
Dwight Evans' lives his life as a beach vagrant. He has no contact with his sister, and his parents were murdered ten years prior. When he gets word that his parents' killer, Wade Cleland, is set to be released from prison, Dwight decides that he has nothing left to lose and sets out on a quest to avenge his parents' deaths. Dwight succeeds in killing Wade, but complications emerge when his botched getaway allows the Cleland family the opportunity to vow revenge.... (Full plot summary below)
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Dwight Evans' lives his life as a beach vagrant. He has no contact with his sister, and his parents were murdered ten years prior. When he gets word that his parents' killer, Wade Cleland, is set to be released from prison, Dwight decides that he has nothing left to lose and sets out on a quest to avenge his parents' deaths. Dwight succeeds in killing Wade, but complications emerge when his botched getaway allows the Cleland family the opportunity to vow revenge.
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| StaciWilson.comStaci Layne WilsonExcellently-acted, beautifully shot and deliberately-paced to nail-biting perfection, Blue Ruin takes a deserved place in the pantheon of no-holds-barred revenge thrillers. |
| Madison MovieRob ThomasThis is a filmmaking career you want to get in on the ground floor of. |
| Washington PostAnn HornadayThe world doesn't need another empty genre exercise. But as Blue Ruin reminds us, it can always use more filmmakers of Saulnier's resourcefulness, sensitivity and quiet assurance. |
| NPRIan BuckwalterBlue Ruin succeeds on the strength of Saulnier's skill at slowly escalating the tension, even with a would-be action protagonist who is almost comically inept. |
| Willamette WeekMichael NordineDoes a great job of masking how little it has to say about the bloodshed it deals in. |
| Salt Lake TribuneSean P. MeansA thriller that feels natural and improvisational, even when you know it's so tightly plotted it will make you drive your fingernails into the armrests. |
| Electric SheepEvrim ErsoyBlue Ruin is a taut, tight, incredibly tense but also laugh-out-loud funny revenge thriller the likes of which only come out once in a blue moon. |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaThe lack of any readily identifiable star - no Cage, no McConaughey - makes Blue Ruin feel even more authentic, more rooted in this frightening world. |
| Mark Reviews MoviesMark DujsikThere's something extraordinarily ordinary about Saulnier's approach that cuts right through the thin skin of vengeance. |
| Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghBlue Ruin is a movie about revenge, but it reaches far past the bottom-shelf titillations of fantasy to tell a richer, character-driven story with a protagonist who's less avenging angel than ghost. |