DVD & Blu-ray review: Blood Simple: Director's Cut (18)

Joel and Ethan Coen DVD/Blu-ray (92mins)

Thursday 25 April 2013 12:48 EDT

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The Coen brothers' first masterpiece, their neo-noir 1983 debut (above), relies on its lead characters explaining diddly-squat to each other.

If only they spoke up, they wouldn't be in this blood-soaked mess. Frances McDormand and John Getz play the Texan lovers, and the reptilian Dan Hedaya plays the wronged husband who hires a corrupt private eye (M Emmet Walsh, stupendous) to bump them off. A dark, muggy and just plain mean tragedy.

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DVD & Blu-ray review: Blood Simple: Director's Cut (18)

Joel and Ethan Coen DVD/Blu-ray (92mins)

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