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Aug 19, 2009 · Belfast, 1988. The height of the Troubles. British troops occupy the city and are at war with the Irish Republican Army. The British want to retain Northern Ireland as part of the United Kingdom. The IRA considers them invaders. Martin McGartland doesn’t much care. Like many young criminals, he is devoutly non-political.
Fifty Dead Men Walking R 2008 1h 57m Action Mystery & Thriller List 83% Tomatometer 52 Reviews 68% Audience Score 2,500+ Ratings A young man infiltrates the IRA for the British police until being...
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- Kari Skogland
- R
- Ben Kingsley
Aug 18, 2009 · NEW YORK — The decibels, energy and overall quality are high in writer-director Kari Skogland’s “Fifty Dead Men Walking,” her supremely well-made, highly stylized, graphic tale of Northern...
Fifty Dead Men Walking is a 2008 English-language crime thriller film written and directed by Kari Skogland. It is a loose adaptation of Martin McGartland's 1997 autobiography of the same name.
Aug 21, 2009 · Fifty Dead Men Walking: Directed by Kari Skogland. With Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess, Kevin Zegers, Natalie Press. Martin McGartland joins the I.R.A. and feeds information to Britain's Special Branch Agent Fergus.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Kari Skogland
- 2009-08-21
Aug 20, 2009 · “Fifty Dead Men Walking,” a streamlined, adrenalized thriller that is not as deep as it would like to appear, treads a retrospective political tightrope.
50 DEAD MEN WALKING is an unusually powerful film that brings to the screen the real life story of Martin McGartland on whose book it is based (with co-writer Nicholas Davies). Director Kari Skogland has managed to recreate the flavors of the 1980s in Ireland at war with the British.
