Blood Brother (2018 film)

Blood Brother
Film poster
Directed byJohn Pogue
Written byMichael Finch
Karl Gajdusek
Charles Murray
Produced byMichael Luisi
StarringTrey Songz
Jack Kesy
R-Truth
Fetty Wap
Hassan Johnson
China Anne McClain
CinematographyMatthew Irving
Edited byLester Wilson
Music byMark Kilian
Production
companies
Distributed byLionsgate
Release date
  • November 30, 2018 (2018-11-30)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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]

Premise

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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

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Production

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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

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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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Hipes, Patrick (December 3, 2015). "WWE Studios & Lionsgate's Codeblack Films Unveil Co-Production Deal; First Pic Is Trey Songz-Starring 'Brother's Blood'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  2. ^ Daly, Wayne (December 5, 2015). "R-Truth To Appear In Upcoming WWE Studios Movie". Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  3. ^ Middleton, Marc (May 16, 2017). "Apollo Crews Encourages Titus O'Neil (Video), R-Truth Featured In WWE Studios Trailer, The Godfather". Wrestling, Inc. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  4. ^ "WWE's 'Brother's Blood' Movie is Now Hiring Stand-ins in New Orleans". Project Casting. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  5. ^ "On the Set for 1/22/16: Michael Fassbender Starts Shooting Universal's 'The Snowman', Antonio Banderas Wraps on 'Security'". www.ssninsider.com. January 22, 2016. Archived from the original on February 5, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  6. ^ "Blood Brother". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  7. ^ "Blood Brother (2018)". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
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