What is dead man down about

Niels Arden Oplev. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Victor, a rising gangland player, has infiltrated the crime empire run by ruthless kingpin Alphonse, with the single purpose of making Alphonse pay for destroying his once happy life. As he meticulously orchestrates his vengeance from his high-rise home, Victor watches and is watched by Beatrice, a mysterious young woman who lives in the apartment across from his. On the surface a fragile woman-child, Beatrice seethes with a rage of her own.

When she uncovers Victor's dark secrets, she threatens to expose him unless he helps her carry out her own campaign of retribution.

Each fixated on avenging the past, they devise a violent and cathartic plan that could change their worlds forever. Beatrice is kidnapped by Alphonse towards the end, Its a race against time for Victor to save her. Revenge is coming. Action Crime Drama Thriller. Rated R for violence, language throughout and a scene of sexuality. Did you know Edit. Trivia Director Niels Arden Oplev has disowned the American advertising campaign, which he felt misrepresented the film.

He also spoke of budget problems during production, which forced him to speed up the shoot, and of not being able to edit the film the way he would have preferred. Goofs Early in the movie when Victor is shown his sniper rifle its caliber is described as 7 point 62 by 5 point four.

There is no such caliber. The correct caliber is 7 point 62 by 54 - or more accurately, 7. Quotes [last lines] Darcy : Did you choose not to kill me 'cause I've got a wife and a kid? User reviews Review. Top review. An intelligent thriller that takes its time dishing out retribution. Dead Man Down is a surprise and an exceptionally rewarding viewing experience.

This is an intelligent thriller packed with action that takes its time to unfold and finally wanders off into the sunset leaving the viewer invigorated and satisfied, but ready for another bout. Victor Colin Farrell is a player in in gangland kingpin Alphonse's Terrence Howard empire and, though he gives the appearance of being Alphonse's right-hand man, his intentions towards the crime lord are decidedly darker.

Meanwhile, the girl in the apartment opposite, Beatrice Noomi Rapace , watches him dispatch an adversary and blackmails him into dishing out a generous serving of retribution that she herself is unable or unwilling to administer. It isn't just about unfolding the story, though he does so beautifully, it is more about filling out the characters carefully so that we understand what makes them tick.

No, what makes them angry. There are some severely damaged characters on display here but their emotions, their actions, come across as not just understandable but entirely justified.

Forget petty crooks with violent whims, Victor and Beatrice have given serious thought to their revenge but that doesn't make them shallow or irredeemable.

While Victor bubbles along in a coldly, organized manner, Beatrice rages under her skin. On the surface she is the cool cat but the confusion, the maelstrom of rage, bitterness and loss, swirls within her so that she is potentially dangerous to herself and Victor. In Farrell's case, he has so many under-performing films London Boulevard, Tigerland and the odd turkey Total Recall on his CV that it is easy to forget that he is generally on very fine form.

Beatrice is kidnapped by Alphonse towards the end, Its a race against time for Victor to save her. Victor Colin Farrell isn't the type of man you want to come knocking at your door. A dead-eye who always hits his mark, Victor works for the man who controls New York's entire underworld. But when the ruthless crime lord gives an order that results in the deaths of Victor's right-hand man's wife and daughter, he earns himself a dangerous enemy.

Meanwhile, as Victor attempts to identify the unknown figure who's threatening his boss's life, the mysterious Beatrice Noomi Rapace ensnares the sleuthing hit man in a dangerous web of blackmail and seduction.

Later, when the bullets start to fly, the lust for vengeance threatens to consume everyone involved.. Rising fast through the ranks of pitiless gangster Alphonse Hoyt's crime syndicate, the taciturn and lethal enforcer, Victor, has a difficult mission to carry out: to ferret out the elusive killer who has set his sights on taking his boss down.

With his work cut out for him, Victor strikes up a reluctant relationship with his lonely neighbour--the physically and mentally scarred beautician, Beatrice, who seems to know more than she lets on--and to make matters worse, she is willing to do anything in her power to get what she wants.

Of all the reasons, a sinister aspiration binds Victor and Beatrice together; however, in this deadly tango for two, no one can emerge unscathed. It's more notable for its weird moments and strange obsessions. Two that jump out are a repeated discussion of Tupperware and packs of exceptionally nasty children who attack a mildly scarred woman and tauntingly call her "Monster.

The mood grows livelier when the iconic French actress Isabelle Huppert thanks Viktor for bringing back her Tupperware, lamenting how no one ever returns it. Oddly, Huppert's character is described as deaf, but once her malady is introduced, she seems to be able to hear as well as anyone else even when not wearing her hearing aid. Those with even the mildest rodent aversion may want to leave the theater during a scene in which a dozen fat rats are unleashed to feast on a blindfolded man.

As a means of torture, those vermin make a more indelible impression than the bevy of ammunition and explosive devices detonated throughout the rest of the drama. Director Niels Arden Oplev, the Danish filmmaker who made the original The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo , spins a drab, albeit blood-soaked, tale of vengeance set in contemporary New York City's criminal underworld.

Viktor is a gangland figure, part of a crime syndicate headed by the ruthless Alfonse Terrence Howard. But Viktor's got a complicated reason for keeping such bad company. He's single-minded about decimating Alfonse's happy life for reasons we'll refrain from spoiling. Beatrice is a lonely woman who lives with her mother Huppert in an apartment across from Viktor's.