Stars: Paddy Considine, Gary Stretch, Toby Kebbell

Director: Shane Meadows

Summary: Two brothers, Richard and Anthony, return to their hometown. Setting up camp in the hills overlooking the town, they reminisce over their past. But Richard has not returned for the memories, he's returned for revenge...

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Harrowing thriller about a hotwired ex-soldier (co-scripter Paddy Considine from Cinderella Man) who returns to his sleepy Midlands hometown to dole out merciless revenge upon the booze and drug-sodden hoodlums who abused his mentally handicapped younger brother (the astonishing Toby Kebbel). Director Shane Meadows (Once Upon a Time in the Midlands) doesn't shy away from delivering scenes of gripping suspense and violence, but the end result hews closer to an ambiguous meditation on the nature and effect of vengeance a la Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogsthan a Death Wish-style grindhouse effort. Taut and thought-provoking, Dead Man's Shoesis a must-see for indie film aficionados with a taste for the grittiest of fare. The DVD includes some rollicking commentary by Meadows, Considine, and producer Mark Herbert; an intriguing and heartfelt featurette on Meadows and his own violent past as a teenage skinhead in 1980s England, from which he drew inspiration for this film; and an alternate (and somewhat less satisfying) final scene. -- Paul Gaita

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Subtitles:	None
Year:	2004
Release Date:	February 28, 2005
Runtime:	87 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	H F D 8566
Keywords:	Shoes, Dead, General, Thriller, Man's
Genre:	Thriller