Dead Mans Shoes Film Review

Dead Mans Shoes is a movie about a veteran seeking revenge on the manchester thugs.
The movie starts with a mystique and pretentious tone with two young British men walking almost purposely.

The pair stumble across a village that is somewhat unpopulated and scarce. The audience soon learn that Richard, an ex squaddie of the parachute regiment and his much loved younger brother Anthony who has learning difficulties. As the pair wonder through the village, a series of grainy flashbacks reveals what happened to Anthony.

As they proceed through the sparse village Anthony identifies certain individuals. This triggers Richards strange behaviour towards them. The audience is then informed about the individuals drug dealing and taking lifestyle. One by one, Richard hunts down and brutally murders each one. At many points in the movie he had the chance to brutally kill these individuals but he bides his time and grits his teeth to wait for another day leaving behind signs of brutality.

The individuals clock on to who Richard is and soon understand why he is proceeding with his horrific movement. In an attempt to escape their awful fait, they proceed to murder him first with a rifle but end up killing one of their own members.

As Richard comes down to the last distant member of the group, he gives his children a knife and says it was from an "army guy". Richard then wakes the father up early morning and drives him to an abandoned allotment with a stone, sparse building. Richard pulls a knife out and states "Now i'm the monster". He talks about how they killed his brother. This unexpected turn is very dramatic and shocking to the audience. Richard states how Anthony was an embarrassment to him and how he needs to be stopped before he comes after the group members kids. He hands him a knife and asks for the dirt deed. He kills Richard with an upsetting struggle and the film ends with a birds eye view shot of the murder scene.

A very odd and unexpectedly brilliant film that was superbly edited and scripted. The turn of events tied everything up brilliantly in my opinion and personally have two of the best threats i have ever scene in a film.

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