david-3354 This is absolute tripe!! Terrible acting by most, if not all of the cast. I watched this for about half an hour thinking it couldn't get any worse....but it did. I only watched it because Terry Stone is in it and I thought Rise of the Footsoldier was excellent. Avoid this film....it is 90 minutes of your life you won't be able to get back. BAD BAD BAD BAD. I do wonder what people think of when they are making garbage like this? Do they honestly think this is a good piece of film making? I would love to hear what the director/producer have to say about it. It makes it into my all time worst 5 films. It is years since I saw something as bad as this. I love this type of film but this one falls way short on so many levels. The acting is rubbish, the sound is rubbish, the directing is rubbish.....and did I mention the acting???

justin-richards-1 You can't out-run your past and Ryan (Brendan Carr) learns this the hard way. Ryan thinks his violent past is behind him until a friend in need asks for his help. He unwillingly crosses the ruthless crime boss Hart (played well here by actor Terry Stone), the one man he can never escape. With his girlfriend murdered in front of him and he, himself, left for dead, Ryan decides that if he can't escape his past life he must confront it head on. Ten men destroyed his life, now ten men are going to pay - as the poster blurb says.Independent British action cinema takes another step in the right direction with the arrival of Ten Dead Men, Modern Life's superior follow-up to their cult hit 'Left for Dead'. Fusing action, drama and violence into a blistering whole, Ten Dead Men shows that us Brits can hold our own in the action movie arena.It may be a little rough around the edges and lack the gloss of a big budget action film but Ten Dead Men holds its own and shows independent action cinema can serve up the goods, especially when made by people who so obviously love the genre. It's also great to see a film sticking to its dark roots and not wimping out come the final act.My only real issue with the film, and it's a relatively small one is that it took me a while to get used to the lead actor saying nothing throughout the film and having to rely on the narrator to keep the viewer engaged with the central character. But between them writer, Chris Regan, and actor Doug (Hellraiser) Bradley manage to pull it off, although, I have to say, it did take me the first 15 minutes of the movie to get used to it.In summary, an enjoyable low budget, gritty action/crime film with a lot of heart. I have no regrets choosing this film for a film festival I ran in 2008 as it went down a storm with the audience - pity not many others will get the chance to see it on the big screen...

sugarplumelephant I saw this at the first UK screening and it's not my usual type of movie, although I've seen plenty of low budget action films with friends. What makes Ten Dead Men stand out though, is that it refuses to conform to type. Sure there's some fights, and pretty good ones at that, but you don't have to love action to enjoy it. I got really involved in the story and cared what happened to the characters, which doesn't happen very often in an action flick. At first I wasn't sure about the narration but it really draws you in and adds something to the story - it isn't lazy writing, as is often the case with voice-over, but a decision about the direction the film will take and I think it's better for it.The action is superbly done and the kind you don't see in big budget films anymore coz they're too busy doing bullet time and flashy quick cuts. In Ten Dead Men, it actually seems like people get hurt - the fight in the garage is especially good. It's a pretty violent film all the way through, but actually after the opening it's not too graphic - most of it is suggested rather than shown.The performances were great and The Project Manager was a particular favourite of mine; but I also liked the two crooks who provide some much needed light relief. Most viewers of this film won't be at all bothered that the women in it are props rather than characters, it's a bit of a testosterone-fest but I can't help feeling that's the target audience anyway.So recommended viewing if you love a bit of violence and action with a story to go with it; sort of The Crow meets The Krays. I'd be interested to see what the team behind it come up with next.

neilgammon I'm not going to say this is the greatest film in the world, but it is a great little film. When I spent a hot summer Sunday this year in Swindon's Art Centre attending the inaugural Phantasmagoria film festival, I was pleasantly surprised by Ten Dead Men. I'll be honest - I was attending for the horror/thriller films like Dead Wood and Summer Scars and wasn't really in the mood for a low budget UK action film, but I'm glad I stayed and watched it. The movie takes the well trodden revenge story and puts a very British stamp on it. Well written and directed with a (mostly) great cast - hey, it's even got Lee from Steps in it! Sure, the movie does rely on some clichés, but most action films do anyway. I'd recommend it to fans of gritty British gangster films with an action twist.