Jake Banning (Jack Kesy) is released from prison after 15 years and decides to seek revenge on a group of his childhood friends who he believes allowed him to take sole responsibility for a crime they committed together. Former childhood friend turned copper Sonny (Trey Songz) sets about trying to bring him to justice when Banning starts to take out his former friends one by one...
I sat down to watch Blood Brother hoping for a decent revenge story, but instead of that I found myself watching a ludicrous story which seemed to have been edited and constructed on little more than a wing and a prayer.
For one thing, I couldn't understand why when Banning was released from prison that none of the friends seemed concerned or even aware of what he may have been planning? Surely they must have known that he would blame them for what happened and could possibly seek revenge against them. Having said that I could have accepted and tolerated this incredulity if the film would have at least been suspenseful, but sadly it wasn't. Rather than having Banning released from prison and having to seek out his former childhood friends all the work is already done for him and he tracks everyone down with ease and gains revenge against some of his friends with the utmost of ease. So where exactly is the suspense, excitement or tension in this picture I ask?? The only time the picture builds up even a whiff of suspense is when Banning steals Darcy's phone and befriends her, but even this section is too short-lived and not good enough to make up for everything else that's wrong with the film.
The only other thing worth acknowledging in this film is the acting (particularly between Kesy and Songz with the former at least trying to inject some menace to the picture). Director John Pogue bulldozers his way through the film and essentially suffocates the film instead of allowing it to breathe, but the script served up by Finch and Gajdusek is even more idiotic.
Blood Brother is another fairly crappy offering that has been massively oversold based on its rating on Sky Movies; it's rating is 4.5 out of 5 on Sky and I seriously have to question the person responsible for giving this film such a high rating. The IMDB Community with an average rating of 4.5 out of 10 (albeit with only 429 votes at the time of writing this review) and for me, this equates to a slightly below average revenge film which is a much more accurate reflection of what has actually been served up here.
I sat down to watch Blood Brother hoping for a decent revenge story, but instead of that I found myself watching a ludicrous story which seemed to have been edited and constructed on little more than a wing and a prayer.
For one thing, I couldn't understand why when Banning was released from prison that none of the friends seemed concerned or even aware of what he may have been planning? Surely they must have known that he would blame them for what happened and could possibly seek revenge against them. Having said that I could have accepted and tolerated this incredulity if the film would have at least been suspenseful, but sadly it wasn't. Rather than having Banning released from prison and having to seek out his former childhood friends all the work is already done for him and he tracks everyone down with ease and gains revenge against some of his friends with the utmost of ease. So where exactly is the suspense, excitement or tension in this picture I ask?? The only time the picture builds up even a whiff of suspense is when Banning steals Darcy's phone and befriends her, but even this section is too short-lived and not good enough to make up for everything else that's wrong with the film.
The only other thing worth acknowledging in this film is the acting (particularly between Kesy and Songz with the former at least trying to inject some menace to the picture). Director John Pogue bulldozers his way through the film and essentially suffocates the film instead of allowing it to breathe, but the script served up by Finch and Gajdusek is even more idiotic.
Blood Brother is another fairly crappy offering that has been massively oversold based on its rating on Sky Movies; it's rating is 4.5 out of 5 on Sky and I seriously have to question the person responsible for giving this film such a high rating. The IMDB Community with an average rating of 4.5 out of 10 (albeit with only 429 votes at the time of writing this review) and for me, this equates to a slightly below average revenge film which is a much more accurate reflection of what has actually been served up here.