adonis98-743-186503 In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is helped by a woman seeking retribution. Dead Man Down for sure had some good moments of action at times but also Rapace and Farrell did their job pretty good but the film was very slow and even when the action hit you just didn't care that much. The rest of the cast unfortunately didn't impress me that much either especially Terrence Howard who kind of plays himself or the same role he played in Sabotage. This is of course a WWE Studios movie so i wouldn't expect much from it really. (4/10)

nzpedals It's the acting that sets this movie way above so many others. Of course, there has to be a plausible story, and great direction and production. DMD has just about all that is required.I particularly liked the quite-often long pauses between sentences. That is the way real people talk, they stop to think, they look to one side or somewhere else. If I see a movie that is rapid-fire blah-blah, it will spoil the atmosphere. So, not here. Another good point is the occasional scene which does require some dots to be joined, ie, there is no explicit telling, we have to guess or understand what is going on, ie, Victor is seen walking towards Alex's house and a bit later Vic now knows about Alex's credit card payments, so... he must have gone into the house to get that info.Farrell and Rapace and Terence Howard the very suave bad guy, do such a good job, and Cooper is much better than the awful role in Mamma Mia (IMO). Interesting also is the brief mention of the ship "United States", looking a bit sad and neglected now.One event which is not really explained or even hinted at, is the remote gadget which makes a whole lot of other gear blink green lights. - explosives maybe, or a deleted scene? I'm not sure. The brief "extra" feature on the DVD shows how they prepare for the fights and the escape from the fifth floor, interesting. And both Farrell and Rapace say a bit too.

carbuff Really solid and heartfelt gangster/revenge film with some interesting and original plot elements thrown in. All of the performances are top notch, and there doesn't seem to be nearly as much suspension of belief as is normally required for this kind of movie, although part of that feeling is no doubt due to how well this production is done. It carries a sense of foreboding doom throughout, but, by modern standards at least, the actual violence depicted is not particularly extreme or gratuitous, instead being rather sporadic, albeit fairly realistic and unpleasant when it does occur. This is one of those seemingly rare films which, while centered around criminals, doesn't seem to glorify them in any way, and, if anything, makes a life of serious crime look like a very bad choice. Another positive point is that the conclusion wasn't completely telegraphed, and so with both bleak and hopeful outcomes on the table, tension was very effectively maintained; however, with that said, it's the ending where this film lost so much of the magic it had been so carefully crafting, and why I dropped it down from a 10 to an 8. Specifically, and I'm sorry if this is a little bit of a spoiler, it was really disappointing when the grand finale degenerated into that of pretty much just another typical action movie, sadly squandering so much of the thoughtful plot development that had gotten it to that point. Suddenly it became necessary to very consciously suspend belief, which really broke much of the spell it had been casting. (My best guess is that someone made the unfortunate mistake of calling in Michael Bay to do some last minute script polishing, no doubt fearing that the film was otherwise too intelligent for broad commercial success.) All things considered though, it was still way, way better than most movies in this genre, which tend to be all quips and no heart.

pc95 Directed by Danish Director Niels Oplev, "Dead Man Down" was a pretty good crime tale although it stretches believability too much. There were some very good performances from leads Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace. I enjoyed their precarious romance and the suspense with whatwould happen with it. Though the romance is good as is their plot interweaving, the mob stories are less so. (spoilers) The mobsters in this outing are a little too bumbling, and the finale scenes are replete with Farrell's character taking on a dozen or so armed thugs successfully. That detracted a bit. However on the plus side the dialog though had some great moments including excellent beginning and ending lines, something that is fairly rare to find in movies. Music, was mostly excellent, and Terrence Howard lends his acting weight even though his character also seemed as stupid as needed. Although not to the level of "Heat" in the 90s, this movie is in that direction, and I recommend it. 7.5/10