I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

best movie i've ever seen.

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

An interesting but improbable adventure of a father finding his daughter after many years of absence, and helping her find a path to clean living.

Classic story with good guy (well, good might be stretching it), in this case the father, trying to save chick from the bad guys. The bad guys are of course totally dislikeable murderous thugs with a distinctly below average intelligence.Mel Gibson plays the role of ex-con, caring father and kick-ass protector of his daughter quite well. He pretty much makes this movie which is a roller-coaster action ride. As with most of this type of action flicks the story and script is fairly mediocre. His old and not very trustworthy friend for example was not really adding any value and his actions was soooo predictable.The thugs, although certainly projecting the required amount of "despicable bad-guy-ness", were really nothing more than that. Stupid, stupid and more stupid. How they even manage to track John and Lydia down all the time is really beyond me.With that said it was a enjoyable movie. The one were you just relax in the sofa, watch the scenery and arses being kicked. The stuff that Mel Gibson is really good at.

Mel Gibson portrays an ex-con who's daughter resurfaces in a metric ton load of trouble. Like drug cartel henchmen hunting you down to kill you trouble. Erin Moriarty portrays the troubled teen in deep doo-doo.What follows would make Mad Max proud. Mel's still got the action chops and the movie was enjoyable overall. Good for a rental.

STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning Link (Mel Gibson) is an ex-con, trying to keep on the straight and narrow, running a home-tattoo business, while liaising with his sponsor Kirby (William H. Macy.) But then his estranged daughter Lydia (Erin Moriarty) comes back into his life, after shooting her drug lord lover Jonah (Diego Luna) in the face during a bungled initiation. With Jonah hot on her trail, Link is forced back into his old way of life to protect her.Mel Gibson is a name you see considerably less these days. It is rumoured Hollywood is run 95% by Jews, and so his roadside scandal that resulted in his anti-Semitic rant may have cost him more than he could ever have imagined. But here and there he still pops up, never losing that 'movie star' appeal, but failing to appear in anything of real substance that could really get his career going again, such as Blood Father.To be fair, in his 50+ years, Gibson still cuts a fine figure, and suits the action hero persona just fine. Just as well, as he's caught up in some pretty heavy duty action sequences here, that don't squirm on the blood letting and unflinching physical intensity. There even seems to be a nod to his old Mad Max days during a bike chase sequence. But it's all just too formulaic and unremarkable to make any real impression, even if it is all wrapped up in under an hour and a half.Still, for those wondering what's happened to Mel, it will probably still come as a bit of good news. **