Product Description

Inspired by Martin McGartland's shocking real life story, Martin is a young lad from West Belfast in teh late 1980s who is recruited by the British polics to spy on the IRA. He works his way up the ranks as a volunteer for the IRA whilst feeding information to his British handler and saves lives in the process; until one day he is exposed, captured and tortured to within an inch of his life. He escapes dramatically by throwing himself from a tower block window and is still in hiding today.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6362 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-09-07
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 113 minutes

Synopsis
Directed by Kari Skogland (LIBERTY STANDS STILL) and adapted from the autobiography of Martin McGartland, FIFTY DEAD MEN WALKING is the electrifying tale of a British secret services agent based in Northern Ireland during the late 80s. During the four years that he was stationed there and before his subsequent discovery, it is estimated that through his actions, McGartland was responsible for saving the lives of 50 men.

Review
Masterfully tense, thrilling cinema ... grips and doesn't let go --Hotdog Magazine

Review
Utterly electrifying --Front

Customer Reviews

The book is much better...
"Fifty Dead Men Walking" is a fairly average and easily forgettable film about the IRA informer Martin McGartland. McGartland worked his way up in the IRA and the information that he fed to the British helped to save many lives and prevent a lot of IRA operations from taking place. This film gives a bit of the flavour of the dangerous and unsavoury environment in which McGartland worked, but it is disjointed and we never really get to know the characters properly.As a result of his actions McGartland still lives on the run never seeing his family .I wonder what he would think of the new Northern Ireland , where his former buddies in the IRA are now part of the government ,having put their days of bombing,shooting and "nutting" informers like McGartland behind them.Probably fail to see the irony I would imagine.

Fantastic - makes Bourne look weak in comparison
Really good film, was recommended by a mate that liked Bourne, but he reckoned this was ten times as real and he was right. From the opening assassination attempt that leaves your heart in your mouth it doesn't let up - but really gets you emotionally involved too - its got depth and really complex dilemmas, especially when it focuses on his family stuff and how he's pulled by each side. its an amazing story - i loved it - one of the best real life action thrillers i've ever seen

Good film
I don't care that the author had disowned this book, it is still a good film and I thought that it presented a fairly unbiased view of the troubles. I have shied away from a lot of films about Northern Ireland because of their biased viewpoint, usually anti-British. This film reminded me a lot of the book 'Bog Child' by Siobhan Dowd in that it presents both sides as good and bad which of course they were. I haven't read the book but I probably will now and I suspect a lot of other people will too, the author should remember that before completely disassociating himslef from it. It is entertainment after all.