Genre: Crime/Thriller
Director: John Hillcoat
Writer: Dwight Gallo
Based on the novel by James Ellroy
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Don Johnson, Johnny Knoxville, Rose Byrne, Carla Gugino, Melanie Lynskey, Rodrigo Santoro, Ethan Embry, Brooklynn Prince, Alicia Witt, John C. Reilly
Budget: $44,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $35,921,091
Foreign Box Office: $27,477,333
Total Profit: -$9,450,832
Reaction: Disappointing results for this James Ellroy adaptation, especially considering how well White Jazz performed for the studio. Perhaps audiences are still getting used to seeing Vince Vaughn in serious films again.
"Like a lot of writer Dwight Gallo's other screenplays, there are strong darkly comedic elements that you wouldn't normally associate with films of its genre. It helps the film standout in the ranks of recent detective films." - Mark Rawls, Seattle Times
"James Ellroy is a great novelist, but so much of his style is lost when translated to the big screen. There is a lot to like in Blood on the Moon, but it ends being more of a standard cop thriller than one would hope for." - Paul Onkean, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Vince Vaughn's recent career reinvention has been interesting to watch. After over a decade as a comedy star, he has decided to pick smaller, gritty films that utilize his naturally intimidating physicality to great effect. Blood on the Moon successfully uses these traits to create a memorable big screen anti-hero." - Geoff Bray, Slant Magazine
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