Our search for the Best Movie of 2014 continues today and the fantastic Blue Ruin has made it in at number nine - if you haven't seen this indie drama then it is one that you really do need to check out.

Blue Ruin

Blue Ruin

Writer and director Jeremy Saulnier returned for the second feature film of his career - he made his debut with Murder Party back in 2007 - while Macon Blair takes on the central role of Dwight.

Blue Ruin follows a mysterious outsider whose quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.

Blue Ruin was a movie that whipped up a storm on the festival circuit, and finally hit the big screen in the summer - if you are not a blockbuster fan, then this is the film that you really should have checked out.

This is only the second feature film for writer and director Jeremy Saulnier, and he is a filmmaker to really keep an eye on over the next couple of years; I am really looking forward to seeing how his career is going to progress.

He has created a smart, atmospheric, and violent revenge thriller that will keep you glued to the screen from start to finish. The big screen is regularly littered with revenge thrillers, but Blue Ruin really is a classy piece of work.

Macon Blair may not be a household name, but he delivers a fantastic and memorable performance in the central role of Dwight.

Dwight is one of the most likely avengers/anti-hero, and this is what makes him such a great character. He doesn't go from normal man to cold-hearted killer in the blink of an eye - as so many do - he is a normal man who struggles with the task that he has set out to achieve. And it is this that makes him such a fascinating character... I have to say, Dwight is a man that I really was rooting for.

Add Blair's great performance to Saulnier's strong direction and you really have a film that you cannot miss. Saulnier notches up the tension scene by scene as he slowly builds the suspense.

Blue Ruins is an atmospheric, engrossing, brutal and yet elegant revenge thriller that really is one of the best indie movies of 2014.


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