Dead Man's Shoes

Synopsis: Richard returns home from military service to a small town in the Midlands. He has one thing on his mind: revenge. Payback for the local bullies who did some very bad things to his brother. At first his campaign employs guerrilla tactics, designed to frighten the men and put them ill at ease. But then he steps up his operation, and one by one these local tough guys are picked off by the terrifying angel of vengeance that Richard has become.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Shane Meadows
Production: Magnolia
  4 wins & 13 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%
NOT RATED
Year:
2004
90 min
Website
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# I can't be

held responsible #

# For the things I say #

# For I am just #

# A vessel in vain #

# And I can't be

held responsible #

# For the things I see #

# For I am just #

# A vessel in vain #

# No boat out

on no ocean #

# No name there

on no hull #

# And it's not

a strain at all #

# To remember #

# Those that I've

left behind #

# They're all standing #

# Right here beside me now #

# And most of them #

# With a smile #

# My ideals #

# Have got me on the run #

# Towards my connection #

# With everyone #

# My ideals #

# Have got me on the run #

# Towards my connection #

# With everyone #

# My ideals #

# Have got me on the run #

# It's my connection #

# With everyone #

# Such free reign #

# For a vessel in vain #

God will forgive them.

He'll forgive them

and allow them into heaven.

I can't live with that.

Anthony, you don't mess about

with that fire, mate.

No.

Here you go, mate.

I'll help you in.

I've got to go to...

Oh, you did

well there, lad.

You've really

earned that.

Anthony. Anthony.

Hey, all right, mate!

Just do me

a quick favor, mate,

on the way down

to the shop, all right?

Oh, no, I've got to go

towards Stiletto.

It'll take you 5 minutes.

Now, come here!

Here's one, bro.

Morning, Gage.

All right.

F***ing great

pills, man.

Yeah, I'll have

to do you for that.

That's 15 for

the single one.

F***ing go

gambling, mate?

All right, man.

Enjoy yourself, man.

Okay, Weir.

Yeah,

can I have two?

Sweet.

Cheers, Gage.

Can I help you, mate?

Sorry?

What the f***

are you looking at?

You, you c*nt!

See you

in a bit, yeah?

Hang in. Hang in.

I ain't gonna

f***ing do it, am I?

Don't worry.

I likes you anyway.

Sonny.

Cheers, man.

Have any more?

No, I don't, man.

Taste that beer

before you drink it.

It just isn't

enough, admit it.

Just seen old Jane in town.

Have you?

Good man.

Deal 'em out.

She had a hot

skirt on.

She's

randy for you.

She might as well

not wear anything.

Really?

I'll be on my floor

tonight on that skirt.

See you happy

chaps later.

10:
00 about.

Don't get pulled.

I won't.

Take it easy, Herb.

See you, mate.

Sorry about

over there, mate.

I really just

lost the head there.

I don't know what

happened to me.

I just don't know

what come over me.

Sorry. Shouting at you

was the wrong thing.

It's all right, man.

What's your name?

It's Herbie.

No. What's your name?

No, it... it is.

I'm called Herbie, man.

Whoa, me, I'm really sorry.

I'm really ashamed of myself

for losing control.

Okay, mate.

All right.

Under the bridge water.

Yeah.

Let it flow.

All right, mate.

They spit-roasted

me on video.

Sense of life, man.

He's still alive...

"Janie and Gretchen

living...

"getting each other off

at the shower time,

and they really want

you to join in. "

I would if I had a shower.

You know what I mean?

Oh, Jesus.

I love English cock.

Do you?

You guys have

really tasty spunk.

Oh, she's

a little slut.

Dirty cow.

Not today, thanks.

Herbie, d*ckhead.

Yeah, all right.

Herbie.

"Janet loves

alfresco fun,

so why not join her

as she spreads herself

wide in the open air?"

What's alfresco?

Alfresco, that's

up your anus, ain't it?

Is it?

In the anal.

"Fancy a tit f***?"

No, thanks.

"I love taking

his cock deep

so his shaven balls

are in me face. "

Hi, chaps.

Righto.

Herb. Herbie.

Herb, Herb.

Hey, I'm all skin up.

Man, I got some gear.

Yeah, put it together.

Let's do some

of Sonny's gear.

You need to chill out.

Don't take f***ing

much elation.

Uh, you've had

enough of that.

Check on your stuff

and don't touch the action.

Don't touch the action.

F***in' hell. I was

in farm today, man.

Listen, Tuff.

Was in farm.

I'm listening.

I'm listening.

Doing me dealing, right?

You know what I mean?

Had to scout about and stuff,

and as soon

as I waltz in,

there was this

f***ing bloke

having a bit of

a butcher's at me.

Went over, like, "Do you

want a f***ing picture?

What's going on?"

He's like, "Huh?"

Mongrel can hardly speak.

And then I says,

"Listen.

What the f***in' hell

are you looking at?"

He goes,

"You, you c*nt!"

Get out.

Seriously, man.

So I go down to club

seeking Sonny, don't I?

So I'm coming out...

coming out back

of the club.

You know where

the stairs are?

Yeah.

Was on me phone.

Next minute, "Aah,"

he's right there.

I'm f***ing

like a ghost, man.

What that?

Faint now, dead.

Know what I mean?

So I faint now.

Know what I mean?

Were you sweating,

though?

I was like whoa, but he

starts apologizing.

The guy comes

up to you,

more or less

threatens you.

Then he jumps

out on you

going to f***ing work,

and you shake his hand?

That's what I mean.

Freaky, innit?

No, you're

f***ing freaky.

You know what

I think it is?

I've been racking me

brains all bastard day.

Yeah, it's a local

lunatic, innit?

Hey, Tuff.

Anthony's brother.

It was Anthony's

brother, man.

Stop it!

Don't crowd him.

Don't crowd him,

all right?

You're making him

nervous.

I know you got to go,

but let me just say

one thing, all right?

I don't mind.

I just don't like when

people are just f***ing rude.

You know what I'm saying?

I'm sorry I hit you before.

I didn't mean to.

Yeah? There's no

blood, is there?

Huh? Huh?

Yeah!

That isn't a bloodstain.

That isn't

a bloodstain, is it?

At this pace,

it'll give you

the appetite

of an artist.

No, no, no.

Trust me.

I don't like

one of these things here.

Blow for me, mate.

I don't want him

to do any more.

Oh, come on, man.

He don't want

to do any more.

No, but listen.

What you got to do is,

if you do want...

Has he gone?

Did I miss it?

Did I miss

the other one?

He's real

f***ing paranoid.

Come on.

Keep your hands

off of him.

It was weird in town

today, weren't it?

Weren't it?

Don't change,

does it?

No, sure as sh*t no.

No, it weren't.

What are them little

lines in your hair?

What, them?

You did them.

I certainly did not.

Yeah, you did.

No, I didn't.

When you cut it.

Are you trying to

look like a gangster?

No, I'm gonna

grow it anyway.

What are you

growing it like?

Don't know. Long hair.

Like Bon Jovi.

No.

I'm gonna have to go

back to town in a bit,

mate,

to sort some

business out.

I don't want

to go, Richard.

You don't have to.

Is that Sonny's

stuff, yeah?

He's gonna go mad.

He's not gonna

go mad.

Sonny can share.

Oh, no, man.

We got to do an experiment

for the mix.

And you have been chosen

as the lead astronaut.

F***ing opinion

as a connoisseur.

Go on, have

a go at that.

Whoa, what you up to?

Come on, give me it.

Come on. Come on.

Let me into

your thoughts.

It's an interesting one,

this.

Give me your thoughts.

Come on.

Don't think

about it too much.

Byzantine period.

Byzantine period.

I'll give you

a clue, man.

Italy.

Italy?

Italy.

It's for the Italians.

It's for the Italians.

But you say that now.

# It's amore #

It's f***ing

parmesan cheese!

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Paddy Considine

Patrick George Considine (born 5 September 1973) is an English actor, filmmaker, and musician. He has played a number of dark, troubled, and morally or mentally ambiguous characters. Considine frequently collaborates with director Shane Meadows. He has starred in supporting roles in films such as 24 Hour Party People (2002), In America (2003), My Summer of Love (2004), Cinderella Man (2005), Hot Fuzz (2007), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), The World's End (2013) and Macbeth (2015), and leading roles in A Room for Romeo Brass (1999), Dead Man's Shoes (2004), The Cry of the Owl (2009), Blitz (2011), Honour (2014) and The Girl With All The Gifts (2016). Considine came to prominence in the early 2000s with a string of performances in independent film that prompted The Observer to describe him as "the best-kept secret in British movies". In addition to leading and supporting roles in Hollywood films, he has acted in independent British films and television shows such as The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (2014). He wrote and directed Tyrannosaur (2011), a film based on his directorial debut, the 2007 short film Dog Altogether. He has also acted in and directed several music videos, most notably Coldplay's video for "God Put a Smile upon Your Face" and the Arctic Monkeys video for "Leave Before the Lights Come On". Considine has received an Evening Standard British Film Award, Empire Award and Thessaloniki Film Festival Awards, as well as eight other award nominations for his acting. He has also won a BAFTA Award, British Independent Film Award, Silver Lion at the 2007 Venice Film Festival and the Seattle International Film Festival Short Film Jury Award (Narrative Special Jury Prize) for his short film Dog Altogether. He won a second BAFTA Award, British Independent Film Award, and a World Cinema Directing Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival for Tyrannosaur. more…

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    Dead mans shoes is f***ing simply brilliant...
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