Blue Ruin
2013

Blue Ruin

★ 7.1 / 10
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Directed by Jeremy Saulnier
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Synopsis

Blue Ruin is a 2013 American thriller directed by Jeremy Saulnier. The film follows a quiet, mysterious vagrant who returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance, proving himself to be an amateur assassin as he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.

Did You Know?
  • Jeremy Saulnier funded the film through a successful Kickstarter campaign.
  • Director Jeremy Saulnier also did the cinematography for the movie.
  • Blue Ruin is Saulnier's second feature film.
  • The movie premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013.
  • The film's title, 'Blue Ruin', means 'a state of dilapidation'.
Iconic Quotes
  • I'd forgive you if you were crazy. But you're not. You're weak.
  • That's what bullets do.
  • You're in my home. I have a right to protect it.
  • You don't confront the devil in his own house.
  • You can't keep living like this.
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