Blue Ruin (2013) - Jeremy Saulnier | Moviedrome Redux - Cult Films Rediscovered

A revenge thriller like no other.

In most revenge films, the hero is slick, skilled, and morally justified. Blue Ruin (2013), directed by Jeremy Saulnier, strips all of that away. What’s left is something messy, awkward, and painfully human.

Made on a shoestring budget, part-funded by Kickstarter, and held together by Saulnier mortgaging his own house, Blue Ruin is lean, tense, and uncompromising. Starring Macon Blair as an ordinary man stumbling into extraordinary violence, it dismantles the very idea of catharsis. Revenge here doesn’t fix you. It doesn’t make you whole. It leaves you standing in the ruins.

This Moviedrome Redux essay explores how Saulnier redefined the revenge film, why Macon Blair’s raw and untrained performance makes it so believable, and why Blue Ruin remains one of the most haunting cult films of the last decade. If you’ve never seen it, watch it cold. Then come back and join the discussion.

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