Dead Man's Shoes

2004

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller

34
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 91% · 48 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 91% · 50K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.5/10 10 62433 62.4K

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Plot summary

A soldier returns to his small town and exacts a deadly revenge on the thugs who tormented his disabled brother while he was away.

Director

Shane Meadows Photo
Shane Meadows

Top cast

Jo Hartley Photo
Jo Hartley as Marie
Neil Bell Photo
Neil Bell as Soz
Emily Aston Photo
Emily Aston as Patti
Toby Kebbell Photo
Toby Kebbell as Anthony
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792.87 MB
1280*724
English 2.0
NR
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25 fps
1 hr 26 min
Seeds 5
1.59 GB
1912*1080
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
25 fps
1 hr 26 min
Seeds 31

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CalRhys

A Powerful And Emotionally-Striking Low-Budget Masterpiece

One of the most effective and emotionally-striking films to have come out of Britain in the last decade, talented indie auteur Shane Meadows has created another masterpiece with 'Dead Man's Shoes'. A gritty and unsettling tale of revenge set amidst a small Northern England town rife with small-time drug dealers and criminals. 'Dead Man's Shoes' truly shows Paddy Considine's acting talent as the grief-stricken brother who has returned home to settle the score with the guys who brutalised his simple-minded brother and sent him into a life of chaos. This is truly a powerful and emotional tale that I cannot get out of my head, one that lingers in your mind. A film definitely to be watched (if you can handle the depressing tone), Shane Meadows has created an utter masterpiece of British cinema.
Reviewed by Pjtaylor-96-138044 7 / 10

Walk a mile...

'Dead Man's Shoes (2004)' might just be one of the bleakest films I've ever seen, a near-nihilistic revenge story in which there are no real heroes and violence begets no satisfaction. It really is grim, putting Paddy Considine's angry ex-army-man on a path of no return and painting him as just as much a monster as the thugs he's after. A large part of this is due to the fact that lots of screen-time is given to the no-good, small-time gangsters who find themselves hunted by the protagonist. Even though they're nowhere near likeable - or, even, empathetic - you can't help but identify with their sheer terror as they're picked off one by one in an unrelenting, merciless fashion. The violence of the movie truly is shocking, yet never overly gratuitous. It's frank, ferocious and, sometimes, difficult to stomach. It's also never glamorised, even if it is focused on somewhat. The effect of the picture is palpable. It isn't enjoyable, per se, but it's compelling and challenging. Without offering so much as a sliver of hope, the piece pulls you into its seedy world of wrongdoing and revenge and doesn't let you out until it's well and truly finished with you. 7/10
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