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Blood Father: Average Guy Movie Review

Mel Gibson is back on the silver screen in Jean-Francois Richet's Blood Father. Gibson plays John Link, an ex-con who must re-visit some of his old ways in order to protect his estranged teenage daughter Lydia (Erin Moriarty) from the drug dealers that are trying to kill her. William H. Macy co-stars as Kirby; Link's friend and AA sponsor. Gibson may be trying to win back his fans by returning to the type of movie he's famous for. Blood Father even begins with his character speaking at an AA meeting about all the bad things he's done in his life and how he can never take it all back. It feels like Gibson is trying to make amends as much as Link is, probably a deliberate move. Being a child of the 80's I've grown up watching Gibson in classics like Lethal Weapon, Mad Max, Maverick, Tequila Sunrise, Payback, and he's delivered brilliant performances in all of them. Despite the fact that he has proven to be an arsehole (and then some) in his persona

Lethal Weapon (TV Show): Moustache Trailer Reaction

In 1987 Lethal Weapon hit cinemas, it was an instant hit that spawned three sequels over the course of a decade. For a while there was a possibility of a fourth sequel but it never gained traction. On the 25th Anniversary of the first movie's release, Empire met with Mel Gibson, Danny Glover and Director Richard Donner, all of whom confirmed that Lethal Weapon 5 would never happen. But it seems there are some who feel they haven't milked that particular cash cow enough. That's why Fox has rebooted it as a TV show starring Damon Wayans (The Last Boyscout) and Clayne Crawford (24, The Glades, Justified) as Roger Murtaugh and Martin Riggs. McG is directing the pilot. What we get is a standard American police procedural with a comedy element and familiar names. The problem is Riggs and Murtaugh are an iconic cop duo because of Mel Gibson and Danny Glover and the relationship they had both on and off screen. Under a different name this project might work, but as Lethal