History Film / DeadMansShoes

''Dead Man's Shoes'' is a 2004 British revenge thriller directed by *Shane Meadows:, who co-wrote it with star Creator/PaddyConsidine.

''Dead Man's Shoes'' is a 2004 British revenge thriller directed by /Shane Meadows, who co-wrote it with star Creator/PaddyConsidine.

''Dead Man's Shoes'' is a 2004 British revenge thriller directed by Shane Meadows, who co-wrote it with star Creator/PaddyConsidine.

* TheAllegedCar: The gangsters drive a somewhat pathetic Citroën 2CV.

* AloofBigBrother: is putting it nicely.
* AntiHero: Richard is a vicious and bloodthirsty torturer and murderer, but at least he's getting revenge on the bad guys.

* FlyawayShot: How the movie ends.

* HappierHomeMovie: The opening home movie footage of Richard and Anthony as little kids.

* UsefulNotes/TheMidlands: Like all of Shane Meadows' movies, this is the setting.

''Dead Man's Shoes'' is a 2004 British revenge thriller directed by Shane Meadows, who co-wrote it with star Paddy Considine.

Richard is a squaddie who has left the army and returned to his home town. Not for a happy family reunion, but to brutally murder the gang of drug dealers who tormented his mentally retarded younger brother, Anthony, after he left to join the forces.

-->-- '''Richard, Opening Lines'''

''Dead Man's Shoes'' is a British revenge flick directed by Shane Meadows, who co-wrote it with star Paddy Considine.

Richard is a squaddie who has left the army and returned to his home town. Not for a happy family reunion, but to brutally murder the people who tormented his mentally retarded younger brother, Anthony, after he left to join the forces.

Notable for its very dark tone, a squalid setting in a dismal overcast town and standout performances from Paddy Considine, Gary Stretch and Toby Kebbell who were all nominated for awards for this film.

* BadAss: Richard.

'''''Dead Man's Shoes''''' is a British revenge flick directed by Shane Meadows, who co-wrote it with star Paddy Considine.

!!This film contains examples of the following tropes:

* MookHorrorShow: In particular the MushroomSamba scene. Coming downstairs, stoned, to find a [[GasMaskMooks man in a gas mask]] stanring through the window? Yikes.

* MixAndMash: It's basically one of Meadows's typical {{Kitchen Sink Drama}}s crossed with a SlasherMovie.

* ShellShockedVeteran: a possible interpretation of Richard.

* SceneryPorn: There are a lot of lovely shots of the beautiful scenery of the Midlands -- all the better to contrast with the dismal, miserable and squalid village setting.

* ActorAllusion: The boxing gloves hanging up in Sonny's house (actor Gary Stretch is a professional boxer).

* TheseHandsHaveKilled: [[spoiler:Mark]]

* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"He was a fucking embarrassment to me".]] This completely changes the audience's perception of [[spoiler:Richard's motivation for the murders and his relationship with his brother]]

* TheMidlands: Like all of Shane Meadows' movies, this is the setting.

* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"He was a fucking embarrassment to me".]] This completely changes [[spoiler:the audiences perception of Richard's motivation for the murders and his relationship with his brother]]

* BloodOnTheseHands: Richard says it, and soon afterwards [[spoiler:Mark illustrates it nicely]].

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Richard; "You, you were supposed to be a monster - now I'm the fucking beast. There's [[BloodOnTheseHands blood on my hands]], from what you made me do."

* BeardOfSorrow: In FlashBack we see Richard clean shaven in his army uniform [[spoiler:at his brother's funeral]], yet in the present day he's got a somewhat scraggly beard. [[spoiler:Later played with as it's gradually revealed that Richard's feelings towards his brother weren't what we thought they were at the time; he was actually disgusted by his disabilities]].

* BloodOnTheseHands: Richard says it, and soon afterwards [[spoiler:Mark [[TheseHandsHaveKilled illustrates it nicely]].]]

* BullyHunter: Guess who?

* DisproportionateRetribution: Depends on your take; Richard's schtick is to inflict as much damage on the miscreants that they inflicted on him. Not only does he kill quite horribly in cold blood, he also mentally tortures them before he kills them.

* GasMaskMooks: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Richard, who uses one to freak out the drugged gangsters.
-->'''Herbie:''' ''[delirious with terror]'' There was an elephant!

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''Dead Man's Shoes'' is a British revenge flick directed by Shane Meadows, who co-wrote it with star Paddy Considine.

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->''God will forgive them. He'll forgive them and allow them into heaven. I can't live with that.''
-->'''Richard, Opening Lines'''

* TheAtoner: This is a possible interpretation for Richard's actions. [[spoiler: He actually hated and was disgusted by his brother's mental condition, and his revenge on the bullies who tormented and drove Anthony to suicide are at least partly driven by guilt.]]

* BestServedCold: As especially evidenced by his confrontation with Sonny, Richard is completely calm and calculated in his [[IncrediblyLamePun execution]].
* [[BlackAndGreyMorality Black And Very Dark Grey Morality]]: And who's black and who's grey shifts very rapidly.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Both the aforementioned conversation about the school sports day, and the lyrics to the opening track ''Vessel in Vain''.

* [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace I Just Shot Al In The Face]]: Needless to say, Richard is greatly amused.

* IntoxicationEnsues / MushroomSamba: Invoked, and PlayedForDrama (although there are some comedic moments as well). Richard wants them hallucinating so his MindScrew will be all the scarier.
** It's also used as a method of forcing the gangsters to "empathise" by giving them the same mental capacity as his brother.

* RuleOfScary: Why is he wearing a gas mask? Because it's ''fucking creepy''.

** [[spoiler: Until you find out that he actually hated his brother and just wants the voices in his head to stop.]]

* BestServedCold: As especially evidenced by his confrontation with Sonny, Richard is completely calm and calculated in his [[AWorldWidePunomenon execution]].