Blood Father

About Blood Father

An ex-con reconnects with his estranged teenage daughter while fighting to keep her alive after she becomes a target of violent drug dealers.

Blood Father is a 2016 thriller film directed by Jean-François Richet. The film is filed under desert, drug dealer, alcoholic, and on the run.

Mel Gibson stars as John Link, Erin Moriarty as Lydia, William H. Macy as Kirby Curtis, and Michael Parks as Preacher. It runs 88 minutes and was released in August 2016.

The screenplay is by Andrea Berloff and Peter Craig. Production companies include Lionsgate, Why Not Productions, and Wild Bunch.

No Country for Old Men, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, and Sicario make useful companions to Blood Father, all filed under mexican cartel and trailer park. TMDB voters put it at 6.2 out of 10 across 1,718 votes and it carries a R rating.