Mel Gibson's got big problems in BLOOD FATHER, a down and dirty action-thriller that sees the embattled former superstar packing heat, a mean beard and a bad attitude while fighting creepy cartel assassins. Looks like a nice new role for Mel, who hasn't gotten much going since returning to the big screen in forgettable titles like GET THE GRINGO, THE EXPENDABLES 3 and MACHETE KILLS. This could be the one to rocket him back into the limelight, or at least relevance.
Directed by Jean-François Richet, BLOOD FATHER has the following synopsis:
After her drug kingpin boyfriend frames her for stealing a fortune in cartel cash, 18 year old LYDIA goes on the run, with only one ally in this whole wide world: her perennial screw-up of a dad, JOHN LINK, who's been a drunk, a drug addict, a motorcycle outlaw, and a convict in his time, and now is determined to keep his little girl from harm and, for once in his life, do the right thing…
BLOOD FATHER also stars William H. Macy, Diego Luna, Erin Moriarty, Elisabeth Röhm and Michael Parks. It opens in the UK on August 25th, no word on when it'll be released in the states.
Erin Moriarty