Synopsis
A soldier returns to his small town and exacts a deadly revenge on the thugs who tormented his disabled brother while he was away.
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Cast
- Paddy ConsidineRichard
- Toby KebbellAnthony
- Gary StretchSonny
- Stuart WolfendenHerbie
- Neil BellSoz
- Paul SadotTuff
- Seamus O'NeillBig Al
- George NewtonGypsy John
- Paul HurstfieldMark
- Andrew ShimElvis
Recommendations
- 83
The A.V. Club
For all Dead Man's Shoes' well-paced, well-observed boondocks melodrama, its premise seems simultaneously slender and overheated. - 80
Film Threat
An original, complex, and utterly gruesome revenge parable, and never portrays its characters as black and white. Considine handles his performance like a pro, and only adds to the pure skill behind it. - 75
New York Daily News
This is no simplistic vigilante movie. Like Park Chan-wook's "Vengeance" trilogy, it explores the nature of the beast of revenge, leaving the audience in a sweat of dread. - 70
The New York Times
The always fantastic Paddy Considine evokes both sensitivity and explosiveness. - 63
New York Post
Very slowly builds to a powerful climax for this arty cross between "Straw Dogs" and "First Blood." - 63
TV Guide Magazine
Though the story is formulaic, the bleakly naturalistic performances give it an uncomfortable sting. - 50
Entertainment Weekly
The imagery is exotically grungy and jumbled by flashback, but in the end, the picture's more pulp than juice. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
The film is filled with deeply unpleasant and stupid people whose vapid speech is largely incomprehensible due to thick regional accents.
