Blood Ties (I) (2013)
6/10
A movie that I'm glad I watched but really just another movie in a long line of brother vs. brother movies.
30 May 2014
"I don't want to ever see you again." Chris (Owen), who was in prison for a gangland murder, has just been released from prison and meets up with his brother Frank (Crudup) who is a cop. Their entire lives they have been different and even though they have grown up some things never change. When Chris tries to get his life back together he finds slipping into his previous routines much easier. Once again the brothers are on opposite sides of the law. This is a hard movie to review and talk about. The movie is very good and worth seeing but it is also a little slow moving in some parts. This has shades of We Own The Night but it's not as exciting as that one. I don't know if it was the acting or the writing but Chris was much more interesting and easier to root for even though he was the "bad one". Even though it was a little predictable that didn't take away from the movie at all. There have been many movies with a similar idea that have come out lately but to me none of them have really distanced themselves as being better than the others. While this was a good movie it was nothing amazing, I'm glad I watched it but I wouldn't watch it again. Overall, a movie that I'm glad I watched but really just another movie in a long line of brother vs. brother movies. I give this a B-.
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