Underplayed Gems

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003)

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead poster
Directed by
Mike Hodges
Genre
drama film, film noir, crime film, rape and revenge film, neo-noir
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
R
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 129 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man returns to his old neighborhood to look into the suspicious death of his brother. As he digs deeper, he confronts the criminal underworld and his own past.

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What happens

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead is a 2003 crime film directed by Mike Hodges (his last film), from a screenplay by Trevor Preston. The film bears striking similarities to Hodges' directorial debut, the classic 1970 crime drama Get Carter. Both films feature men who return to their former hometowns to investigate the death of a brother who has died under mysterious circumstances. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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