BLUE RUIN (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Macon Blair (Murder Party), Devin Ratray (Home Alone), Amy Hargreaves (Shame), Kevin Kolack (The Family), Eve Plumb (The Brady Bunch), David W. Thompson (Win Win), Brent Werzner (Fall to Grace), Stacy Rock (Murder Party), Sidné Anderson (The Savages)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Jeremy Saulnier (Murder Party), director, writer, cinematographer; Richard Peete (film debut), Vincent Savino (Meek’s Cutoff) and Anish Savjani (Night Moves), producers; Brooke Blair (Murder Party) and Will Blair (Murder Party), composers; Julia Bloch (The Cold Lands), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

The quiet life of mysterious outsider Dwight (Blair) is changed forever when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself to be a skilled assassin, he gets caught in the middle of a brutal fight to protect his estranged family…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Blue Ruin is a tightly-wound suspense indie that calls back the genius wit of the Coen Brothers with the visual wonder to match.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 2ND MAY 2014

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