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I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003)

Overall Score: 7 out of 10

For three long years, Will Graham led a quiet life. Things are about to change.

Starring: Clive Owen, Charlotte Rampling, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jamie Foreman, Ken Stott, Sylvia Syms, Malcolm McDowell

Director: Mike Hodges

Running Time: 99 minutes

US MPAA rating: R
UK BBFC rating: 15
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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After his younger brother David (Jonathan Rhy Meyers) kills himself, one-time South London crimelord Will Graham (Clive Owen) returns to the big city from a self-imposed exile in the forests of Wales. Determined to uncover the mysterious circumstances of David's suicide, Will hooks up with his old girlfriend Helen (Charlotte Rampling) and his former lieutenant Mickser (Jamie Foreman). Ignoring warnings that Turner (Ken Stott), the successor to Will's criminal empire, wants him to leave town, Will follows a twisted trail leading him to luxury car salesman Boad (Malcolm McDowell) - and is reminded that no matter how much he may want to change, he will always be doomed to grieve for a life wasted.

Mike Hodges' feature debut was

DVD Extras: Scene selection; optional English subtitles for the hard of hearing; full audio commentary (director Mike Hodges and writer Trevor 'The Sweeney' Preston), including the revelation that David was given a pet bird as an allusion to Melville's 'Le Samouraï'; 'Mike Hodges and I'll Sleep When I'm Dead' documentary (26min), featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Hodges, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, producer Mike Caplan, Preston, Clive Owen, Sylvia Syms, Charlotte Rampling, Malcolm McDowell, as well as critics John Patterson and Jonathan Romney; two deleted scenes (the first with optional commentary from Hodges and Preston).
Version reviewed: I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (Momentum)
Extras: 8 out of 10

It's Got: Fantastically stylish animated opening credits, restrained performances, a (mostly) spare script, a brooding mood and an excellent soundtrack.

It Needs: To lose (or at least shorten) the occasional superfluous scene.

Alternatives: Get Carter (1971), Dead Man's Shoes

Summary: Masculinity is in crisis and the past persists in this brooding British noir. Overall Score: 7 out of 10


Review Date: 27th May 2005


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I'll Sleep When I'm Dead at the IMDB

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