Dead Shot

Dead Shot (2023)

Revenge digs two graves.

In the 1970s, a member of the IRA takes over an Active Service Unit in London after his wife is accidentally shot dead in Ireland. The unit's mission is to cause chaos and destruction, while his personal aim is to hunt down his wife’s killer — an SAS captain, who is also hunting him.

Date of release
2023-08-18
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (82)
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Action, Thriller
Director
Thomas Guard, Charles Guard

Casting

Interesting facts

Dead Shot is a 2023 British action thriller film written and directed by Tom and Charles Guard, based on an original screenplay by Ronan Bennett and inspired by the book The Road to Balcombe Street by Steven P. Moysey. The film stars Aml Ameen, Colin Morgan, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Sophia Brown, Máiréad Tyers, Mark Strong and Felicity Jones.

Production

In February 2018, it was reported that Jamie Dornan and Sam Claflin would star in the film, then titled Borderland, from a screenplay by Ronan Bennett, who wrote the first draft in 2012. In July 2020, Tom and Charles Guard, collectively known as the Guard Brothers, signed on to direct the film; they also co-wrote the screenplay with Bennett, which was inspired by the book The Road to Balcombe Street by Steven P. Moysey.

The film is produced by Upper Street, Stylopik, Piecrust Pictures, Highland Midgie, Ingenious Media and Rocket Science, in association with Screen Scotland and LipSync Productions. Producers are Chris Coen, Brian Coffey, Rebecca Brown and Thorsten Schumacher. The film's new title was announced as Dead Shot in April 2023.

Filming was originally set to begin in March 2021 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Filming began in April 2022 in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Props and other items from the set were donated to local charities in Scotland after location filming ended.

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