Fifty Dead Men Walking 2008 123movies

Watch: Fifty Dead Men Walking 2008 123movies, Full Movie Online – Based on Martin McGartland’s shocking real life story. Martin is a young lad from west Belfast in the late 1980s who is recruited by the British Police 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 saving lives in the process..
Plot: It’s 1989, and in a Belfast torn apart by conflict and terrorism, petty criminal Marty McGartland is recruited by the British police to infiltrate the IRA. Guided by Special Forces officer ‘Fergus’, McGartland gains unparalleled insight into the organisation’s dealings, providing his British handler with priceless, life-saving information. Based on a true story.
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Ratings:

	6.8/10 Votes: 11,348
	83% | RottenTomatoes
	57/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 118 Popularity: 6.815 | TMDB

Reviews:

You are not a man unless you have a cause.
Based on the life of Martin McGartland, who was recruited by the British Police to spy from within the Irish Republican Army, Fifty Dead Men Walking is the latest cinematic attempt to bring awareness to the horrors of the British/Irish troubles. At the end of the film there is a disclaimer about the accuracy of the film in relation to McGartland’s actual book of the same name. While it should be noted that McGartland himself has renounced the film in British film magazines as not being his story. What we do know is that Martin McGartland is a real person who really did spy for the British Police inside the IRA. It’s also fact that he saved close to 50 men from being killed as part of the long running conflict, and he is in fact still in hiding to this very day.

So with that in mind it’s a film to be viewed both with suspicion and intrigue. There is no denying that the harshness of the plot and some of its scenes N/A impacts like a sledgehammer, but crucially it’s hard to get on side with the unlikable McGartland N/A. In spite of his achievements in thankfully stopping many murders down the line, his motives are mixed and not necessarily prioritised. Having not read the book myself I have no idea if the portrayal of himself is what McGartland objects too? Or it may well be that he is shown as being in places he clearly wasn’t? Still, character affinity is probably not what the makers were after anyway, they view the conflict from primarily one side, and in the main they achieve that without looking biased or guilty of sensationalism. Certainly the play off between Martin, his best mate and IRA baddie, Sean, is very engrossing as things start to get hairy. While the relationship between Martin and Ben Kingsley’s copper, Fergus, is one of the film’s strengths.

Not so good is the shoe-horned in part of Grace N/A and the ending feels rushed in relation to the pace that preceded it. A potent soundtrack featuring the likes of The Ruts and Stiff Little Fingers mingles perfectly with the grainy portrait of Northern Ireland that director Kari Skogland has opted for. Whilst the script is sharp and never drifts off to filler speak and pointless musings on the moral quandaries that are thrown up. As a history lesson on the Irish troubles it’s barely worth any interest, as a character study about people within the troubles? Well it’s definitely of interest there. 6.5/10

Take a side…. Take both…
It’s an ‘acudrama’, but it does have cinematographic value.

The glass is not half full OR half empty. It is half full AND half empty.

The IRA vs. the British Occupying Forces and its Intelligence Services. There are fathers and sons on both sides. THAT is the main theme of the film. When Martin, who was just shot, and is probably dying, asks about the family, he names Dean (“Fergus”). Passionate Mikey – one of the senior members of the IRA – recommends and promotes Martin and in the ecstasy of his initiation talks with profusely tearful face about the drama involving his son, clearly identifying him with Martin.

The passion/sadistic exaltation free from guilt (because it is covered by ideological indulgence) fuels the majority of the characters on BOTH sides. Terrorism/insurgency and anti-terrorist security forces always are charged by the excitement of having a license to kill, torture and terrorize.

Interestingly, the only true integrity in the film (like in real life) is evident in those whose loyalty would be questioned by the majority of the functionaries on both sides. There are some not so believable scenes: i.e. “Fergus” trusting the ‘confession’ about the whereabouts of Martin or the scene of Martin’s escape through the window.

However, the film is well worth watching.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 57 min (117 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director Kari Skogland
Writer Martin McGartland, Nicholas Davies, Kari Skogland
Actors Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess, Kevin Zegers
Country United Kingdom, Canada
Awards 7 wins & 6 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Arriflex Cameras and Lenses
Laboratory Technicolor Creative Services, London, UK (dailies), Technicolor Creative Services, Vancouver, Canada (digital intermediate)
Film Length 3,245 m (Portugal, 35mm)
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision2 200T 5217, Vision2 500T 5218)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (master format), Super 35 (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic)