Dead Shot (film)

Dead Shot is a 2023 British action thriller film written and directed by Tom and Charles Guard, based on an original screenplay by Ronan Bennett and inspired by the book The Road to Balcombe Street by Steven P. Moysey.

A retired Irish paramilitary (Morgan) witnesses the shooting of his pregnant wife by a British soldier (Ameen) and escapes, wounded and presumed dead, to 1970s London to plot his revenge.

[3] The film is produced by Upper Street, Stylopik, Piecrust Pictures, Highland Midgie, Ingenious Media and Rocket Science, in association with Screen Scotland and LipSync Productions.

"[13] Leslie Felperin of The Guardian gave the film four stars, praising the period detail and the script, and commented that although "trajectory feels a bit preordained by dramatic convention, there are still stinging twists in store".

[14] Kevin Maher of The Times also awarded the film four stars and praised Ronan Bennett's script and called it a "gritty, breakneck B-movie that has moments of epic grandeur".