Dead Man's Wire
Directed by Gus Van Sant
Een zakelijk conflict in 1977 escaleert tot een van de meest beruchte gijzelingen in de Amerikaanse geschiedenis. Zakenman Tony Kiritsis houdt hypotheekadviseur Richard Hall gevangen met een ‘dead man’s wire’ om zijn nek, een dodelijke constructie die elke politie-ingreep onmogelijk maakt. Terwijl media en autoriteiten toekijken, verandert de gijzeling in een publiek spektakel waarin macht, ego en controle centraal staan.
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- macaronz14 mei 2026This film presents a unique case based on true events, and the 1970s atmosphere is captured perfectly. Bill Skarsgård delivers a compelling performance as Tony, bringing a lot of depth to the character. However, from an investigative standpoint, the ending was quite shocking. The judge’s verdict of 'not guilty' due to mental illness felt disconnected from the reality of his actions. Throughout the film, Tony’s behavior seemed too calculated for that defense to be convincing. It’s a well acted drama that highlights just how unpredictable the legal system can be.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 1 u, 45 m.
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.
Een zakelijk conflict in 1977 escaleert tot een van de meest beruchte gijzelingen in de Amerikaanse geschiedenis. Zakenman Tony Kiritsis houdt hypotheekadviseur Richard Hall gevangen met een ‘dead man’s wire’ om zijn nek, een dodelijke constructie die elke politie-ingreep onmogelijk maakt. Terwijl media en autoriteiten toekijken, verandert de gijzeling in een publiek spektakel waarin macht, ego en controle centraal staan.
The key characters in Dead Man's Wire are Tony Kiritsis (Bill Skarsgård), Richard 'Dick' Hall (Dacre Montgomery), Michael Grable (Cary Elwes).
Dead Man's Wire is rated 12.
Dead Man's Wire is a Biography, Misdaad, Drama film.
Dead Man's Wire has an audience rating of 7.6 out of 10.
Dead Man's Wire had a budget of US$ 13 mln..
Dead Man's Wire has made US$ 2,2 mln. at the box office.