Episode 82 - May 24, 2023

Blue Ruin

Episode 82: Blue Ruin (2013)

Theme: Bluevies Month
Hosts: Oz & Curtis

This week, Oz and Curtis kick off the final Bluevies entry with a movie marriage that should come with a tetanus shot: Kill Bill meets Home Alone with a hearty splash of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. The result? Blue Ruin — a revenge thriller so bleak, quiet, and stabby that even the Dementors would say, “Whoa, lighten up, man.”

Join your two favorite members of the Let’s Talk About Flix-verse as they unpack:

  • How Dwight is equal parts John Wick, Forrest Gump, and “guy who definitely lives in his car by choice.”

  • Why the Clevelands make the Hatfields and McCoys look like petty amateurs.

  • How Dwight’s revenge plan is 10% strategy, 90% luck, and 100% crossbow-related medical malpractice.

  • Why Ben is the most “I will absolutely help you bury a body” old friend in movie history.

  • How the final shootout becomes a grim Virginia version of Reservoir Dogs, minus the suits and plus an Uzi hidden under a recliner.

From screwdriver stabbings to trunk kidnappings, from Delaware baths to Virginia blood feuds, Oz and Curtis walk through a film that proves revenge is never clean, rarely smart, and always a mess when your half-brother is involved.

Final Verdict

Oz — 2 Garbage Sandwiches
Curtis — 17 Total Lines of Dialogue
Both — Still trying to do the math on how William is somehow a teenager.

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