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Resurrection Man [VHS] [1998]

VHS ~ Marc Evans|David Williamson (IV)|Stuart Townsend|Brenda Fricker
2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Marc Evans|David Williamson (IV)|Stuart Townsend|Brenda Fricker
  • Format: Dolby, PAL, Surround Sound
  • Language English
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: 4 Front Video
  • VHS Release Date: 19 Mar 2001
  • Run Time: 101 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004R734
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 25,685 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Thriller which finds Ireland centre stage for a murderer who has a passion for gratuitous violence. He carves up his latest victim with a stanley knife and becomes a journalist's obsession... Adapted from the book by Eoin McNamee.


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Set in Irelands recent past, Victor Kelley is 'unhinged' and has a taste for cruel violence. In his mother's eyes he can do no wrong, but in his dark underground world he shocks his gang by brutally carving up a victim with a stanly knife. Encouraged by the shadowy figure of McLure he is propelled into the center of a series of random killings turning him into a local lagend both feared and venerated. On his trail is Ryan, a journalist fired by the obsessive need to discover the truth about the killings, putting his own life at risk.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars GARBAGE, 16 Jun 2001
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If this sight would only allow no stars....

Eoin McNamee's uncompromising masterpiece is totally trashed on the screen. Director Marc Evans seems to think he's Scorsesse and can play about with the Shankill Butchers story and glorify them.

While Townsend does a great job as Lennie Murphy,(the real life leader of the gang)the rest of the acting is very wooden and John Hannah clearly can't do a Belfat accent.

If you want the true story, read The Shankill Butchers by Martin Dillon, and if you want a masterpiece, read Resurrection Man by Eoin McNamee.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Dark and Disturbing, 16 Sep 2001
By Ms. Te Hargreaves (Lancaster, U.K) - See all my reviews
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This is set against the terrorist backdrop of 1970`s Belfast and sees a journalist in search of the ringleader. Townsend is very convincing as Vince Kelly, a man who only shows any affection for his mother. Although realistic and gritty, it is not enjoyable and centres on the graphic violence rather than the politics and characters, who are in the main, unsympathetic and one dimensional. It doesn`t glamourise the violence in anyway but many other films have done this so much better.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars "Congratulations, you're one of us now...", 9 Mar 2006
By L. Davidson (Belfast, N.Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Resurrection Man [DVD] [1998] (DVD)
"Resurrection Man" is a much nastier and more unpleasant film than "Nothing Personal" ,with which it shares the same subject matter; the cut throat killings by the "Shankill Butchers" in mid 1970's Belfast. The acting and dialogue is not as good and there is hardly any spark of humanity or decency in most of the characters. That said the film does have two memorable ,if unsavoury, scenes; the merciless beating of a Catholic man in a Loyalist bar to the sound of Mud's "Tiger Feet" and the final scene outside the cut throat gang leader's house. Both are visceral scenes showing the ugly reality of political violence in Northern Ireland in the 1970's. I liked the mysterious McClure "godfather" character ,who sponsored the gangs activities and whose connections with the security forces ,the media and paramilitaries from "the other side" pose all sorts of questions that the film doesn't answer. Who were really controlling the killers and organising the violence at this time ? However despite these positive aspects of the film, "Resurrection Man" is almost overwhelmed by it's negatives. The excessive gore and the unremitting nastiness of the people and the action combine to make "Resurrection Man" an uncomfortable and at times an unpleasant film to watch.
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