Dead Man down

Which version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo that you like? Hollywood version, directed by David Fincher or Swedish version directed by Niels Arden Oplev? Regardless of which version you like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a blessing for the many parties involved in it. Since the success of the film the two main actors: Michael Nyqvist and Noomi Rapace has been successfully go hollywood. Not to be outdone by the two actors that he eventually fielding Niels Arden Oplev the director went into Hollywood with a directorial debut: Dead Man Down. In this film besides wearing Colin Farrell as the main star Rapace Oplev also invited. Coupled with the stars are pretty slick as Dominic Cooper and Terrence Howard is Dead Man Down could be a good thriller?

Victor is a subordinate working under Alphonse Hoyt gangster ... but he secretly held a grudge to the person. Unnoticed by the Hoyt family had he been killed following Victor Victor but Victor was not dead. Now Victor devise a plan to kill Hoyt following subordinates. In the middle of the journey of revenge that Victor met with a woman named Beatrice disability due to an accident. Because the soul both are 'injured' then Victor and Beatrice find a match with each other. But when Beatrice open secret that he never saw Victor kill people and plans to report to the police if Victor did not obey his orders, Victor revenge plans suddenly become more complex and dangerous again.

The film, written by J.H. Wyman (best known as a fan of the TV series Fringe writer and executive producer) has a slow groove but fortunately did not get boring. It was saved from the performance of the two main leads are convincing. Colin Farrell may be the material of jokes in Hollywood today because of all the movies that he starred flop (some even ask why he still wants to be used when bringing bad luck) but the actor proves that he has the ability to appear as a man who was wounded and torn between wanting revenge or start a new life. On the other hand Rapace appearance here is equally good. Farrell is almost the same as it is able to provoke sympathy from the audience as a disabled girl who is now ashamed to face the world. At first I thought that the drama portion of the film will disrupt the portion thriller but fortunately not so; instead they complement each other quite successful.

Dead Man Down Weakness seen towards the climax of the movie where the plot is already laid out neatly as total tone thriller suddenly turned into action. I was a little disappointed to watch it and feel Oplev and Wyman seems to take the easy way out to cover the story of Victor revenge. The plot as a whole also has a weakness here and there. Not that bad until the hole needs to be crowned the plot is but quite disturbing to me thinking "Loh, why the X did not do it alone and even bother?". I also do not like the absurd behavior of the children in this film. I do not want a spoiler to you about what they do but if my parents they would be my students better.