Blood Ties is a 2013 crime thriller film directed by Guillaume Canet and starring Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Marion Cotillard, Mila Kunis and Matthias Schoenaerts.

In 1974, Chris Pierzynski is furloughed from prison after serving twelve years for murdering a rapist and killer he caught in the act, and moves in with his brother Frank, who is a New York Police detective.

He wants money, in part to take care of his new girlfriend Natalie, the office manager at the garage at which he works, so falls back into crime.

That Friday, Frank and fellow officers are at the scene of a horrific armored car robbery and multiple murders.

Chris is involved and Frank is conflicted, shooting his brother in the shoulder but letting him escape, then resigning from the police department.

After Anthony is released from police custody, his first act is to seek revenge against Frank for destroying his home life.

[11] On March 15, 2012, it was announced that Clive Owen and Billy Crudup would star in Blood Ties, playing two brothers with Mila Kunis and Zoe Saldana as love interests and Marion Cotillard as an ex-lover.

The website's critics consensus reads: "Blood Ties boasts a fine cast and palpable period detail, but ultimately fails to do much of anything new with its formulaic story.

"From the wonderfully decorated exteriors loaded with the cars of the era to the record players spinning classic hits, 1970s New York absolutely comes alive," he said.