- Release Date: 2004
- Runtime: 102 min
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Starring: Clive Owen, Charlotte Rampling, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Malcolm McDowell ... see all
- Director: Mike Hodges
- Plot: Will Graham is a gangster who has left the life of crime and is living in the countryside. He comes out of hiding to investigate the death of his brother... Read more
User Reviews
Good movie turned into not so good.
Jul 24, 2008
murfdigidy - yahoo.com
Jul 24, 2008murfdigidy - yahoo.com
It really had a good start and a good base for a story, but the way the movie moved into the 2nd half was not good. It was slow, and the ending was rushed. Was the film crew tryin to reach... Full review
Not To Be Missed!
May 02, 2008
c_prsn - yahoo.com
May 02, 2008c_prsn - yahoo.com
Clive Owen is smoldering, in a subtle and frightening manner. He's so calm at times, it's scary! There are two scenes, with Jonathan Rhys-Meyer, who plays Clive's younger, irresponsible and arrogant brother which you may not want your children to see.... Full review
Possible Worst Movie Of All Time!?
May 02, 2008
rtkegley - yahoo.com
May 02, 2008rtkegley - yahoo.com
Half the reason I felt so betrayed by this movie was that based on the previewand what I assumed to be the plot of the movie, I expected a great show. My dad and I watched in silence as this monster... Full review
"I'll sleep while I make this movie," said Mike
Aug 18, 2006
ace123_1999 - yahoo.com
Aug 18, 2006ace123_1999 - yahoo.com
This was a horribly boring movie. A lousy, poorly structured storyline, with side characters that add nothing of value. A slow, one-noted one-trick-pony of a revenge story. There was no cat-and-mouse element; no tension. Just Clive's character moping around for the... Full review
Asleep for First half, Dead on Second
Jul 05, 2006
wbcfox - yahoo.com
Jul 05, 2006wbcfox - yahoo.com
The movie's storyline is boring. Little brother dies, big brother comes back home to avenge him. The only thing close to exciting in this movie was the ending credits signaling the end of the movie. Although a short film (1 hour... Full review
Worst Movie I've EVER see!
Apr 06, 2006
angrylow - yahoo.com
Apr 06, 2006angrylow - yahoo.com
i've seen well over 5000 movies and this is by far the worst movie I've EVER seen. There was no story. There was NO revenge. This entire film was plotless. Thanks to this film I didn't kill myself after watching the... Full review
Character Study of criminals in intertwined stories that slowly comes together
Apr 01, 2006
Mark Smith - imdb.com
Apr 01, 2006Mark Smith - imdb.com
This story starts with several sets of mostly low life characters in various settings and slowly shows how the characters relate. Davey(Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is the self absorbed party animal, low level drug dealer whose tragic events form the glue to... Full review
Clive Owen's performance is stunning
Mar 25, 2006
branderson59 - yahoo.com
Mar 25, 2006branderson59 - yahoo.com
Good movie, requires the viewers full attention. Clive Owen is proving to be a fantastic actor. You will be very glad you took the time to watch this film. Unexpected.... Full review
Ouch! that felt like a rodgering up the bottom!
Jan 04, 2006
xnfihfdhfdfdhfhdsf - yahoo.com
Jan 04, 2006xnfihfdhfdfdhfhdsf - yahoo.com
Hi expectations of a well cast British ganster movie dashed by a boring piece of crap that felt like having sand poured onto my eyeballs for 6 hours. So why did Alex deLarge the older ***** young Davey? *****ed if I... Full review
Thought it was going to be Different
Jul 24, 2005
mrsully742 - yahoo.com
Jul 24, 2005mrsully742 - yahoo.com
I've seen this movie in a Movie Gallery rental store and I thought that it sounded interesting. I thought that the movie was going to be a good British Gangster film, with shoot outs and what not. But it was actually... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Jun 13, 2005associatedcontent.com
I'll Sleep when I'm Dead: A Cool Thriller....The scene could be an adequate analogy for what this fine, elegant film does for the thriller genre:....Similarly to Hodges's best-known film, the 1971 Michael Caine classic Get Carter , this is a revenge tale.....A better, more truthful teaser for the film there could not be..... ... Full Review
| Nov 16, 2004PopMatters
As its title suggests, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead is about a grim, dedicated, yet reluctant gangster with one more task to get done.....For all the inevitability of Will's descent, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead is an almost perversely moving experience..... ... Full Review
| Nov 14, 2004DVD Town
Nevertheless, director Hodges maintains a tone of dread by keeping things unnervingly quiet and tense.
I admit that Im a fan of Clive Owen because I saw him in a series of short movies financed by BMW.
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| Sep 07, 2004Boston Globe
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" takes pleasure in quashing such expectations.
Mickser (Jamie Foreman), a coolly corporate crime boss (Ken Stott), a model (Amber Batty) with brains but no common sense.
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| Aug 12, 2004Deseret News
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" is predictable to a fault.....This is also one of the more unpleasant films in recent memory, in terms of some of its content..... ... Full Review
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Maybe it's because this was my first summer writing for Cinematical intense , but it's felt like an exceptionally movie season: the event movies just kept coming, and many of them wound up having real traction. There was a lot ... Full Article
A Cool Minimalist British Crime ThrillerIn 1998 director Mike Hodges and actor Clive Owen produced a modern classic with Croupier. Unlike so many other crime films of the 1990’s with their hyper kinetic, music video style, this was refined, paced... ... Full Article

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