dead man shoe ( 2006 ) paddy considine and gary stretch and toby kebbell and neil bell and paul hurtsfield and george newton and seamus oneal and paul sadot and andrew shim and stuart wolfenden and jo hartley and emily aston and craig considine and matt considine . ( dir represent shane meadow ) england answer to taxi driver represent compel vengeance drama with a blister performance by considinepaddy considine and perhaps best know to american audience a the irish immigrant father in in america and cinderella man and may be the least likely actor in recent memory to be see a a lethal force on screen and with his pale white skin and harmless demeanor and and easy smile but in shane meadow brilliantly unnerve vengeance drama considine reflect his dark side with the intensity of an eclipse . the simple oft trod tale of revenge for a right undone in this case an english ex soldier return to his northern country hamlet for some bloody justice for the crime commit against his slow mind young brother by a local drug deal hooligan and his crony and while away on duty be a cinematic chestnut offer many device for the filmmaker to employ and namely the flashback narrative ( here do in grainy b and w 8mm home movie style add to the gritty verisimilitude permeate the pulp noir at hand ) and the anti hero protagonist ( considine give an implosively blistering performance of furious retribution ) and richard and anthony brother a he be constantly refer to in trembly deposition by each member of the doomed thug a if whisper a ghost name begin his five day ( attribute by the title card employ ) spree of justice . the brutality and vulgar cruelty best upon anthony ( a very good turn by kebbell make for very empathetic or sympathetic victim needing to be vanquish ) whose only crime be not know the common sense in see just how ugly his new friend could be ( again tell in a certain amount of restraint in the scratchy black and white sequence and jar a they be ) indeed be in need for swift retribution and when we first see richard and a slight and malnourish pasty white and scratchily beard and porcupiney scalp of considine character we assume he be just one of the unassuming and local bloke of the pub or pool hall that one of the goon be deal drug in . when he be accost by the dealer he let out a vitriolic outburst that scorch the skin and chill the spine for the sudden explosive invective that only signal a death head warrant of what carnage be about to come . with his bristly beard suggest a burr patch and his dark brown eye go dead cold with hollow contempt considine echo robert de niro walk dead travis bickle in taxi driver and not so much physically but in demeanor . a husk of a man who serve his country only to return to a junk pile residue that be once his home and a desperate need to do some monstrous thing in unspeakable way to those who have unsettle his natural habitat . his richard and however and have a soul and it ache you to it core when on display in a heartbreaking twist sequence i will not divulge here but it hit you in the solar plexus . although i be not familiar with filmmaker meadow and his previous film ( and his collaboration with considine include this script with a credit to paul fraser a well ) he have a keen eye for detail and how to set an appropriate tone of absolute dread ( nod to ace work do by composer aphex twin ( aka richard james ) and danny cohen cinematography and the edit team of celia haining and lucas roche and chris wyatt all make for moment of absolute dread and unease ) while a compliment indeed . while meadow and considine friend in real life as well smartly show only moment of graphic violence it be with the underlying theme of a good man go monster be what underscore the visceral ice numb moment of fear and smartly not get into a slasher type of exploitation horror film despite richard cheeky decision to wear an unsettling gas mask suggest the love child of darth vader and the elephant man . a real sleeper indie gem that deserve a wider release and by all mean one of the year best film .