Dead Shot

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Dead Shot

2023

1h 32m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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When a border ambush goes wrong, a retired Irish paramilitary Michael (Colin Morgan) witnesses the fatal shooting of his pregnant wife by British Sergeant, Tempest (Aml Ameen). Now wounded, and presumed dead, he escapes, taking his revenge to the dark and paranoid streets of 1970's London. Raw and suspenseful, Dead Shot is an adrenaline-fueled thriller that will leave audiences weighing up the true cost of revenge.

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Peter Rainer

FilmWeek (LAist)

Sep 7, 2023

It's well-paced, very well-acted, and the story itself has a little more depth than just a straight action film because it has a personal edge to it.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

May 14, 2023

2/5

The characters are underwritten and the performances underpowered.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

May 12, 2023

4/5

[The Guard brothers] bring alarming amounts of precision to a project that could easily have been bogged down in telly drama miserabilism.

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Jackie K. Cooper

jackiekcooper.com

Oct 7, 2023

6/10

Two talented but basically unknown lead acvtors add to the entertainment of this film.

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Leo Brady

AMovieGuy.com

Sep 8, 2023

2/4

Dead Shot may have been a better movie if I knew more of the details and history. Instead, it is a movie that looks like a lot of action and ends up being all talk.

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Manuel Betancourt

FilmWeek (LAist)

Sep 7, 2023

A tight, taut thriller.

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Jeremy W

@RT04487536 Jun 25, 2025

Everyone is bad. There are no heroes in DEAD SHOT. It equates a IRA operator with a British soldier and places them in Northern Ireland and yet the movie story engine is revenge and personal at that. A confused screenplay ultiamtely. Somehow Scottish Screen supported it - not sure why. It felt like a first time film maker - but all actors did their jobs.

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Alex E

@RT52292693 Jun 2, 2024

Looks beautiful and has good performances. Little bit slow in places though.

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Darren D

@DarrenJD Feb 10, 2024

Set against the backdrop of growing tensions between the I.R.A. & the British army, "Dead Shot" offers good performances in a well made thriller that takes no sides in this suspenseful 90 minute thriller from the writers & directors Charles Guard & Thomas Guard.

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KB B

@Okbullard Nov 22, 2023

It was a pretty good film with an interesting plot. It's worth the watch

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Cristian s

@cristiansj Nov 20, 2023

Típico thriller de accion y venganza ambientado en una gran bretaña de los 70 con terroristas y grupos paramilitares. Una historia simple pero funciona, sobre todo por su corta duración.

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Mrs D

@RT66500899 Aug 30, 2023

Excellent movie. Really recommend giving it a go, I think a lot of people would be really pleasantly surprised.

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Synopsis

When a border ambush goes wrong, a retired Irish paramilitary Michael (Colin Morgan) witnesses the fatal shooting of his pregnant wife by British Sergeant, Tempest (Aml Ameen). Now wounded, and presumed dead, he escapes, taking his revenge to the dark and paranoid streets of 1970's London. Raw and suspenseful, Dead Shot is an adrenaline-fueled thriller that will leave audiences weighing up the true cost of revenge.

Director: Charles Guard, Thomas Guard
Producer: Rebecca L. Brown, Chris Coen, Brian Coffey, Thorsten Schumacher
Screenwriter: Ronan Bennett, Charles Guard, Thomas Guard
Distributor: Amor Media
Production Co: Upper Street, Vested Interest, Highland Midgie, Piecrust Pictures, Rocket Science, Stylopik, Ingenious Media, Screen Scotland, The Searchers NV
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 18, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 18, 2023
Runtime: 1h 32m

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