Fresh
Jim Sturgess makes a believable cocky lad who signs on for the con; an oddly bewigged Ben Kingsley is fussier and too actorly as his handler.
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
Fifty Dead Men Walking
When you cross the line there's no going back.
2008 · 1h 57m · R
Action, Thriller
Directed by
Kari Skogland
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Fifty Dead Men Walking
Overview
It's 1989, and in a Belfast torn apart by conflict and terrorism, petty criminal Marty McGartland is recruited by the British police to infiltrate the IRA. Guided by Special Forces officer 'Fergus', McGartland gains unparalleled insight into the organisation's dealings, providing his British handler with priceless, life-saving information. Based on a true story.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
83%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Skogland is a crisp and efficient storyteller. She keeps the players vivid and relatively honest, and never shies away from the brutalities.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
Sturgess is solid and Kingsley predictably sneaky, but the atmosphere -- scurries through the Catholic/Protestant border, tense stand-offs, spontaneous riots -- is what's genuinely gripping.
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
Fresh
A streamlined, adrenalized thriller that is not as deep as it would like to appear, treads a retrospective political tightrope.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Rotten
Fifty Dead Men Walking provides another example of what happens when mediocre moviemaking meets an interesting life.
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
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