Dead mans shoes is a British thriller about an ex S.A.S soldier that returns to his hometown to find out his brother is dead. He gets revenge on the people that were responsible, with twists in the plot. In my opinion this film is extremely powerful and makes you think about what really goes on. I like the way that the twist in the plot plays with your mind and makes you think about what was actually reality in the film. I think that most people will agree with me that the film was amazing and it touches on very serious situations and a way that the audience will enjoy and understand. The main actors performances were equally amazing. You could compare this film to the other British thriller Get Carter. This film could be compared because it is also has plot twists and is all about revenge. Another one is James bond

Shane Meadows hinted at a darker side with his second feature A Room For Romeo Brass, but he gives full vent to the potentially violent impulses that lurk within all of us with this latest effort, a supremely efficient, brutal, stripped-down work of vigilante cinema.

Paddy Considine (who co-wrote the screenplay with Meadows) plays Richard, a taciturn army veteran newly returned to his hometown and on a mission to make a group of low-level criminals pay for abusing his mildly retarded younger brother, Anthony (Kebbel). To these miscreants Richard's name alone elicits a palpable sense of dread, so when he shows up on their doorsteps wearing a gas mask and carrying an axe they go into full-on panic mode.

Dead Man's Shoes has little in the way of Meadows' trademark provincial humour, yet the film carries his unmistakable signature. This is not an Americanised version of Britain, full of hard-nut gangsters pretending to be Goodfellas. The hustlers here are benefit-scammers and dole moles who live in semi-detached houses, flick through mucky mags, dress badly and flog poor quality gear. They could be the cheeky reprobates from Twentyfourseven grown up, gone bad and forced to pay for being callow human beings unwilling to take responsibility for their actions.

Much of the zing comes from Considine who is restrained yet ferocious, dead-eyed yet soulful, but the film itself is technically audacious. A scene in which Considine terrorises his drugged-up prey is a masterclass in bleary visuals and subjective sound edits. Meadows has sharpened up his narrative skills too, delivering an incredible sucker-punch in the third act that will more than likely leave you reeling.

This is a 2004 movie directed by Shane Meadows and stars Paddy Considine and Gary Stretch this film is about a disaffected soldier (Considine) returns to his hometown to get even with the thugs who brutalized his mentally-challenged brother years ago.

This film is a thriller movie and with an 18 rated Certificate, is not really suitable for some people. Shane Meadows covers several important themes in this movie such as mental instability, drugs and vengeance. This film could be compared to 'Get Carter' (1971) where Jack Carter is seeking vengeance for his family and the death of his brother. these two film both deal with the loss of a loved one but the way that the revenge is played out on the screen is slightly different Dead Man's Shoes is hyped up at the action and Get Carter is slower and more naturalistic. I would say this is because of the main characters in each film, Richard (Dead Man's) is this Psychotic quiet man.

dead mans shoes was a brilliant film and a good example of Shane Meadows work. The film is a film about revenge and justice when Richard comes back from the army to humiliate and murder the gang who tortured his disabled brother Anthony who then after killed himself. The character Richard who is an ex SAS show the dark side of the lower class when his hot pursuit of carnage was in motion.
It is confusing for the audience to know whether they should like Richards character or not, As we feel sympathy for him because of the loss of his brother, yet don't approve of the acts of violence he is doing as they are so shocking. At the end he shows mercy towards Mark who was also involved in the torturing of Anthony but then forces Mark to use the knife on Richard, so although showing mercy, mark has to live with what happened.

Set in the northern suburbs of England. Dead Man Shoes stars the ex-soldier, Richard (Paddy Considine) who returns to his hometown in order to seek out a gang of men who tormented his brother Anthony.

The narrative basically follows Richard on a path to get revenge on his brother and put the culprits at ease. The first impression I get is a weird experience. The characters for a start were all just stock as a representation for drug dealers who enjoy nothing more but a friendly gossip. The interesting part during these conversation's was that it was so heavily improvised. It didn't feel like a feature film because there were no constructed sequences of cuts, just hand held.

This began to give me the feeling that this was just a home made film. I started to think that Shane Meadow's intention was to let the actors act freely from the use of scripts and direction. In relation to "Get Carter", starring Michael Caine. The plot has a very similar direction. However, one of the big significances I found were the representation of women following in each film. The women in "Get Carter" seem to be highly fashionable and tend to stand out with their flashy vibrant costumes. But in "Dead Man Shoes", the similarities are almost non existent.

As far as I can comprehend, Shane Meadow's interpretation on women is kept to minimum. He doesn't seem to care that much of their purpose but prefers to isolate them with the quantitative attention on men. Likewise, women in this film are dressed up like any other normal person you'd come across the street. This level headed device makes all of the characters in Dead Man Shoes seem fair and equal. You will never think so differently towards each character.

On the contrary, the soundtrack used in this film seem very ironic. During the murder of each gang member, Richard will liberally play around and torture them as if their just some soft toy. This sadistic behavior can somewhat play with your emotions but at the end of each massacre, a soft melody with occur. Although I'm not genuinely a big fan of black comedies. This kind of British style motto works very well in a uncanny manner.

All in all, Dead Man Shoe's is a film to reckoned with. It may seem low-budget at first but it has one amazing plot with a brilliant cast that doesn't disappoint. But do take caution, this isn't your everyday film that deals with up front urban culture.

'Dead mans shoes' plays with the audiences emotion , From : sad , anger , comedy . Keeping the audiences attention throughout the film. The films main genres would be crime and horror but having a twist by liking the films murderer and feeling for him. This is typical British black humor film with a " sixth sense " type twist. We found this twist emotional and very effective in this film showing and explaining the murderers actions in this movie.

The film is based on two brothers and how theirs lives have been affected by crime and torture from criminals and drug dealers in England. The brothers (richard and antony)are shown together throughout the film. Antony in this film suffer mental health issues which are shown as some form of autism or aspegers symdrome. He plays this role amazingly throughout the film and creates and completely believable performance to the point where you question yourself " is he acting or is this real"?

The way this movie is filmed is clever , involving : flashbacks , which were filmed in black and white grain with a handheld camera showing it was the past. The handheld camera creates a home movie affect making this piece of filming seem more realistic and could be happening rather than acting.

This film could be compared to various films such as "Rain man" Which is also about two brothers and one brother suffers from autism . The difference was you knew for fact that Dustin Hoffmens performance was an act as he was a famous actor. Although a brilliant performance . Whereas The actor who played antony was relativly new in acting for films and hadn't been seen before by many people so did create a certain question weather he was just acting or was put in this film because he had a disability.

Secondly this film could also be compared to "Get carter" as Michael Cain was set out to avenge his brother who had been murdered by English criminals and drug dealers. The way he kills people is simalar as he will go from one person to the next and be subtle about it. He makes his killings almost comical as does Richard in dead mans shoes. Both have unexpected by needed endings that satisfy and audience.

Overall The film was a great success and is a film that needs to be seen although a dark and disturbing plot will make you think and feel and Know things you didn't know before. You will feel sorry for the murderer and his past and understand him. And also understand crime in England and unfair treatment of people who aren't exactly like yourself.

Death Race
Directed by Paul W.S Anderson
2008

Death Race (a remake of the 1975 cult classic Death Race 2000) sees Jason Statham taking part in a violent prison motorsport tournament in an attempt to win his freedom.

That's pretty much the whole screenplay in a nutshell. Death Race is very clearly not dependant on it's story but is instead all about action which is fine because action is just about the only thing the film does correctly.