Blue Ruin is a 2013 American revenge thriller film written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier and starring Macon Blair.

Saulnier funded production on the film through a successful Kickstarter campaign, which MTV called "the perfect example of what crowdfunding can accomplish.

Blue Ruin premiered at the Cannes Film Festival as part of the Directors' Fortnight section on May 17, 2013,[2] where it was awarded a prize by FIPRESCI.

On his way back out to his car, Dwight uses the same blade he used to kill Wade to slash one of the limousine's tires, but badly cuts his hand open in the process.

Teddy gains the upper hand and wrestles the gun away from Dwight but is shot dead by Ben from a concealed position before he can fire.

Blair and Saulnier made movies together growing up and hoped to make a living out of it; however, as they both became older with families, they realized that that might not happen.

Saulnier said, "We embraced the fact that we had to wrap up this childhood arc—this insane fantasy of wanting to be filmmakers—and just make a film that was right and true.

"[5] The concept of a revenge story appealed to Saulnier, who said that it "was just about grounding the film in a very mundane scenario that needed so little exposition.

In particular, several violent crimes in the early years of the 2010s "made [him] miserable", and he said he "couldn't do a film that was akin to those awesome genre spectacles of my youth" in said climate.

[7] Saulnier initially did not want to use the crowd funding platform, as he felt conflicted about asking for help, specifically that donors could not invest in the back end through the site.

[7] Blue Ruin, which received a limited theatrical release, grossed $258,384 in the United States and Canada, and $734,929 in other territories, for a worldwide total of $993,313,[8] against a budget of $420,000.

The website's consensus reads: "Smart, stripped-down, and thrillingly grim, Blue Ruin proves that a well-told revenge story can still leave its audience on the edge of their seat.

"[11] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 78 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.