Dead Man Down [DVD]

Interesting movie all the way through.

Lost it during divorce!

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I have to be honest; I fell asleep after about the first 30 minutes into the movie...as did my fiance and our two friends. There was a good amount of action, but a little hard to follow what was going on and then I got a little bored...hence, the falling asleep. I started to watch it again from the beginning the next day, but again, started to get bored even quicker. I almost never fall asleep during a movie, but this one for some reason made me tired two times in a row. Probably not the fairest review since I didn't watch the whole thing, but thought it was worth mentioning.

Romance. Suspense, and Action.

Amazing.

Oh, lord have mercy now I am a criminalMan DownTell the judge please gimme minimal...RihannaIn a country where the justice system has swung like a pendulum from the Salem Witch Trials and Old West vigilantism to pleading down murders and other crimes to almost nothing for the sake of getting anything on the books, revenge movies have become a favorite guilty pleasure for many. However, there are different kinds of revenge movies. In fact one writer, Grady Harp, whose reviews I most often highly respect, makes mention that in the case of the movie, Dead Man Down,"The theme is not good guy versus bad guy because every character in the film is a bad guy/girl and once the audience tunes into that then the emphasis is on that elusive human reaction to trauma called revenge."What? No good guys? This is a movie and movies relate to real life. Right? When the Twin Towers went down we wanted revenge. Did that make us bad? Our military went to war and most all of us were behind that action. I'm just saying, when there is any kind of rational justification we, as human beings, tend to want retribution. However, we hope for reasonable resolution, in real life. In movies, we want gruesome revenge and yet, still consider the protagonist righteous.Between the director of Dead Man Down, Niels Arden Oplev, and the actors, Collin Farrell and Noomi Rapace, the spirit and humanity of these vengeful characters were culled with insight and care. Two youngish actors, both masters of the dark, far-off stare, make a connection across the ethereal space between two apartment buildings and the souls of their characters, as well as their histories, collide. This is an artfully convoluted plot, making sense at each surprising turn. Isabelle Huppert, as Rapace's mother, was diaphonously present, blithely beautiful and childlike.Terrence Howard, as evil incarnate, did not altogether satisfy. While I didn't need to see an overacting madman, I would like to have seen him use those nice cold blue eyes to convey more danger. Instead, it seemed as though he whined his anger and discontent more often than not.Dominic Cooper, a Brit, sporting a Bronx accent, was a surprise. His character was paradoxical and he certainly did it justice.*SPOILERRight up until the very, very end, I was enjoying myself. The soundtracks, the cinematography, the New York and surrounding area location, the acting and THEN... Our two protags ran from a fiery mess where no police sirens are ever even remotely heard and, muddy, bloody and wet, they jump on a bus where immediately a beautiful, haunting love song plays. Unfortunately, for me at least, our lovebirds grab a pole and make out with one-another as not one person on that full bus looks on? Wha??? Had to take one off for that! So cheesy!Just sayin...

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Fantastic Dvd film

Bellissimo film.

I really enjoyed the movie, But I hate when the actors play Hungarians and can't speak it. His wife clearly was Hungarian though. 2 thumbs up.

Acción, amor, peleas.....Lo tiene todo. Me ha gustado demasiado.

Plenty of suspense and thrills with this movie. Cast was fabulous and the story line is marvelous. I rated this an A grade plus for the ideas and been drawn into the movie itself not moving an inch. Enjoy!