Written by Paddy Considine, Shane Meadows and Paul Fraser

Directed by Shane Meadows

A disaffected soldier returns to his hometown to get even with the thugs who brutalized his mentally-challenged brother years ago.(IMDB)

The EMPIRE quote on the poster pretty much sums Dead Man’s Shoes up; “disturbing, uncompromising and utterly gripping.” Shane Meadow’s 2004 exploration of one man’s quest for justice and peace is deeply compelling and almost impossible to take your eyes off from the moment it starts.

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