A contemporary Greek Tragedy set around the investigation into the murder of a young girl. Blood follows two brothers - both respected police detectives - whose lives begin to collapse under the weight of their father's illustrious shadow.
Excellent British thriller, which sees policemen siblings Paul Bettany and Stephen Graham, weighed down by the hunt for a child killer in a close knit, Merseyside community. The brilliant Paul Bettany puts in his best performance since 'Gangster No.1' (2000) as a moral but impulsive man who, in a bid to emulate the old school tactics employed by his father (a retired sergeant played by the ever reliable Brian Cox); takes the law into his own hands with disastrous consequences.
'Blood' is one of the most underrated films of the year and was overlooked because of its low key, cold and deliberately claustrophobic style. For this isn't a police procedural in the traditional sense but more of a subtle character study about the traumatic consequences of long buried secrets and lies.
Now although this is Paul Bettany's film, Stephen Graham puts in a fine supporting performance as an amiable, quiet man, who begins to crack under the pressure whilst the magnificent Mark Strong brings intensity and gravitas to an otherwise standard role of a good cop out to play it by the book.
Director Nick Murphy does justice to Bill Gallagher's screenplay by incorporating the most interesting themes from films like 'The Offence' (1972) and 'Zodiac' (2007) to create something akin to a mini-masterpiece. Not many people saw this, but its definitely worth looking out for and could well make the top 10 list of best films of 2013.
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray and will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play British crime drama starring Paul Bettany and Stephen Graham as police officer brothers who struggle to maintain their sense of morality while investigating a murder With their father Lenny (Brian Cox) also an officer of the law in his heyday policing seems to run in the veins of Joe and Chrissie Fairburn (Bettany and Graham) However when a young girl is discovered murdered - the most horrific crime to afflict the community in recent memory - the brothers face a stern test of their mettle A local convicted paedophile Jason Buleigh (Ben Crompton) is their prime suspect but they struggle to locate concrete evidence of his involvement Disturbed by the fact that his own daughter is around the same age as the murdered girl Joe decides that using the strong-arm tactics favoured in his father&39;s day is the way ahead However when they drive Jason out to a remote area one night in the hope of eliciting a confession events threaten to spiral out of control Actors Paul Bettany Stephen Graham Mark Strong Brian Cox Ben Crompton Director Nick Murphy Classification 15
British crime drama starring Paul Bettany and Stephen Graham as police officer brothers who struggle to maintain their sense of morality while investigating a murder. With their father Lenny (Brian Cox) also an officer of the law in his heyday, policing seems to run in the veins of Joe and Chrissie Fairburn (Bettany and Graham). However, when a young girl is discovered murdered - the most horrific crime to afflict the community in recent memory - the brothers face a stern test of their mettle. A local convicted paedophile Jason Buleigh (Ben Crompton) is their prime suspect but they struggle to locate concrete evidence of his involvement. Disturbed by the fact that his own daughter is around the same age as the murdered girl, Joe decides that using the strong-arm tactics favoured in his father's day is the way ahead. However, when they drive Jason out to a remote area one night in the hope of eliciting a confession events threaten to spiral out of control...
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