Blood Father (2016)

Blood Father is a gritty action-thriller starring Mel Gibson as a recovering alcoholic ex-con who reunites with his estranged teenage daughter (Erin Moriarty) to protect her from a Mexican drug cartel. Directed by Jean-François Richet (Mesrine, Assault on Precinct 13) and shot on location in Albuquerque, the film had its world premiere at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival ahead of its theatrical release that August.

halflife* provided dailies and dailies color for the production, helping deliver Robert Gantz's sun-scorched cinematography of the New Mexico desert to the filmmakers throughout the shoot. Critics praised Mel Gibson's performance as a compelling return to form, with several singling out the film's stark, sunbaked visual style — the very footage halflife* helped move from set to screen each day.