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Created Sep 02, 2013 09:08PM PST • Edited Sep 02, 2013 09:56PM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Good 3.0

   I want to give Dead Man Down a “Very Good” rating, but I just can’t. Colin Farrell is fantastic, but Noomi Rapace is disappointing and Terrence Howard is little more than forgettable. The plot is somewhat novel, but the script is only so-so, and, while the filmwork is great, the direction and play left me wanting more.

   What’s that? Your wife’s out of town and you’re looking for a film to watch? Put away the internet and consider watching Dead Man Down (so long as you’ve already seen Gangster Squad, The Expendables, and the first 3 Fast and Furious movies.)

4. Acting

   Good 3.0

5. Male Stars Very Good 3.5

   Colin = yeah!
   Terrence = meh.

6. Female Stars OK 2.5

   Noomi Rapace looked like a hairy version of Lisbeth Salander which meant she wasn’t convincing in this role. This isn’t all too surprising, though, since DMD was directed by Niels Arden Oplev, the same guy who directed the Swedish Version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo movie.

7. Female Costars Good 3.0

8. Male Costars Good 3.0

10. Film

    Good 3.0

11. Direction OK 2.5

12. Play OK 2.5

13. Music Very Good 3.5

14. Visuals Great 4.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Sordid 2.7

17. Sex Innocent 1.0

18. Violence Savage 4.2

19. Rudeness Profane 3.0

21. Reality

    Natural 1.0

22. Circumstantial Natural 1.0

23. Biological Natural 1.0

24. Physical Natural 1.0