Dead Man Down (2013)

In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.

Director:

Niels Arden Oplev

Writer:

J.H. Wyman

Stars:

Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Terrence Howard

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Colin Farrell	...	Victor
Noomi Rapace	...	Beatrice
Terrence Howard	...	Alphonse
Dominic Cooper	...	Darcy
Isabelle Huppert	...	Valentine Louzon
Luis Da Silva Jr.	...	Terry
Stu Bennett	...	Kilroy
Franky G	...	Luco
Declan Mulvey	...	Goff
John Cenatiempo	...	Charles
Roy James Wilson	...	Blotto (as Roy James Wilson, Jr.)
Myles Humphus	...	Lance
Stephen Hill	...	Roland
Aaron Vexler	...	Paul
James Biberi	...	Ilir

Storyline

Victor, a rising gangland player, has infiltrated the crime empire run by ruthless kingpin Alphonse, with the single purpose of making Alphonse pay for destroying his once happy life. As he meticulously orchestrates his vengeance from his high-rise home, Victor watches and is watched by Beatrice, a mysterious young woman who lives in the apartment across from his. On the surface a fragile woman-child, Beatrice seethes with a rage of her own. When she uncovers Victor's dark secrets, she threatens to expose him unless he helps her carry out her own campaign of retribution. Each fixated on avenging the past, they devise a violent and cathartic plan that could change their worlds forever.

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Plot Keywords:

new york city | crime lord | hit on the head with a rock | murder | death of daughter | 

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Taglines:

Blood demands blood.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language throughout and a scene of sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English French Albanian Spanish

Release Date:

8 March 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dead Man Down - Il sapore della vendetta

Filming Locations:

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$5,345,250 (USA) (8 March 2013)

Gross:

$10,880,926 (USA) (12 April 2013)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Automatik Entertainment, Frequency Films, IM Global

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Stu Bennett ("Kilroy") performs as a professional wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under the name Wade Barrett. WWE Films is one of the producers of this film.

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Goofs

At the end of the film ,while Victor and Beatrice travel home on the NYC subway, you can see the sign "York-Dauphin", which is a Elevated stop on Philadelphia's SEPTA Market Frankford Line.

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Connections

Referenced in Chelsea Lately: Episode #7.34 (2013)

User Reviews

lemon chicken

In the seemingly police-less gangland, Dead Man Down takes you through a labyrinth of visually distinct fascinating characters in an existential approach to both the dilemmas of revenge an their consequences. The action is not superfluous and hollow, but done in a way where each beat is well orchestrated with both real purpose and visual panache.

Through the "doll like" character Beatrice and her adjacent complex neighbor Victor, this film manages to portray an engrossing romantic angle highlighted by its believability through the shear awkward yet genuineness of their interactions. After the tonal shift of the reveal there becomes a form dark energy of rapidness that engulfs them. The eyes of Beatrice become dark and manic, full of pain, culminating in an iconic car sequence of dizzying passion.

Alphonse is a very convincing crime lord at the edge of his mental ropes. In a certain scene you can see the instability as his character while he sits in the shadows eying Victor like a shark as he walks into the frame. An effective rendition of a classy character in command after working their way to the top having to once again become savage in order to remain atop his hill. With his main goons we have Killroy the seven foot tall muscular man with the deep booming voice, Terry the skinny tattoo covered man, and Darcy the smart friend of Vicker who becomes the scariest character in his on right.

This film has the pacing and build like an old crime film, complete with dramatic emotionally spilling performances down to its very ending note. The dialog and characters are so fascinating that when the violence begins occurring you generally care about them. The message is not one glorifying revenge as many films succumb to, but one showing the results of their outcome, which the film has many variations of each character must deal with on their own. This film is an original Neo Noir and a complex brooding character piece strung together with the dazzling imagery of humanity and laced through fragile ephemeral happiness. The kind of film that has become a rarity at the box office. Fantastic performances all around.