It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Okay, so let me be up front. If you like the shoot em' up, get the revenge in 10 bullets or less kind of movie, don't go here. It will be disappointing and make you think it took revenge to a caviar artistic level. However if you like the deeper looks into revenge, what it means, etc. then this is it, hands down. I don't think they unpacked the revenge piece as much as Korean or Hong Kong movies but they do a damn good job. Owen sells his part, you can believe the characters and the inciting incident is hard to stomach but it is a break from tradition. The best way to describe this is simple; if you've eaten an artichoke before you know it is a pain to get through the leaves, each leaving you only partly satisfied. However, if you hold strong, peel until you get to the center, you are rewarded with a tasty treat. The director/producer of this flick do the same thing; stay with it, enjoy the tangled characters and when you get to the end, reflect on a simple question: If memories are the soil of revenge, what good is revenge if your memories are as clouded as London fog? Great stuff.

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead is a crime film directed by Mike Hodges that is from a screenplay written by Trevor Preston. The movie features a man that return to their former hometowns to investigate the death of a brother that has died under mysterious circumstances and plot a revenge to those who were responsible.It stars Clive Owen,Jonathan Rhys- Meyers,Malcolm McDowell and Charlotte Rampling.Will Graham is a former London gangster who moved out to the country after suffering a breakdown of some sort. He works clearing forests, and lives out of his van, until he loses his job over a lack of proper documentation. Meanwhile, Will's younger brother, Davey, is enjoying his life as a womanizing man about town, and dabbling in drug dealing, until one night, when an older man, Boad has him followed and brutally assaults him. The traumatized Davey returns home and takes his own life. Will, uncertain as to where to go, finds himself drawn back to London, where he learns of Davey's death from Mrs. Barz, his landlady. Will investigates what happened that night with his old friend, Mickser. As Will tries to piece together what happened, he goes to visit Helen, his former lover, who is less than thrilled to see him after he abandoned her years earlier and eventually cut off all contact. The current neighborhood crime boss,Turner, knows what Will is capable of, and sees him as a threat. Eventually, Will uncovers the truth, and is faced with the unpleasant prospect of avenging Davey's death.This is another type of revenge film for it presents dark themes that might not be suitable to everyone.I may not expect everyone to like this film.But nevertheless,one cannot help but credit the cast for a wonderful performance particularly Owen and Rampling.Overall,it is a good, tight, well-made piece of filmmaking for it is a true representation of gangster movies that is unnerving that is yet completely sure of every step it takes.

The shot of Clive Owens clean shaven and dressed to the nines makes me wish they'd dump Daniel Craig and cast Owens as Bond. The scene between Owen and Malcolm McDowell was fantastic. When Owens turned around at the end of the driveway and came back to finish McDowell...wow! McDowell showed just enough relief and relaxation to make the kill shot payoff.On the other hand, Charlote Rampling is still a very good looking woman. But she is 18 years older than Owens. They didn't go deep enough into the backstory of their relationship. How did they end up together and why did they breakup? And the ending was too ambiguous. Do they both end up dead at the hands of that hit-man?

I had expected better things of Trevor Preston and Mike Hodges and perhaps give them the benefit of the doubt that their original vision was manipulated by the money men. But even so this really is a dreary load of clichéd cods wallop with the plot stolen from Get Carter. The wheels kept coming off the waggon as I watched, but the final one to make the film crash to floor in clichés was when he opened the garage and there was a 1960s Jaguar sitting there. It might have made a half decent 50 minute Sweeney episode in the 1970s but as a movie its a complete waste of money. The British film elite are always complaining about lack of money, well if they stopped giving it to the same old lethargic luvvies to make the same old junk all the time, they might end up with a proper 'industry' in which digestible movies are churned out week after week?.