wow and dead man shoe be such a big surprise . what they work out a small budget be incredible and especially main actor and writer paddy considine should have be throw at with oscar for this performance a richard . dead man shoe might be sum up a a revenge movie but go beyond that . richard have a mentally challenged brother name anthony who have trouble with a gang of drug dealer . we do not know why richard be so obsessed with take harsh revenge and it slowly unfold towards the end when some of the thug already be take down . it start slowly with richard stalk some of the thug and paint their leader a clown face in his sleep . but in one of the strong sequence of the film when richard be talk to the thug about why he stalk them you can feel something bad be go to happen . in this scene paddys facial expression and disgust and angry yet kind of deeply hurt way of talk be priceless . overall his character appear kind of twisted . a cold avenger who use what he learn in military and take harsh and precise plan revenge ( the drug party be some pretty heavy stuff although it doesn not use any gory shocker ) . yet he seem deeply hurt and vulnerable which in the end turn out to be true and still the bad revenge on one of the thug . the movie have some beautiful shot with the two brother in the irish landscape . the opening be superb with the music and picture and although the flashback often look a little cheap i do not care about these minor flaw . dead man shoe be an intense experience and must see for fan of underground cinema . this movie work because it setup in a small town with backstreet gangster who at time look ridiculous drive in their small car and hunt richard be not the typical depiction of good or bad but rather different . the revenge be cold and often cynical . it those small scene like richard playing with a thugs kid with a knife that be pretty scary and of course the ultimate degradation of the totally dope up drug dealer . i love this movie and be sure to watch more movie by or with paddy considine .