a5c7b9f00b An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 17-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.
This movie is such a let down. I expected so much after reading all the glowing reviews here. Both the viewers reviews and critics reviews were good. What's wrong with you people?<br/><br/>Don't trust any of the reviews here. <br/><br/>0/10.
STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning <br/><br/>Link (Mel Gibson) is an ex-con, trying to keep on the straight and narrow, running a home-tattoo business, while liaising with his sponsor Kirby (William H. Macy.) But then his estranged daughter Lydia (Erin Moriarty) comes back into his life, after shooting her drug lord lover Jonah (Diego Luna) in the face during a bungled initiation. With Jonah hot on her trail, Link is forced back into his old way of life to protect her.<br/><br/>Mel Gibson is a name you see considerably less these days. It is rumoured Hollywood is run 95% by Jews, and so his roadside scandal that resulted in his anti-Semitic rant may have cost him more than he could ever have imagined. But here and there he still pops up, never losing that 'movie star' appeal, but failing to appear in anything of real substance that could really get his career going again, such as Blood Father.<br/><br/>To be fair, in his 50+ years, Gibson still cuts a fine figure, and suits the action hero persona just fine. Just as well, as he's caught up in some pretty heavy duty action sequences here, that don't squirm on the blood letting and unflinching physical intensity. There even seems to be a nod to his old Mad Max days during a bike chase sequence. But it's all just too formulaic and unremarkable to make any real impression, even if it is all wrapped up in under an hour and a half.<br/><br/>Still, for those wondering what's happened to Mel, it will probably still come as a bit of good news. **
Operating for much of its running time with an equal balance between guilty pleasure grittiness and decent father/daughter drama, the film’s conclusion tips toward the latter in an unconvincing shift toward sentimentality and Life Lessons that not only is out of place, but betrays John’s own code of stoic endurance.