Blue Ruin

qualche sera fa mi capita di vedere su youtube il trailer di Blue Ruin ....colpito all istante ordino immediatamente e la sera seguente inserisco nel lettore per gustarmelo ....che dire non mi sono sbagliato il film mi e' piaciuto tantissimo storia, ambientazione atmosfera sono il top ottimo thriller...consigliato per gli amanti

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cage

una piacevole sorpresa

Recensito in Italia il 23 maggio 2015

un film intenso e emotivo che prende subito una piega che non mi sarei mai aspettato,buona dose di scene violente e colpi di scena. Ogni tanto è un piacere spendere soldi per questo genere di film indipendenti,consiglio di visionare anche il making of nei contenuti speciali,vi farà apprezzare ancora di più questo film.

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Robe

Rovina Blu

Recensito in Italia il 25 dicembre 2019

Bellissimo.
Probabilmente, il miglior Saulnier. Atmosfere e fotografia splendide. Interpretazioni favolose, su tutte quella di Macon Blair: strepitoso. Questo film è un revenge movie atipico, penso lo si possa definire così. C'è una disperata rinascita, c'è un'insensata scia di sangue che cerca ostinatamente il proprio senso, e alla fine lo trova, almeno credo.

Consigliato a chi ama il cinema, a chi ama lasciarsi amare dal cinema.

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Luca Mazzocchi

Nella norma

Recensito in Italia il 28 marzo 2015

Jeremy Saulnier fa tutto da solo, scrive la sceneggiatura, dirige e fotografa e si prende pure il lusso di partecipare alla Quinzaine di Cannes 2013, e questo è davvero un mistero. "Blue Ruin" è un film onesto, non eccelle in niente, si lascia guardare, ha un protagonista, l'attore Macon Blair (bel nome sudista), bravo a caratterizzare uno squinternato giovine, il quale, dopo che gli sono stati ammazzati i genitori, sbarella e vive come un "homeless" in giro per la città. Quando il presunto killer viene rilasciato, s'inventa vendicatore pur non avendone né il fisico né le capacità psicologiche. Saulnier ne trae un thriller piuttosto convenzionale, con qualche momento di "black comedy", molto pochi, e una certa tensione, ma con troppe lentezze che paiono fatte apposta per allungare la minestra alla canonica ora e mezza, e qualche inverosimiglianza di troppo. La cosa che mi è piaciuta di più è l'aria dell'America di provincia, che si respira a grandi dosi, fra roadhouse, i boschi della Virginia e ovviamente le armi, a grandi dosi. Un "vengeance movie" piccolo piccolo, che ha il pregio, quantomeno, di non esagerare in splatter e amenità varie, è poco urlato e quasi autistico, come il suo protagonista. "Blue Ruin" è il tipico film che non vi rovina la serata ma che, domani, non ricorderete più o confonderete con molti altri.

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JACQUES LEFRANCOIS

rapport qualité prix et livraison

Recensito in Francia il 24 luglio 2023

Tres satisfait du produit et de sa livraison

Jgirop

Buena edición en DVD

Recensito in Spagna il 11 marzo 2017

Blue Ruin [DVD ]
Al no existir en España una versión en Blu-ray, esta edición en DVD es la única disponible de Blue Ruin.
Respeta el formato de pantalla original de la película de 2.35:1.
Sonido Dolby Digital 5.1.
Idiomas: Versión original en inglés. Versión doblada al castellano.
Subtítulos: Castellano. Se echan en falta subtítulos en inglés.
Extras destacables: Tráiler en castellano. Making of. Un interesante vídeo (3m 30 seg) rodado durante la búsqueda de localizaciones y usado como promoción para el crowdfunding de la película.
Editado por Cameo.

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Ray

Eine uralte Rechnung....

Recensito in Germania il 19 giugno 2015

Jeremy Saulnier ist mit seinem ungewöhnlichen Rachethriller "Blue Ruin" ein kleines Meisterwerk geglückt, das nicht nur an den frühen Coen-Film "Blood Simple" erinnert, sondern ähnlich geglückt ist wie das Vorbild. Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs dürfte vor allem bei der ungewöhnlichen Besetzung liegen. Macon Blair als Rächer entspricht so gar nicht dem bisherigen Bild dieser Species und auch seine Helfer wie Devin Ratray als Ben Gaffney sind famos besetzt und sorgen dafür, dass aus einem ganz normalen Rachethriller etwas ganz besonderes wird.

Dabei setzt der Film am Anfang auf ein sehr gemächliches Tempo und man ist beinahe ein bisschen gelangweilt von den Impressionen, die man da zu sehen bekommt. Dwight Evans (Macon Blair) ist ein Landstreicher, der manchmal in seinem alten Auto haust und manchmal in leerstehende Häuser einbricht, nur um mal ein Bad zu nehmen. Er sucht im Müll nach essbaren Lebensmitteln und lebt in den Tag hinein. Ein echter Verlierer, der keine Freunde hat. Eines Morgens wird er von einer Polizistin geweckt, die ihm eine wichtige Nachricht lieber persönlich mitteilen möchte und deshalb nimmt sie ihn mit ins Revier. Dort teilt sie ihm mit, dass ein gewisser Wade Cleland aus dem Gefängnis entlassen wurde. Es stellt sich bald heraus, dass dieser gewisse Wade der Mörder von Dwights Eltern war und für diesen Doppelmord im Knast saß. Die Nachricht scheint so als würde sie die Lebensgeister von Dwight Evans neu erwecken und ihn aus seiner jahrelangen Lethargie herauszuholen. Er macht den Wagen fahrtüchtig und kehrte in seine Heimatstadt in Virginia zurück. Dort beobachtet er den Entlassenen und folgt dessen Auto. In einem Club legt er sich auf der Toilette auf der Lauer. Nach einem Kampf mit dem Mörder bleibt dieser am Boden liegen und stirbt an der Stichwunde, die Dwight ihm zugefügt hat. Er flüchtet mit seinem Wagen und merkt nicht mal, dass eine Person im Auto sitzt. Er lässt den jungen William (David W Thompson) aber laufen, obwohl er zum Clan der Clealands gehört. Danach rasiert sich Dwight seinen ungepflegten Bad und erscheint als völlig anderer Mensch bei seiner Schwester Sam (Amy Hargreaves), die inzwischen zwei Kinder hat und erzählt ihr von seiner Tat. Sam hält ihren Bruder für schwach, ist aber froh, dass der Mörder seine gerechte Strafe erhalten hat. Dennoch muss sie ab sofort auch um ihr Leben und um das Leben ihrer Kinder fürchten, denn die Clealands gehen nicht zur Polizei sondern regeln ihre Angelegenheiten immer als Rächer. Nun wird erstma Dwight, der Jäger zum Gejagten. Er bringt Sam in Sicherheit und wartet im Haus auf den ersten Angriff der Clealands...

"Blue Ruin" ist mit seinen 94 Minuten Laufzeit zwar knackig kurz, aber dennoch vermittelt das Gesamtwerk eine sehr eindrucksvolle Geschlossenheit. Es wird im Laufe der Geschichte einige Wendungen geben und man fiebert sehr schnell mit diesem Antihelden mit, der im Grunde wirklich nicht zum Mämpfen geboren ist - aber in dieser Sache völlig über sich hinauswächst. Selten wurde Rache so konsequent durchgeführt wie von diesem unscheinbaren Typ von Nebenan.
Mehr noch: "Blue Ruin" ist ein lupenreiner Film Noir der neuen Generation und ebenso Tragödie von geradezu antikem Zuschnitt.
In den Konstellationen der Figuren, in ihren Dialogen und dem Hin und Her von Freund und Feind ist der Film sogar phasenweise klassizistisch. "Blue Ruin" kostete im Gegensatz zu seinen Genreverwandten wie "Gangster Squad" oder "A Dame to kill for" keine 60 Millionen Dollar, sondern nur schlappe 425.000 Dollar. Ein Beweis dafür, dass gute Filme nicht viel Geld kosten müssen, wenn man weiß wie man alte Geschichten neu, innovativ und ungewöhnlich erzählen kann. Sicherlich eines der Highlights des Filmjahres mit großartigen Vorstellungen dieser unverbrauchten, neuen Gesichtern wie Macon Blair und Devin Ratray.

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Mr. A. J. Richards

Arrow on the doorstep!

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 2 maggio 2014

Blue Ruin is not afraid of it's own silence. In fact it revels in it. If this sort of film had rolled out of the Hollywood basement it would be Taken 2 or something of that formula. Instead, despite on the surface its well worn path, it veers down different side routes until ending up with a candid but effective message about the true nature of justice and revenge.
It is an off kilter thriller that has raw emotion mixed with assured acute direction and a menacing foreboding atmosphere, not to mention a startling turn from Macon Blair as our drifter looking for vengeance.
Blue Ruin never glamorizes violence and never feed us with ethical notions about violence not solving violence. Retaliation it seems is not just for the unhinged and Blue Ruin does a great job in trying to balance its morals with outlandish degrees of success. As soon as that answering machine goes off you are rooting for our vigilante and it has taken 75 minutes of in depth character study and brooding atmosphere to get to that level of catharsis.
A cast of actors I've never seen before delivering first rate performances, tautly controlled tone and great cinematography made for a really engrossing thriller. Macon Blair, considering it is his first major role is delicate, vulnerable but progressively determined. It felt similar to the great film of 2012 Head Hunters in tone and deserves an appreciative audience. Despite its subtleties, with Arrows imbedded in legs not to mention other moments of shock this is not for the faint hearted. It would be a sin to elaborate much more, to be honest the film itself is never about complexity or elaboration anyway,but what it does do impressively above all, is single out talent to watch for the future.

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Beetleypete

Modern Indie classic.

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 8 febbraio 2016

This American Indie release is a cleverly-conceived revenge thriller, offering all that you might expect from the genre, but delivering so much more.

It opens with the hapless Dwight, living in a dilapidated car, foraging in bins for scraps. He is a loner, bearded and shabby, avoiding contact with the outside world. Something has happened to bring him down, and we soon find out what that was. His parents had been killed some years earlier, and their killer is about to be released from jail. This galvanises Dwight into action. He gets the car going, shaves off his beard and unkempt locks, and heads for home, the unnamed town of his past. He has transformed from the scruffy tramp into a normal-looking man. The type you might see working in your local electrical shop, or trying to sell you insurance. He is an everyman figure, and you cannot help but be on his side, as he begins a difficult journey.

This is where the film builds its strengths. This could well have starred a craggy Bruce Willis, or slick-looking Mel Gibson. He would have a story seen in flashback, and be square-jawed, well-honed, driving along familiar sets, on the streets of Los Angeles, or Chicago. Blue Ruin eschews these classic stereotypes, offering instead a cast of unfamiliar faces, (to me, anyway) in unknown locations, looking like real people, minus the buff bodied stars, artificially whitened teeth, and world-weary smarts that have become so ubiquitous, to be almost a requirement. In Dwight, we have a scared man, determined to exact his own style of revenge. He knows nothing about violence, has never handled a gun, and only his will drives him on.

There is no love interest. Why would there be? The man has been living rough since abandoning his life years before. But you can be sure that other film-makers would have crow-barred in a lover, maybe an old flame, perhaps a waitress in a roadside diner. Director and writer Jeremy Saulnier knew better than to introduce such cliches. The woman that Dwight goes to see is his sister. He is worried about her safety, and must convince her to leave home. The criminal family responsible for his parents' death is on to him, and hers is the only address they have. He looks up an old college friend, someone he hasn't seen for so long, he needs a yearbook to remind himself. In some films, this role might be played by a co-star, or well-known tough guy. In Blue Ruin, he is an overweight loner, and his interest in weapons is why Dwight seeks him out. He teaches the hopeless friend how to use guns, and supplies him with what he needs too. But he has a feeling that Dwight will not be up to the task, so follows him, to help out if he needs it.

Much of the film concentrates on Dwight's preparations. He defends his sister's home against attack by the family he fears; and we see him trying to stay awake, jumping at sounds, the camera lingering on scenes, as he sits for hours in his prepared positions. He stalks his targets, going to their home when they are out, walking around, searching, discovering. The violence, when it happens, is shocking, and more effective for the scarcity of its inclusion. Dwight doesn't immediately prevail. This isn't Bruce Willis, after all. He fails at first, and has to come back again, ever closer to his enemies, always in more danger himself. Despite the quiet moments, the film manages to convey the tension that is always present, as well as the claustrophobic atmosphere, even in open spaces, brought on by Dwight's lack of skill at what he is trying to achieve.

By the time he discovers that the events surrounding his parents' death were not exactly as he had assumed, it is already too late. He must continue on his chosen path come what may, and we are certain that nothing will end well, for all concerned. By staying small, and avoiding big names, routine car chases, pointless love scenes, explosions, and decisive shoot-outs, Saulnier has crafted a small gem from what could have been a run of the mill, seen-it-all-before film; placing the thoughtful viewer into a situation that they could imagine themselves in, and showing just how difficult it can be to carry out your intentions. I loved it, and recommend it unreservedly.

And in case you were wondering about the title. It is the old car that Dwight was living in. It was a ruin,

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