50 Dead Men Walking
- 2008
- UK/Canada
- 117 min
- 15
- Directed by: Kari Skogland
- Written by: Kari Skogland
- Cast: Jim Sturgess, Ben Kingsley, Rose McGowan, Kevin Zegers
Loosely based on the life of Martin McGartland, the film follows Northern Irish Catholic wheeler-dealer Martin (Sturgess) turns undercover informer at the height of The Troubles in 1980s west Belfast: it's cloak and dagger time Irish style. Canadian screenwriter and director Skogland's adaptation is breezily paced and intriguingly plotted yet ultimately fails to convince.
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Fifty Dead Men Walking
2 Apr 2009
THRILLER A Northern Irish Catholic Del Boy turns undercover informer in this liberal adaptation of Martin McGartland’s autobiography. Besieged by recession, shootings and paranoia (sound familiar?), west Belfast in the 1980s was not a great place…
Profile - Natalie Press
2 Apr 2009
Name Natalie Press Born 15 August, 1980, London Background Just three years after the elfin actress made her professional debut in television soap Holby City she hit the big time with Pawel Pawlikowski’s rapturously received 2004 film My Summer…
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