Netflix pick for 5/4/125 – ‘Blue Ruin’

“Blue Ruin” is a bad ass, intense, thought provoking revenge movie, the perfect low budget cinematic palate cleanser, appropriate for this time of year in which we are besieged by huge franchise-related blockbusters.

From my original review of “Blue Ruin:”

This movie is so damn good in so many ways it is almost unfair. When a film shows up like this, like a ferocious shotgun blast of smart intensity, it is impossible not to take notice. Who needs huge CG set pieces, hundreds of millions of dollars and an overly long and complicated screenplay to make a memorable movie? Not writer/director Jeremy Saulnier apparently, because this is a super low budget yet very simply told yet incredibly well made and awesome movie, and should be viewed by anyone who wants to make a movie but fear they don’t have the resources to make a compelling film. Guess what, people, it can be done. It WAS done. It is called “Blue Ruin.”

Check out “Blue Ruin” right here on the Netflix Instant and beware what you’re actions could bring upon yourself.