Blood Ties

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Blood Ties

R,

2014,

2h 8m,

Crime/

Drama

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54%

54 Reviews

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39%

2,500+ Ratings

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39%

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2,500+ Ratings

An ex-con (Clive Owen) tries to pull away from a life of crime, but the temptation proves too strong, bringing his already-strained relationship with his policeman brother (Billy Crudup) to the breaking point.

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Critics Consensus

Blood Ties boasts a fine cast and palpable period detail, but ultimately fails to do much of anything new with its formulaic story.

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Geoffrey Macnab

Independent (UK)

Aug 15, 2014

3/5

In its lesser moments, the film is overwrought and derivative but, at its best, it has a real flavour of Friedkin, Coppola and Scorsese.

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Aug 15, 2014

3/5

It starts out feeling like too many stars in search of a story, but Owen excels as a charismatic brute, and the tautly handled set pieces drag you back in for a solid payoff.

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Leslie Felperin

Guardian

Aug 14, 2014

2/5

A cunningly chosen soundtrack featuring the likes of Ace Frehley, Al Wilson and the Isley Brothers attempts to paper over the cracks withcool, but it's not convincing.

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Aug 29, 2019

2.5/5

It does manage to be an engrossing faux saga, nonetheless, despite a handful of foibles that work against its success.

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Adam Lowes

CineVue

Apr 3, 2019

3/5

It's nothing that hasn't been seen numerous times before, and despite the injection of a starry line-up of some of the finest actors working today, the creative duo fail to bring anything particularly innovative or new to an already crowded table.

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Kaleem Aftab

The National (UAE)

May 14, 2018

3/5

Blood Ties, despite pumping out some exhilarating action sequences, ends up becoming a clich-ridden work.

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Abraham L

Feb 26, 2017

20 mins and nothing has happened, binned... Shame it was a good cast list too

Leia W

Feb 23, 2017

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Ron G

Feb 19, 2016

It is a world of men, and so all female characters are one-dimensional and revolve around them, while Billy Crudup delivers the only nuanced performance in a weak movie filled with too many characters who are mostly underdeveloped and make it lose focus like a soap opera.

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George W

Apr 13, 2014

Left Me Thinking About Things For A Long Time..The Choices We Make, Pathways It Inevitably Leads To..I a Really Liked It. The 1970s Style & Old-Style Gangsta-Noir Was Really Good Too. Give It A Chance & You Will Find It An Enjoyable Story That Does Get You Thinking About Choices We All Make.

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Guillaume Canet

Director

Clive Owen

Chris

Billy Crudup

Frank

Marion Cotillard

Monica

Mila Kunis

Natalie

Zoe Saldaña

Vanessa

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Synopsis

An ex-con (Clive Owen) tries to pull away from a life of crime, but the temptation proves too strong, bringing his already-strained relationship with his policeman brother (Billy Crudup) to the breaking point.

Director: Guillaume Canet
Producer: Alain Attal, Guillaume Canet, Hugo Sélignac, Christopher Woodrow, John Lesher
Screenwriter: Guillaume Canet, James Gray
Distributor: Roadside Attractions
Production Co: M6, Ciné+, France 3 Cinéma, Canal+, France 4, W9, France Télévision, Wild Bunch, Mars Films, Les Productions du Trésor, Chi-Fou-Mi Productions, Treasure Company, LGM Productions, Le Grisbi, Caneo Films, Worldview Entertainment
Rating: R (Pervasive Language|Brief Drug Use|Some Sexual Content|Violence)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 21, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 14, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $41.2K
Runtime: 2h 8m

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