I'll Sleep When I'm Dead DVD (Region 1)

5.4	Listal rating

Manufacturer : Paramount
Release date : 16 November 2004
Number of discs : 1
EAN : 9781415700259
UPC : 097363416548

Rape (1), Sodomy (1), Lives In A Van Down By The River (1), Revenge (1), British (1), Gangster (1), 2003 (1)

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DescriptionIn I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD, Willie (Owen), a former mobster, comes back to town after he learns his younger brother Davey (Rhys Myers) has committed suicide. Upon learning that Davey was brutally raped by mobsters, Willie is determined to seek justice by finding the men who victimized him. While on the search for the mobste ... (more)

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Awful.

Posted : 2 years ago at Nov 26 11:17

I picked up this DVD because its director, Mike Hodges, also directed the awesome revenge thriller "Get Carter" (1971) with Michael Caine. "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" starring Clive Owens has an almost identical premise: badass gangster comes to town to avenge his brother's murder. Unfortunately, unlike "Get Carter", there's very little actual revenge here. Instead, we get 2 hours of our protagonist moping around the countryside and then the city having stilted conversations with flat characters (most of whom end up having absolutely nothing to do with the plot) before anything happens. Then the movie ends. Look, I don't mind "moody" and "contemplative" films-- heck, I'll happily sit through a 3-hour Tarkovsky flick-- but the subjects and characters have to be interesting to make ...Read more

Rating : 4/10

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