Dead Man Down

After watching the trailer for Dead Man Down, I knew that it was going to be an excellent film and one that I wanted to see. Part of this due to the fact that I like revenge thrillers. Possibly this says something about me. I was also intrigued that this movie stars two of the best actors today, Colin Farrell, and Noomi Rapace (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo). Dead Man Down is a really good film-noir with action, suspense, and an interesting love story.

Victor (Farrell) is a lonely guy who lives in a large apartment complex in New York. He spends his nights working as a henchman to the drug kingpin Alphonse (Terrence Howard), who has recently become more paranoid because he has been receiving death threats from an unknown person. These threats become more and more frequent, until eventually one of Alphonse's men is killed. Victor possibly knows who is orchestrating these death threats.

In the apartment building across from where Victor lives is Beatrice (Rapace), a beautiful yet damaged young woman who is struggling to recover from a severe car accident. She lives with her desperate mother, Valentine (Isabelle Huppert) and is fascinated by Victor. Beatrice watches him wallow in his lonely existence from her balcony, until one day when she decides to contact him and hopefully make some sort of connection. Can they mend each other’s loneliness despite the violence and unpredictable mayhem surrounding them?

That is all I will say about this excellent, well-done film. I highly recommend Dead Man Down.