A tale of family, friendships and betrayal in the violent world of the Philadelphia mob.
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Jérémie Guez
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Title: Brothers by Blood (2020)
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Matthias Schoenaerts | ... | Peter | |
| Joel Kinnaman | ... | Michael | |
| Maika Monroe | ... | Grace | |
| Paul Schneider | ... | Jimmy | |
| Nicholas Crovetti | ... | Young Peter | |
| Ryan Phillippe | ... | Charley | |
| Felix Scott | ... | Phil | |
| James Nelson-Joyce | ... | Leonard | |
| Antoni Corone | ... | Bono | |
| Carlos Schram | ... | Carlos | |
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Tarek Hamite | ... | Ryan |
| Tim Ahern | ... | Councilman Taylor | |
| Nigel Barber | ... | Reggie (Horse Trainer) | |
| Colin Moody | ... | Veterinarian | |
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Grace Bilik | ... | Little Girl |
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In the City of Brotherly Love, eight-year-old Peter Flood helplessly watches on as his little sister is killed by a neighbor's reckless driving. Tormented with grief and resentment, his father finds revenge as the only solution, leaving lasting generational wounds. Thirty years later, Peter still wrestles with the guilt he feels over his sister's death and his father's vengeance. As he tries to distance himself from the criminal family business, his cousin, Michael, becomes more powerful in the hierarchy. Bonded by blood, neither man can escape violence as they are dragged further into a chilling cycle of betrayal and retribution. Written by Canon y mus
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betrayal | cousin cousin relationship | criminal family | irish mob | philadelphia mob |Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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Welp, there goes 105 minutes of my life I'll never get back. What's worse, is that it felt like 3+ hours.
Experienced writer and newb director Jeremie Guez wrote the worst screenplay in the history of mobster films. How is this film classified as "action, crime, drama"? Zero action, 5 mins of crime and 100 mins of boredom. Who funded and greenlit this sloth? A 5th grade drama class could've come up with a better "mobster" film. There were tons of plot and technical issues, and the timeline back and forths made the already convoluted and pointless scenes seem less interesting than paint drying.
Matthias Schoenaerts spent more than half the film staring at the ground in silence (probably contemplating why he agreed to do this film), and the rest into space or shadow boxing (the point of this was??), with maybe a total of 5-10 minutes of dialogue. Either he didn't want to be there, or his character was written in as the most boring straight faced lamest mobster character ever developed.
The rest of the casting and performances were fairly decent, and the cinematography and score were good. It really had the markings to be a great film... it's just too bad the screenplay was so terrible. If you want to get even with someone, have them watch this and tell them it's amazing, to watch until the end, because it's worth it. They'll never speak to you again.