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Richard (Paddy Considine) has always protected his simple-minded little brother Anthony (Toby Kebbell). When Richard leaves the rural village where they have grown up to join the army, Anthony is taken in by Sonny (Gary Stretch), a controlling and vicious local drug dealer and his gang of lads. Anthony becomes the gang’s pet and plaything. Seven years later, Richard returns to settle the score. One by one, he hunts down each member of the gang and executes them in increasingly elaborate ways as flashbacks reveal the extent to which his brother suffered at their hands. DEAD MAN’S SHOES is a genre-defying film blending horror, supernatural elements, comedy, and social realism. Set in a Midlands village, it explores the underbelly of contemporary rural Britain in communities where crime is unchecked and drugs, intimidation, and power games are blandly accepted as the fabric of daily life.
 
Director: Shane Meadows
Screenplay: Paddy Considine, Shane Meadows
Producer: Mark Herbert
Exec Producers: Steve Beckett, Peter Carlton, Will Clarke, Tessa Ross
Paddy Considine, Toby Kebbell, Gary Stretch, Stuart Wolfenden, Neil Bell
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“HYPNOTIC. A film for the true connoisseur. Tight, well-made and evocative.” - Rex Reed, New York Observer
“GRIPPING AND ARTFUL. No simplistic vigilante movie, it leaves the audience in a sweat of dread.” - Jami Bernard, New York Daily News
“The power of Paddy Considine’s performance is extraordinary.” – Laura Kern, New York Times
“THRILLINGLY BRUTAL STUFF.” – Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
“TOTALLY ABSORBING AND SURPRISINGLY MOVING.” – Marshall Fine, Star
“An outright masterpiece. Comic, touching and drop-dead terrifying. As powerful a piece of work as Taxi Driver was in its day.” – SF Said, Daily Telegraph
“**** Dark, gritty, funny and chilling. THE BEST BRIT FILM YOU’VE SEEN THIS YEAR.” – Zoo
“**** Disturbing, uncompromising and completely gripping.” - Empire
“**** Thought-provoking, thoughtful and immensely powerful.” – Total Film
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