Blood (2012)

Thriller charting the moral collapse of a police family. Two cop brothers, smothered by the shadow of their former police chief father, must investigate a crime they themselves have committed.

Director:

Nick Murphy

Writers:

Bill Gallagher, Bill Gallagher (based on the miniseries by)

Stars:

Paul Bettany, Stephen Graham, Brian Cox

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Paul Bettany	...	Joe Fairburn
Stephen Graham	...	Chrissie Fairburn
Brian Cox	...	Lenny Fairburn
Mark Strong	...	Robert Seymour
Ben Crompton	...	Jason Buliegh
Naomi Battrick	...	Miriam Fairburn
Zoë Tapper	...	Jemma Venn
Natasha Little	...	Lily Fairburn
Sandra Voe	...	Sandra Buliegh
Jasper Britton	...	Daniel Heston
Adrian Edmondson	...	Tom Tiernan
Danny McEvoy	...	Sammy
Lucy Lowe	...	Judy Drinkle (as Elizabeth Lowe)
Patrick Hurd-Wood	...	Dominic
Stuart McQuarrie	...	David Saddler

Storyline

Thriller charting the moral collapse of a police family. Two cop brothers, smothered by the shadow of their former police chief father, must investigate a crime they themselves have committed.

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Plot Keywords:

police | police chief | british | england | island | 

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Taglines:

You can't bury the truth.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 August 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Blood - Mord am Meer

Filming Locations:

Hilbre Island, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

BBC Films,British Film Institute (BFI),IM Global

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie was shot in Wirral, England in and around the town where the director, Nick Murphy, grew up. He relocated much of the action to the island off West Kirby where as a kid he had thought it would be a good place to bury a body.

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Quotes

Robert Seymour: Why do we let people break us?
Chrissie Fairburn: Love.

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Connections

Version of Conviction (2004)

User Reviews

Intense

Blood deserves better than other reviewers have suggested. It is a small movie yes but it is intense and filled with first-rate performances from an excellent cast. Bettany especially is on great form, but then he usually is, as a man falling apart. You believe these characters, understand their motivations and emotions, even as you watch them get closer to the edge.

We may have seen many of the cast in bigger productions but there is no sense that they are slumming it and even the smaller roles are played in an incredibly realistic way. It reminded me of some of the best noir movies in the way the plot is driven by the characters' reactions to one fateful action and the way the claustrophobia mounts as they struggle to come to terms with what has happened. Recommended.