despite falling in love with 'This is England', the same can't be said for ' Dead Man's shoes'. I found the overall story weak and anti-climatic.
As expected, the film shines an uniqueness rawness on the screen and the writing stays royal to the colloquial reality of the film. However, the story lacks any real morals or climatic points. The main character is mentally driven to hunt down the gang of thugs who harmed his retarded brother.
You begin to realise half way through the film that there hasn't been one stand out scene or moment. Watching the thugs panicking and on full alert was funny and a suspense builder but when the time came for them to meet there fate, the execution was somewhat, disappointing.
Towards the end, things started to pick up, the full fate of his retarded brother was the main highlight while the final confrontation was also tensed
Despite all this, everything felt flat. The script had no real substance and the thugs were shallow. Another positive is that the run time is only a merely 90 minutes. Any more and it would of overstayed it welcome
As expected, the film shines an uniqueness rawness on the screen and the writing stays royal to the colloquial reality of the film. However, the story lacks any real morals or climatic points. The main character is mentally driven to hunt down the gang of thugs who harmed his retarded brother.
You begin to realise half way through the film that there hasn't been one stand out scene or moment. Watching the thugs panicking and on full alert was funny and a suspense builder but when the time came for them to meet there fate, the execution was somewhat, disappointing.
Towards the end, things started to pick up, the full fate of his retarded brother was the main highlight while the final confrontation was also tensed
Despite all this, everything felt flat. The script had no real substance and the thugs were shallow. Another positive is that the run time is only a merely 90 minutes. Any more and it would of overstayed it welcome