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Dead Man's Shoes (2004)

Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
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Richard (Paddy Considine of In America) returns to the rural region of Derbyshire, where he grew up, after seven years in the military. His mentally challenged brother, Anthony (newcomer Toby Kebbell), tags along. Something awful has happened to Anthony, and Richard means to set things right. Richard angrily confronts Herbie (Stuart Wolfenden), a small-time drug dealer, in the local pub, then creepily apologizes to him a few minutes later outside. Herbie runs to his mates and tells them what happened, but before they have a chance to respond, they find that they're targets. Richard starts out with relatively harmless pranks, vandalizing their houses and painting their faces while they're asleep. Sonny (former boxer Gary Stretch), the gang's bullying leader, confronts Richard on the street, but Richard refuses to back down. Sonny's ragtag crew are ill equipped to respond to Richard's ruthless military tactics. As Richard inexorably goes about his business, and the bodies begin to pile up, we learn, through flashbacks, what happened to Anthony. Dead Man's Shoes was directed by Shane Meadows (Once Upon a Time in the Midlands), who co-wrote the script with Considine. The film had its U.S. premiere at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival. ~ Josh Ralske, Rovi

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Starring:
Paddy Considine, Gary Stretch, (more)
Director(s):
Shane Meadows
Format(s):
DVD
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Synopsis of Dead Man's Shoes

Richard (Paddy Considine of In America) returns to the rural region of Derbyshire, where he grew up, after seven years in the military. His mentally challenged brother, Anthony (newcomer Toby Kebbell), tags along. Something awful has happened to Anthony, and Richard means to set things right. Richard angrily confronts Herbie (Stuart Wolfenden), a small-time drug dealer, in the local pub, then creepily apologizes to him a few minutes later outside. Herbie runs to his mates and tells them what happened, but before they have a chance to respond, they find that they're targets. Richard starts out with relatively harmless pranks, vandalizing their houses and painting their faces while they're asleep. Sonny (former boxer Gary Stretch), the gang's bullying leader, confronts Richard on the street, but Richard refuses to back down. Sonny's ragtag crew are ill equipped to respond to Richard's ruthless military tactics. As Richard inexorably goes about his business, and the bodies begin to pile up, we learn, through flashbacks, what happened to Anthony. Dead Man's Shoes was directed by Shane Meadows (Once Upon a Time in the Midlands), who co-wrote the script with Considine. The film had its U.S. premiere at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival. ~ Josh Ralske, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
90 mins

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Director(s):
Shane Meadows
Writer(s):
Paul Fraser, Shane Meadows, Paddy Considine
Producer(s):
Mark Herbert
Categories:
Independent Films, Mystery & Suspense
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    James V.

    Another Shane Meadows exercise, this time about vengeance, DEAD MAN'S SHOES is a downer. This would not be a problem except that the believability quotient is shockingly low. There is a genuine surprise midway along, but think about it for a moment and it destroys what tiny credibility is left. I have enjoyed other of Meadow's work and hope to again, although the "exercise" term I've applied above is fairly apparent elsewhere, too. He's still learning (aren't we all?), but sometimes I wish the process were not quite so apparent. Here he's director & co-writer (with star Paddy Considine & Paul Fraser), and the three of them seem not to have considered from where their hero gets any of his information on past misdeeds, or that it might have been best to leave him tight-lipped at the finale---rather than spilling out a credible but utterly ham-fisted explanation of what has happened & how it has affected him. Oh--and couldn't the bad guys have brought more than one bullet for their rifle?

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    Charles S.

    I liked this movie for the differentness of its style compared to the standard type movie. A little difficult for me to understand all of the language spoken (even thought it was in English), but the plot and intrigue were interesting.

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    Cathy M.

    One of the best! It's hard for an American to follow the Irish language, at least I had trouble, but it was well worth it. It's not often you have a good plot in a horror story, so give it a shot. It's rather wrong to call it a horror story really but if you must call it so, then it's more of a Gothic horror story. It's not your average "hack and slash." So if gore is want you want, don't watch it.

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