Blood Ties not only convincingly recreates its era, it seems like it could have been made then.

A couple of shootouts and chases are impressive, giving the film a little bit of momentum it sorely lacks, but it’s heartbreaking that ultimately the film doesn’t work.

This hoary, hackneyed old cop-opera...is served with such relish that the fun proves infectious.

This isn’t a movie so much as a fetishist’s fever dream—a fantasia of New York crime movies from the 1970s that places the specificity of its time and place at center stage more than any actual New York crime movie from the era.

There's a heft to the proceedings that keeps us invested even when the story's various strands start to unravel.