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Fresh out of jail and flat broke, Nick Kane (Tamer Hassan) is a desperate man with 24 hours to find £100,000. As the recession hits the criminal world as hard as it is hitting Wall Street, notorious gangster and loan shark Mr. Thigo (Curtis 50 Cent Jackson) arrives in London with his trusted aide Fitzroy (Ashley Walters) to make a brutal example out of one of his late payers. Smashing his plans of going straight, Nick is given exactly 24 hours to come up with the money or face devastating consequences. As a guarantee, Thigo s men hold Nick s wheelchair-bound mum (Brenda Blethyn) hostage, leaving him no choice but to comply. Enlisting the help of his best mate, Bing (Danny Dyer), the boys embark on a frantic race against the clock; taking them from the dog tracks of East London to the underground drug scene of rural Manchester, as they try every trick and scam in the book to get the cash before it s too late... Executive produced by football superstars Rio Ferdinand and Ashley Cole, and featuring a hot urban soundtrack with an exclusive track from 50 Cent, Dead Man Running is a hilarious, all-action thrill ride that ranks among the best crime thrillers of the decade.
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Tamer Hassan, Danny Dyer, 50 Cent, Brenda Blethyn, Monet MazurDirector: Alex De Rakoff
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Having missed this at the flicks, and having been waiting to see it, it's proved a real disapointment. Having liked both lead actors (Danny and Tamer) former work (the business for example is, well, the business). I really was expecting a good film here, the story set up, actors and of course the trailer promised so much.
Sadly this is more like dead man walking, in that it's actually quite a slow in pace, even for such a short (less than 90 minutes) film, and as for all the dvd sleeve quotes of action, well there is very little. There is the occasional witty, lock stock style banter from the leads, but the film comes across as a mix of thriller comedy, that doe'snt quite fit the bill in either catogory.
Dead man jumps from scene to scene, in which Danny and Tamer come up with ideas to make a quick score (to pay back Mr 50 cent, of whom they owe megabucks). These mostly include fighting, drug dealing and out right stealing.
The real frustration of the film is that the elements are there, a strong cast, nice simple plot, gritty British locations,and the occasional quote happy script, but all to no avail.
In the hands of fast, style heavy directors like Guy Richie or Nick Love this could have been a real sparkling comedy/thriller, but unfortuanatly it's a pedestrian movie that trys too hard to be familiar and much too hard to please, lacking any original style or sense of pace and that little bit of zest that makes other Brit films classics.
Sadly this is more like dead man walking, in that it's actually quite a slow in pace, even for such a short (less than 90 minutes) film, and as for all the dvd sleeve quotes of action, well there is very little. There is the occasional witty, lock stock style banter from the leads, but the film comes across as a mix of thriller comedy, that doe'snt quite fit the bill in either catogory.
Dead man jumps from scene to scene, in which Danny and Tamer come up with ideas to make a quick score (to pay back Mr 50 cent, of whom they owe megabucks). These mostly include fighting, drug dealing and out right stealing.
The real frustration of the film is that the elements are there, a strong cast, nice simple plot, gritty British locations,and the occasional quote happy script, but all to no avail.
In the hands of fast, style heavy directors like Guy Richie or Nick Love this could have been a real sparkling comedy/thriller, but unfortuanatly it's a pedestrian movie that trys too hard to be familiar and much too hard to please, lacking any original style or sense of pace and that little bit of zest that makes other Brit films classics.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I have previously been a big fan of Danny Dyer and loved "The Business" with him and Tamar Hassan. I was expecting this to be a hard grafting gangster film of "The Crew" variety but was sadly disappointed. I thought the storyline was quite poor, and with little in the way of decent lines was disapointed with Danny and Tamar's performances. The plot sees Thigo played by 50c flying over to the UK to demand the 100k that he lent Hassan's character Nick who has just 24 hours to get the cash else him and his mother played by Brenda Blethyn who is being held hostage will find themselves in "shallow graves". So accompanied by his best mate Bing played by Dyer the two set off round the country to get the cash, thwarted on several occasions as Thigo as his operatives, steal and con the money the two are making. There are a couple twists in the film but nothing to write home about and the ending is pretty weak.
Overall, very disapointed, I think the days of Tamar and Danny as two gangster lads are over and they should move onto better things...
Overall, very disapointed, I think the days of Tamar and Danny as two gangster lads are over and they should move onto better things...
Format:Blu-ray
Danny Dyer and Tamer Hassan are top of their game in this movie playing the characters they were born to be, smart talking badass dodgy London geezers! Brilliant story full of mild action and mayhem and lots of laughs due to the superb dialogue! All done on a quality budget too! If your a big fan then this is a must have in the collection! I was a bit put off with the film city rats as the film was very bad and the two actors were wasted but Dead man running brings them back to glory in a proper brit flick full of gangsters and dealers! Check it out.
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Good film
This is a good film ignore all the other bad reviews it is not Danny dyers typical film its more of a good story line, than flat out gangster film it also has a good ending to the... Read more
Published 4 months ago by dannyp
British Wit
DEAD MAN RUNNING (2009), starring Tamer Hassan (I'd never heard of him!) is certainly not one that I thought I would enjoy and so I put off watching it for quite some time. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Valerie J.
Unsatisfying.
I watched this film tonight on Blu-ray and to be frank, it was rather disappoiting, the trailer looked awesome and contained the best parts of the film which made me buy it... Read more
Published 7 months ago by P. Marck
good for dyer fans
if ur a fan of danny and tamar, you know the contents of their films and what to expect, you wont be disapointed..got this one day to fill in a night of boredom and enjoyed it
Published 9 months ago by lelebelle
Loved it
Absolutely fantastic. I am a huge Danny Dyer fan and also love all British gangster type movies. Tiny Iron was also fantastic in it!
Published 13 months ago by NuBeat
Loved it
What's not to like..Dyer & Hassan runnin round under the instruction of 50cent. Not the most realistic of storylines but I enjoyed it.
Published 14 months ago by treeman
dead man running.
good british based film. entertaining. fight scenes are not brilliant but it is a good story and there are some funny moments
delivered very quick
delivered very quick
Published 14 months ago by Matthew Rogers
Great movie - Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrells meets Football...
I have to say that I didn't have very high expectations of this movie when I saw that Rio Ferdinand and Ashley Cole were "Executive Producers" of this movie. Read more
Published 15 months ago by C. P. Whiting
a great british film
this is one of the best british films ive ever seen, danny dyer and tamar hasssan play an absulute blinder, the twist at the end is great, the acting is great throughout. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mr. J. S. Terry
Not again, Amazon!
Again Amazon has delivered a DVD without subtitles. Since they do not list if a DVD has subtitles there is no chance to know in advance. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Strv 74
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