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I've heard people refer to Dead Man's Shoes as the best British film in a decade.
It was made in 2004. It was shown on Film Four (now free) the other night, fortunately one of my friends recorded it and I watched it over at his house. He had been raving about the film, calling it one of the best he had ever seen, so I couldn't wait to watch it. He doesn't usually hype things up that don't deserve it.
It is a damn fine film. It's hard to talk about it too much without really ruining it. It does need to be experienced fresh. If you're American, you do need to watch this film. I'm not sure how popular it is among British folk, not popular enough because I hadn't heard of it until recently.
What it's about, without spoiling too much... it's set in a small town in Britain. A man called Richard, who had been in the military comes home. Through a series of flashbacks we learn that Richard's mentally disabled brother had fallen in with a bad crowd. This crowd were... bad to Richard's brother. Richard starts to take his revenge.
At times, it's a funny film, with the scenes of laddish drug dealers sitting around saying stupid stuff. As the film goes on though, you see just what scum these guys are. At times it's quite moving. I'm not ashamed to say I was nearly moved to tears.
It's a really well put together story. Richard is one scary bastard. Watch this film.
It was made in 2004. It was shown on Film Four (now free) the other night, fortunately one of my friends recorded it and I watched it over at his house. He had been raving about the film, calling it one of the best he had ever seen, so I couldn't wait to watch it. He doesn't usually hype things up that don't deserve it.
It is a damn fine film. It's hard to talk about it too much without really ruining it. It does need to be experienced fresh. If you're American, you do need to watch this film. I'm not sure how popular it is among British folk, not popular enough because I hadn't heard of it until recently.
What it's about, without spoiling too much... it's set in a small town in Britain. A man called Richard, who had been in the military comes home. Through a series of flashbacks we learn that Richard's mentally disabled brother had fallen in with a bad crowd. This crowd were... bad to Richard's brother. Richard starts to take his revenge.
At times, it's a funny film, with the scenes of laddish drug dealers sitting around saying stupid stuff. As the film goes on though, you see just what scum these guys are. At times it's quite moving. I'm not ashamed to say I was nearly moved to tears.
It's a really well put together story. Richard is one scary bastard. Watch this film.
