Blood Father movie review

An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 17-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.

The movie with Mel Gibson in the lead role, playing old lost former alcoholic and drug addict - convict who has a daughter ( Erin Moriarty), he almost does not know. Never cared about her, so she grew up in the same way as he did. So she run away from home and got in touch with the bandits, with whom she established a connection through her boyfriend played by Diego Luna, who was not particularly great, but did a good job by separating his character from good Captain Endor.

The film begins with a very average action, showing us the tone of the film - a very full of violence with a bunch of f-words. The story is an interesting enough not to turn it off in the first 10 minutes, especially since Mel Gibson's character appears just after the first scene. Certainly everything leads up to the fact that the movie is completely relies on the charisma and on the Gibson's performance.

Overall it is an enjoyable movie with good performances and some interesting story twists. I enjoyed half of the movie, but expected much more from it. I actually find this a miss opportunity, because potentially it could have been just great. I just didn't feel it like I wanted to. Set pieces were not always good, but I liked the depth of the story, about many things. And as an action thriller the movie is pretty good as for the genre. So despite all many weaknesses it represents another good Mel Gibson movie. But I don't think I am rewatching it soon.