Dead Man's Wire
Directed by Gus Van SantDen 8 februari 1977 gick Tony Kiritsis in på Richard Halls kontor, vd för Meridian Mortgage Company, och tog honom som gisslan med ett avsågat hagelgevär kopplat med en dödmansgrepp från avtryckaren till Tonys egen hals. Han kräver fem miljoner dollar, att få slippa åtal samt en personlig ursäkt från Hall för att ha lurat honom på det som han anser sig ha rätt till.
Dead Man's Wire Ratings & Reviews
- makdelart27 februari 2026The atmosphere of the 1970s is brilliantly captured in every possible detail. Skarsgard is excellent, of course. An interestingly told story (based on real events), although, to be honest, we have seen many similar ones on screen. Perhaps what was missing was an exploration of the problem, some ‘final conclusions’, because it seems that the director wanted to convey something with this film – we only have a reconstruction of events, and the conclusions are left to us to draw as homework.
- Josh T−5 dThe acting is phenomenal from everyone here. I really enjoyed this movie, a solid and enjoyable journey.
- Kevin Ward10 januari 2026Wild true story of a man, Tony Kiritsis, who feels wronged and disrespected by his mortgage lender and goes to extremes to make it right. Bill Skarsgard is great as Tony, playing him slightly off kilter while still making real efforts to stay polite. He’s constantly apologizing when his anger slips out, asking forgiveness for his swearing, which gives him a likable quality that makes him easy to root for even though he’s rigged the lender’s son to the opposite end of a shotgun barrel tied to a dead man’s switch. Really compelling watch mostly thanks to Skarsgard’s performance. It often feels like a one-hander even though Skarsgard is rarely alone. The ending hits a bit abruptly, which throws the pacing off, but since I didn’t know the story, the final stretch and epilogue lands with a surprisingly satisfying end. Al Pacino is perfectly hateful as the cut throat mortgage lender on the other end of Tony’s dog day afternoon. Good flick and nice to have a Gus Van Sant movie again.
- GFlyxAdmin4 april 2026Being an IndyCity, NapTown native, I was disappointed it was all filmed in Louisville, KY. KY lotto, River City bank... all KY spots. Other than that, it is pretty decent. Took some liberties, but stuck with the story for the most part.
- Dan Hernandez4 april 2026Ugh. I'm out of cigs. Also awesome soundtrack. Turn that frown upside down - Tony
- michael.r1028 februari 2026An amazing film with outstanding performances, which should be nominated next year.
- ScottPlex20 mars 2026This guy is the MacGyver of shotguns.
- SirMonkalot11 mars 2026Some true events don’t need to be turned into movies. This was definitely the case for this movie. It felt so long and dragged out. And it felt so unnecessary. The two stars I gave are for Colman Domingo and the music. Other than that, this was tough to watch. 🥱
- Tom Cooper2 mars 2026Hmm, bit hammy on the acting front. And overall pretty pointless, maybe I would've enjoyed it more if I hadn't seen the superior documentary a few years ago, just go watch that instead.
- sbe8626 februari 2026Story updated to include loads of F’s, MF’s, etc.
- trrs15 februari 2026Few points here, the movie itself is done in a way that it trying to convey a sense of cinema mixed in with biography. The story is interesting from the get go and doesn't deviate to much from the actual true life story minus some things here and there. Overall its a okay watch but towards the later half of the movie they added a different view and it felt rushed and anti-climactic.. There's a lot of repetition in the movie as well to the point where it drags on at points. As far as acting its decent nothing academy award winning but believable performances overall. You won't be missing much if you don't watch this but if you do you might enjoy a one time view and that's kind of where this story ends.
- cultfilmliker19 januari 2026What a happy ending!! Spectacular performances from Skarsgård, Montgomery, and Pacino. HOWEVER, Bill’s ongoing role as Pennywise has slightly tainted my perception of his performances. Maybe they should have spaced this and Welcome to Derry out just a little bit more lol Watched at Warren Regal 21 Currently Ranked #29/198 in 2025 Ranked
Dead Man's Wire Trivia
Dead Man's Wire was released on 2 september 2025.
Dead Man's Wire was directed by Gus Van Sant.
Dead Man's Wire has a runtime of 1h 45m.
Dead Man's Wire was produced by Cassian Elwes, Tom Culliver, Joel David Moore, Noor Alfallah, Remi Alfallah, Mark Amin, Andrea Bucko, Matt Murphie, Paula Paizes, Sam Pressman, Veronica Radaelli, Siena Oberman, Gordon Clarke.
Den 8 februari 1977 gick Tony Kiritsis in på Richard Halls kontor, vd för Meridian Mortgage Company, och tog honom som gisslan med ett avsågat hagelgevär kopplat med en dödmansgrepp från avtryckaren till Tonys egen hals. Han kräver fem miljoner dollar, att få slippa åtal samt en personlig ursäkt från Hall för att ha lurat honom på det som han anser sig ha rätt till.
The key characters in Dead Man's Wire are Tony Kiritsis (Bill Skarsgård), Fred Temple (Colman Domingo), M.L. Hall (Al Pacino).
Dead Man's Wire is rated 11.
Dead Man's Wire is a Biography, Kriminal, Drama film.
Dead Man's Wire has an audience rating of 7.7 out of 10.
Dead Man's Wire had a budget of 13 mn US$.
Dead Man's Wire has made 2,2 mn US$ at the box office.