The question is, could 2016 Gibson be granted a comeback?
It’s not wrong to say Mel Gibson is good in this movie, because he is.
Partly it’s because he’s essentially playing the uncomfortable parts of himself.
(Again, self-flagellation for personal atonement?)
Blood Fatherhas been compared to B-movie grindhouse of decades past, and fans of that genre will besomewhatsatisfied.
The settingsomewhere around the California-Mexico borderis its own major character inBlood Father.
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It’s that the movie, for all it promises in its set-up, is generic and bland.
Unfortunately, this moderately good time of a movie only jump-starts the ride without going the full stretch.
WithBlood Father, Gibson’s comeback doesn’t fully rev up.
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But it doesn’t toss him from the motorcycle, either.
