By Yevette Renee Nelson
Bottom Line 
Thriller
Writer and Director: Jeremy Saulnier
Cast: Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves, Kevin Kolack, Eve Plumb, David W. Thompson, Brent Werzner, Stacy Rock, Sidne Anderson
Blue Ruin follows Dwight (Macon Blair) a drifter who appears to live a peaceful life dumpster diving and living in his old beat up Pontiac Sedan when he abruptly returns to the place he calls home and begins his spree of revenge.
Writer and Director Jeremy Saulnier, director of the 2007 comic horror Murder Party and cinematographer on indie films Putty Hill and Septien, captures your attention with his second directorial debut Blue Ruin and its opening shots as the camera stays on Blair’s every move mostly free of any dialogue. It does not take long nor is much dialogue needed to see Dwight is well over his head as he haphazardly pursues his murderous vendetta that is filled with extreme brutality and countless errors that produce moments of humor.
You are drawn in as Blair’s agony is exposed giving a view of his motivation of love and fear and what he believes to be justice. Blue Ruin is filled with numerous unexpected events with some unforeseen results as he pursues murderous revenge of a 20-year old double homicide. The film has a consistent stream of action.
Macon decides to hide out in the home of a relative, Sam (Amy Hargreaves) in anticipation for what he believes is sure to follow after his first assassination and the victim’s gun toting family is in pursuit.
Deciding to transform himself into a clean shaven guy next door, Blair attempts to through off the family on his trail. Eventually and long overdue, he calls an old friend Ben (Devin Ratray) for support. Ben provides the firepower and training Macon needs to continue the family feud.
The wide angle shots make it difficult to see what is going in the scenes and combined with the sound design by Matt Snedecor and Dan Flosdorf, score by Brooke and Will Blair and Julia Bloch’s editing, makes for thrilling suspense.
Open April 25, 2014
Running time: 90 minutes
Production: FilmScience and Neighborhood Watch Production in association with Paradise City, a Lab of Madness production. (International sales: Memento Films Intl., Paris.)
Executive Producers: Skei Saulnier, Macon Blair, Rosemary Edwards, Eileen McGrath, Karen Saulnier Producers: Anish Savjani, Richard Peete, Vincent Savino
Co-producers, Tyler Byrne, Alex Orr 
Director/Writer: Jeremy Saulnier 
Camera (color, widescreen, HD): Jeremy Saulnier 
Editor:Julia Bloch
Music: Brooke Blair, Will Blair Pproduction Designer: McAnneny
Art Director: Brian Rzepka 
Set Decorator: Cory Brown 
Costume Designer: Brooke Bennett 
Sound: Macaulay Flynt 
Sound Designers: Matt Snedecor, Dan Flosdorf
Supervising Sound Editor/re-recording mixer: Cory Melious
 Visual Effects Supervisor: Justin Ball
Special Makeup Effects: Toby Sells Creature Makeup FX Shop
Associate Producer, Devoe Yates 
Assistant Director: Alex Orr 
Casting: Harley Kaplan, Brandon Powers.
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