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Dead Man's Shoes

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Crime thriller starring Paddy Considine and Gary Stretch. Tortured ex-army man Richard returns to the rural Midlands village of his youth to take violent revenge on a drugs gang who exploited his younger, mentally disabled brother.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Sloan Freer

Following his spaghetti western homage, Once Upon a Time in the Midlands, British writer/director Shane Meadows turns his hand to horror. A grimy, naturalistic subversion of the slasher genre, this morally ambiguous shocker marries the style of 28 Days Later ... with gallows humour of the blackest hue. In an uncomfortably matter-of-fact performance, co-writer Paddy Considine plays a tortured ex-army man who returns to the rural Midlands village of his youth to take revenge on a drugs gang who used and abused his younger, mentally disabled brother (Toby Kebbell). With many of the cast being non-actors and much of the dialogue improvised, there's a strong sense of realism that makes the violence portrayed so much more horrific. Initially, events are sweetened somewhat with acerbic wit and dark slapstick, but edgy laughs soon degenerate into grim brutality. It's an abrupt shift that unfortunately destroys the rising tension and turns a powerful, claustrophobic chiller into just another nasty exploitation flick.

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Cast

rolenameRichardPaddy ConsidineSonnyGary StretchAnthonyToby KebbellHerbieStuart WolfendenSozNeil BellTuffPaul SadotMarieJo HartleyBig AlSeamus O'NeillMarkPaul HurstfieldPattiEmily AstonGypsy JohnGeorge Newton

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rolenameDirectorShane Meadows

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Theatrical distributor

Optimum Releasing

Released on

2004-10-01

Languages

English

Guidance

Contains violence, swearing and drug abuse.

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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