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Fifty Dead Men Walking
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57 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critics What's this?

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7.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

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  • Summary: In the 1980s when the Irish civil conflict was at its most treacherous, 22 year old Martin McGartland was recruited by the British police to infiltrate and spy on the IRA. He lived his life under constant threat of exposure and subsequent guaranteed torture and death yet he continued because his information saved many lives. He enjoyed the buzz until one day he was discovered and had to escape against all odds. Inspired by a true story, to this day he is on the run. (Brightlight Pictures)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 16
  3. Negative: 2 out of 16
  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Doris Toumarkine
    90
    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 Ireland's "Troubles" in the late 1980s.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    60
    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.
  3. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Cliff Doerksen
    30
    A muddled, talky affair, part soap opera, part undercover police procedural.

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  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 1 out of 2
  1. RogerSmith97
    6
    First Off The Acting Is VERY Good, But The Writing And Plot Are Really Really Bad, And Uncreative.. I Didnt Find This Even "Cool" The Acting Makes Up The Higher Point Of The Review... Thats All I Can Say...… Expand
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  2. JamesM.
    2
    Done way better many many times before. This genre would need a radical approach to make it any bit interesting. Harry's game streets ahead.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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