Mel Gibson’s rage and devil-may-care attitude come to bear in Blood Father.
I could honestly watch him all day in this kind of form. His muscles, awesome beard and abundance of charisma are on full display. Blood Father may be a relatively straight-forward vehicle to showcase his talent but it also pleasingly punches above its weight with well developed emotional heft.
Clearly he’s going for broke so it’s a good thing his intensity is matched by the story and direction. It’s violent, no-nonsense and entertaining.
When his ex-con and alcoholic character apologises for his past, is Mel publicly apologising too?
I really enjoyed this far more than I expected. Gibson continues to impress. Did you ever get to see Get The Gringo, an earlier grindhouse film he made not long after his fall from grace?
I haven’t seen it no. If it’s anything like this then I’ll have to give it a go.
Real shame he’s trouble in other aspects of his life. I don’t know the details so have no opinion but it’s been a loss to cinema.