Arts & Entertainment

Dead Man Down

Director Niels Arden Oplev (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) makes his eagerly anticipated English-language-feature debut with this action thriller about a tough New York City enforcer and an alluring blackmailer who both put their lives on the line to seek vengeance against one of the city’s most powerful crime bosses. Victor isn’t the type of man you want to come knocking at your door.

A deadeye who always hits his mark, Victor works for the man who controls New York’s entire underworld. But when the ruthless crime lord gives an order that results in the deaths of Victor’s right-hand man’s wife and daughter, he earns himself a dangerous enemy. Meanwhile, as Victor attempts to identify the unknown figure who’s threatening his boss’s life, the mysterious Beatrice ensnares the sleuthing hit man in a dangerous web of blackmail and seduction. Later, when the bullets start to fly, the lust for vengeance threatens to consume everyone involved. Director: Niels Arden Oplev. Cast: Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Terrence Howard, Dominic Cooper, Isabelle Huppert. Rated: R. Time: 1:58.