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Blood Brother

2018 · 90 min

A grim, revenge-driven thriller that feels tense and joyless, with sudden violence and little warmth.

Directed by: John Pogue
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
Starring: Trey Songz, Jack Kesy, China Anne McClain

Tagline: Sometimes friends will take you straight to hell
Overview: Blood Brother takes place on he mean streets of a city in decay, where a recently released convict begins to take a murderous revenge against his childhood friends, whom he believes let him take the fall for a crime they collectively committed. As the bodies start piling up, one of the friends, now a cop, will stop at nothing to put and end to the murderous rampage and to right the many wrongs of their tragically violent past.

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Directed by: John Pogue
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
Starring: Trey Songz, Jack Kesy, China Anne McClain

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: revenge
betrayal
guilt
friendship
crime
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	6
Horror	3
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: action, crime, drama, thriller
Directed by: John Pogue
Written by: Michael Finch, Karl Gajdusek
Starring: Trey Songz, Jack Kesy, China Anne McClain, Chelle Ramos, Hassan Johnson, Fetty Wap, J.D. Williams, Joy Lofton
Music: Mark Kilian
Cinematography: Matthew Irving
Runtime: 90 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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