Blood Ties

– Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s...

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.50 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 7 Minutes
Release Year:
2013
Blood Ties (2013)

Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.

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Blood Ties (2013) - Trailer

Release Date:

30 Oct 2013

Language:

English, Italian, Spanish

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Guillaume Canet

Writer:

Guillaume Canet (screenplay), James Gray (screenplay), Jacques Maillot (film "Les liens du sang"), Pierre Chosson (film "Les liens du sang"), Eric Veniard (film "Les liens du sang"), Bruno Papet (novel), Michel Papet (novel)

Main Actors:

Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Marion Cotillard, Mila Kunis

Plot:

New York, 1974. Fifty-year-old Chris (Clive Owen) has just been released on good behavior after several years in prison following a gangland murder. Reluctantly waiting for him outside the gates is his younger brother, Frank (Billy Crudup), a cop with a bright future. Chris and Frank have always been different, and their father, Leon (James Caan), who raised them alone, seems to favor Chris despite all his troubles. Yet blood ties are the ones that bind, and Frank, hoping that his brother has changed, is willing to give him a chance - he shares his home, finds him a job, and helps him reconnect with his children and his ex-wife, Monica (Marion Cotillard). But Chris' inevitable descent back into a life of crime proves to be the last in a long line of betrayals, and after his brother's latest transgressions, Frank banishes him from his life. But it's already too late, as the brothers' destiny is bound together, forever.

Gross profit:

$28,785

Production:

Roadside Attractions

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
51%
Metacritic:
45%