockbusters so its good that they have come together on a British film. Shame it want a better one though! I'm yet to see Mark Strong play a leading role were he can really show his acting skills, because I do rate him as an actor. I can see this movie going under the radar because it didn't get a lot of money pumped into the distribution. Just another straight to DVD let down.

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