''Blood Brother'' is an American

action-thriller film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

directed by

John Pogue John Pogue is an American filmmaker. He is an alumnus of Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of h ...

and written by Michael Finch,

Karl Gajdusek Karl Gajdusek is an American screenwriter, producer, and playwright. He was the showrunner for the first season of the Netflix series ''Stranger Things'' and the co-creator of the TV series '' Last Resort'' with Shawn Ryan. They were both also ex ...

, and Charles Murray. The film stars

Trey Songz Tremaine Aldon Neverson (born November 28, 1984), known professionally as Trey Songz, is an American R&B singer and rapper. His debut album, '' I Gotta Make It'', was released in 2005 through Atlantic Records. His follow-up album, ''Trey Day'', ...

Premise

A recently released convict begins to take murderous revenge against his childhood friends, whom he believes let him take the fall for a crime they collectively committed. As the bodies start piling up, one of the friends Sonny (Trey Songz), now a police officer, will stop at nothing to put an end to the murderous rampage and to right the many wrongs of their tragically violent past.

Cast

as Sonny *

Jack Kesy Jack Kesy () is an American actor. On television, he has portrayed Gabriel Bolivar on the FX horror drama ''The Strain'' (2014–2016) and Roller Husser on the TNT dark comedy ''Claws'' (2017–19). He also played Black Tom Cassidy in the Marve ...

as Jake Banning *

R-Truth Ronnie Aaron Killings (born January 19, 1972) is an American professional wrestler and rapper. He is currently signed to WWE, performing on the Raw brand under the ring name R-Truth. Killings worked for World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WW ...

as Blaine *

Fetty Wap Willie Junior Maxwell II (born June 7, 1991), better known by his stage names Fetty Wap or Harlem Fetty, is an American rapper, singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence after his debut single "Trap Queen" reached number two on the U.S. ''B ...

as Emilio *

Hassan Johnson Hassan "Iniko" Johnson is an American actor from Brooklyn, New York. He portrayed Roland "Wee-Bey" Brice on HBO's ''The Wire'' and also appears as Drew in '' Flatbush Misdemeanors'' on Showtime. Career Johnson's first acting role was in th ...

as Joe *

China Anne McClain China Anne McClain (born August 25, 1998) is an American actress and singer. McClain's career began when she was seven years old, portraying Alexis in the film ''The Gospel'' (2005), and then China James in '' Daddy's Little Girls'' (2007). Sh ...

as Darcy *

J. D. Williams J.D. Williams (born May 22, 1978) is an American actor known for his starring roles in the HBO television programs '' Oz'' as Kenny Wangler, ''The Wire'' as Bodie Broadus and ''Pootie Tang'' as Froggy, ''Surviving Family'' (2012) as Bobby, ''T ...

as Kayvon

Production

''Blood Brother'' was originally titled ''Brother's Blood'', and was announced in December 2015.

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on the film began on January 13, 2016 in

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would be co-producing and co-financing the film under a deal with

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, with Michael Luisi producing for WWE.

Reception

''Blood Brother'' received mostly negative reviews from critics. Critics of the review aggregator site

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gave the film , based on reviews, receiving average rating. On

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, ''Blood Brother''s score is higher by 1%, holding it on 18%, based on 4 reviews, indicating "overwhelming dislike".

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