Blood Brother (2018 film)
2018 film directed by John Pogue
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Blood Brother is an American action-thriller film directed by John Pogue and written by Michael Finch, Karl Gajdusek, and Charles Murray. The film stars Trey Songz.[citation needed]
| Blood Brother | |
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| Directed by | John Pogue |
| Written by | Michael Finch Karl Gajdusek Charles Murray |
| Produced by | Michael Luisi |
| Starring | Trey Songz Jack Kesy R-Truth Fetty Wap Hassan Johnson China Anne McClain |
| Cinematography | Matthew Irving |
| Edited by | Lester Wilson |
| Music by | Mark Kilian |
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| Distributed by | Lionsgate |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Premise
A recently released convict begins to take 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 Sonny (Trey Songz), now a police officer, will stop at nothing to put an end to the murderous rampage and to right the many wrongs of their tragically violent past.
Cast
- Trey Songz[1] as Sonny
- Jack Kesy as Jake Banning
- R-Truth as Blaine[2]
- Fetty Wap as Emilio
- Hassan Johnson as Joe
- China Anne McClain as Darcy
- J. D. Williams as Kayvon
Production
Blood Brother was originally titled Brother's Blood, and was announced in December 2015.[3] Principal photography on the film began on January 13, 2016 in New Orleans.[4][5] WWE Studios would be co-producing and co-financing the film under a deal with Lionsgate's CodeBlack Entertainment, with Michael Luisi producing for WWE.[1]
Reception
Blood Brother received mostly negative reviews from critics. Critics of the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes gave the film 17%, based on six reviews, receiving a 3.6/10 average rating.[6] On Metacritic, Blood Brother's score is higher by 1%, holding it on 18%, based on 4 reviews, indicating "overwhelming dislike".[7]
