Dead Man Down

Movie
German title	Dead Man Down
Original title	Dead Man Down
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2013
length	117 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Niels Arden Oplev
script	JH Wyman
production	Neal H. Moritz
music	Jacob Groth
camera	Paul Cameron
cut	Timothy A. Good, ; Frédéric Thoraval
occupation
synchronization

Dead Man Down is an American Action - Thriller by Danish director Niels Arden Oplev .

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The Hungarian engineer Victor (actually Laszlo Kerick) is a member of a criminal organization in New York that specializes in intimidating and violently driving tenants out of apartment buildings in order to then buy the empty houses cheaply. What the leader of the gangsters, Alphonse Hoyt, and Victor's accomplices don't know: Victor is actually a victim of the criminals. He infiltrated the organization to get revenge; because about two years ago, in a shooting initiated by the gangsters for the purpose of intimidation, his daughter was killed by a stray bullet in her bed. Hoyt had anticipated a threatened court case by hiring a group of Albanians as a murder squad and sending them to Victor and his wife. The woman was killed; Victor himself only survived because he was believed dead. With the help of Gregor, his wife's uncle, he was even able to stage his own funeral. He later crept into the organization.

When one of his accomplices tracks him down and confronts him, he kills him, which is observed and filmed by his neighbor Beatrice through the window. Beatrice was injured in the face in a traffic accident caused by a drunk some time ago and has since been disfigured, from which she suffers greatly. She confronts Victor with her observation and demands for her silence that he kill the person who caused the accident, who had been sentenced to a rather mild sentence. Victor agrees, but initially does nothing.

Just as he tries to shoot Hoyt with a sniper rifle while he is meeting Lon Gordon, the head of the criminal real estate sharks, he is distracted by a call from his accomplice Darcy, his only friend among the gangsters, and misses his target. When the gangsters take up the chase, he escapes them with the help of Beatrice, who forks him up with her car and gives him an alibi. Meanwhile, Victor learns that Darcy is on his trail and is getting closer and closer to his true identity.

After Beatrice helped him and gave him back his gun, which he had to leave in her car before, he feels obliged to her; he gives in to her further urging, attacks the person who caused the accident and apparently kills him.

Meanwhile, Victor's preparations for his campaign of revenge have progressed so far that he wants to strike for the final blow. To do this, he has deposited explosives in a warehouse that serves as the headquarters of his accomplices, which he can detonate remotely. In addition, he kidnapped Ilir's brother, the boss of the Albanian murder troop, who was involved in the murder of his wife, and is holding him aboard an old ship. He tricked him into saying in front of the camera that he was being held captive by Hoyt in his headquarters and that Ilir should free him because he would be killed even after paying a ransom. Then Victor kills his prisoner.

Victor gives Beatrice an envelope addressed to Ilir with a memory card on which is the picture with the testimony of Ilir's brother and asks her to send it to the post office. He assumes that after seeing his brother's recording, Ilir will go to Hoyt's headquarters to rescue him. On this occasion, Victor then wants to detonate the explosives to kill all criminals who were involved in the death of his family.

Beatrice later finds out that the person who caused the accident is still alive. When confronted by her, Victor makes it clear to her that the death of the man would not alleviate her suffering but, on the contrary, increase her suffering, since the hoped-for feeling of relief would most likely not materialize.

As it later turned out, Beatrice did not immediately post the letter; she opened it, took out the memory card and put her lucky charm, a hare's paw , in it instead . She fell in love with Victor and she suspects that he intends to die himself in the detonation. Indeed, Victor is waiting at headquarters with the remote detonator in hand for the gangsters to meet. She calls him and, knowing that he also feels something for her, tries to persuade him to leave the city with her and to forego revenge. During the call, however, she is overpowered and kidnapped by Darcy. During his research, he finally found out who Victor really is. He takes Beatrice to Hoyt's private estate and orders Victor there. The Albanians also go there after Hoyt asked them to meet.

Victor drives heavily armed to the property and begins a gun battle with the gangsters. Beatrice uses the excitement to play the film on the memory card she has with her on a notebook . Ilir sees the film and is convinced of the truth of his brother's statement. He and Hoyt shoot each other and kill each other. Victor has meanwhile killed all gangsters except Darcy, whom he deliberately spared. When he wants to leave the house with Beatrice, he meets Darcy again. Both point their weapons at each other; Because of their friendship, they refrain from shooting and go their own way. In the final scene, Victor and Beatrice kiss.

Cast and dubbing

The film was dubbed twice in German . The first synchronization came about in 2013 at Scalamedia GmbH . The author of the dialogue book was Peter Woratz, who also directed the dialogue .

During the second synchronization in 2017, which VSI Synchron GmbH carried out in Berlin, only a few actors were re-synchronized. In particular, Christin Marquitan now spoke the role of Maman Louzon. The author of the dialogue book for the 2nd Synchro was Horst Müller, the dialogue was directed by Ronald Nitschke .

role	actor	1. Synchro	2. Synchro
Victor / László Kerick	Colin Farrell	Florian Halm	-
Beatrice Louzon	Noomi Rapace	Sandra Schwittau	-
Maman Louzon, mother of Beatrice	Isabelle Huppert	Irina Wanka	Christin Marquitan
Alphonse Hoyt, leader of a group of criminals	Terrence Howard	Ole Pfennig	-
Darcy, family man, accomplice and friend of Victor	Dominic Cooper	Stefan Günther	-
Terry, Victor's accomplice	Luis Da Silva	Jakob Riedl	-
Kilroy, accomplice of Victor	Stu Bennett	Gerhard Jilka	-
Luco, accomplice of Victor	Franky G	Matthias Klie	-
Ilir Brozi, leader of the Albanians	James Biberi	Ekkehardt Belle	Sven Brieger
Gregor, older relative of László Kerick	F. Murray Abraham	Erich Ludwig	-
Lon Gordon, boss of the criminals	Armand Assante	Walter von Hauff	-

Reviews

" So there are many better films in Dead Man Down , but Niels Arden Oplev did not manage to create a coherent whole."

- Tim Slagman, Spiegel Online

“Some action scenes are a bit brute. But Farrell and Rapace as lonely fighters in the asphalt jungle are a wonderful couple. It lives from the atmosphere and the shimmering neon images of New York. "

- Krischan Koch, NDR

“ Dead Man Down is clever thriller cinema with successful action scenes and an interesting love story. Colin Farrell as the mysterious Victor is reminiscent of Ryan Gosling's Driver from DRIVE and Noomi Rapace once again proves to be a strong woman with soft features. The only but serious weak point is the continuity of the storytelling - less is more, as everyone knows! "

- Josephine Drews, Kino7.de

“ Dead Man Down is a prime example of how combining genres isn't always a good idea. This is all the more regrettable because the scenes between Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace have become very intense. Those who are primarily interested in interpersonal relationships can take a look at the film, thriller fans prefer to look elsewhere. "

- Oliver Armknecht, film-rezensions.de

"A top-class gangster drama whose complicated plot loses its coherence due to the indecisive maneuvering between the psycho studio and the revenge movie and is completely disappointed by a weak showdown."

- Film service