I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
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Actor: Charlotte Rampling, Clive Owen, Jamie Foreman, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Malcolm McDowellDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Surround Sound, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 103 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-11-16
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Movie Review: An Unconventional British film noir
Summary: 5 Stars
At first glance, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead seems like a very conventional film noir story but it is in fact told in a very unconventional way as director Mike Hodges refuses to spell things out. Will Graham (Owen) is a retired gangster brought out of self-imposed exile when he learns that Davey (Rhys Meyers), his young brother has apparently committed suicide. Will lives out in a very Twins Peaksian forest as a lumberjack. It's as if David Lynch directed a British gangster film in Twin Peaks-Fire Walk With Me mode-in other words, a series of downbeats. Will is drawn back into the city intent on finding out why David killed himself. He learns that his brother was mixed up in drugs and this leads to a nasty crime boss (McDowell). This forces Will to come to grips with his brother's death as he finds out what happened. The audience has to work out who everyone is and what their relation is to Davey.
Clive Owen delivers the right amount of intensity and has a very charismatic screen presence. He plays a very credible tough guy-quiet yet very driven. There is an air of silence around his character, a tangible aura that makes him something of an enigma. He has very little dialogue but he doesn't need it. His expressive eyes convey so much more and when he does speak, every word means something.
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead is the antithesis of contemporary gangster films. There is no flashy editing or a hip soundtrack a la Guy Ritchie or Quentin Tarantino. Instead, Hodges employs invisible, methodical editing and a no-nonsense approach to the material reminiscent of Clint Eastwood's directorial efforts. Hodges draws out a long build-up to the eventual climax whereas most contemporary gangster films go for periodic bursts of violence to punctuate the story. The actual moment of revenge is oddly anticlimactic, not exactly the cathartic release you'd expect. The film ends just as the violence begins.
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