DEAD MAN’S SHOES „Movie”

After seven years in the army, Richard (Paddy Considine) returns to live in a shack in the country outside his childhood home. Richard sleeps on two palets and lives in complete poverty. Material wealth is of no concern to him, though, because he has an agenda: revenge! Richard exacts his revenge upon a gang of drug-dealing hoodlums led by Sony (Gary Stretch) who committed a terrible deed upon his simple-minded brother, Anthony (Toby Kebbel).

DEAD MAN’S SHOES is a simple tale about revenge told in a complex fashion. Its production crew superbly tells the story through the use of cinematic conventions like flashbacks, a dynamic film score, and juxtaposing time. DEAD MAN’S SHOES does not rely on excessive gore or lavish special effects. Instead, this film concentrates on crafty story telling. Director Shane Meadows uses the camera as an extra character to help create the story. The wide-open English countryside and Richard’s ruinous surrounding give a sense of desolation and loss. The melancholic tone is sharply contrasted with English folk music and childhood 8 millimeter flashbacks, which suggests Richard’s longing for a return to innocence. What cataclysmic event turned Richard’s world upside down? That question will keep the audience guessing throughout the bulk of the film. The answer is revealed gradually through the use of flashbacks. The full story is not fully revealed, however, until the end of the movie. Expect one hell of a knife-twisting ending.

Production Crew
Director: Shane Meadows
Screenplay: Paddy Considine, Shane Meadows
Producer: Mark Herbert
Exec Producers: Steve Beckett, Peter Carlton, Will Clarke, Tessa Ross

Cast
Paddy Considine, Toby Kebbell, Gary Stretch, Stuart Wolfenden, Neil Bell

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