Left for Dead (2005 film)
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| Directed by | Ross Boyask |
| Written by | Adrian Foiadelli |
| Produced by | Phil Hobden |
| Starring | Glenn Salvage, Adam Chapman, Andy Prior, Brendan Carr |
| Cinematography | Ross Boyask |
| Edited by | Ross Boyask |
| Music by | Pinda Dhanoya |
| Distributed by | IFM Worldwide Releasing LLC |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom[1] |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £200,000[1] |
Left for Dead is a 2005 British action film directed by Ross Boyask.[2]
Plot
[edit]Left for Dead is a revenge thriller set in a city called Hope, where a crime lord called Kincaid rules with an iron fist. Williams, a former hitman for Kincaid, is attacked and left for dead when he tries to leave the organisation. He teams up with Kelso, a kickboxer who had his hands smashed by Kincaid, and together they must fight to exact revenge on the criminal empire that holds their city in an iron grasp.
Cast
[edit]Mostly the filmmakers cast unknowns in the film. Original Kincaid actor Gordon Alexander left the production after 2 months due to 'creative differences'. He later went on to star in the critically hammered British arthouse action film The Purifiers.
Left for Dead also features the first on-screen performance from Bourne Ultimatum star Joey Ansah in a very small combat role.
Actors and stunt performers Jon Foo and Joey Ansah have cameo roles as one of the fighters.
Production
[edit]Left For Dead was shot over 18 months in Brighton and Eastbourne, East Sussex and debuted at Cannes 2004 with a packed market screening in the Riviera building. It was quickly picked up by sales agent Barbara Mudge and her Beverly Hills-based company Worldwide Filmed Entertainment LLC.
Self-funded, the film was the work of UK director-producer team Ross Boyask & Phil Hobden. Starring Glenn (Take Three Girls, The Silencer) Salvage, Andy Prior, Adam Chapman and a host of the UK's most talented action martial arts stars, 'Left For Dead' has action choreographed by Gordon Alexander (Accidental Spy) & Independent Stunts (Blood Myth, The Silencer)
The film has been released in over 15 countries to date, including the UK, Canada, USA and Thailand.
Critical reaction
[edit]'John Woo Styled action in a UK Setting' Kim Newman – Empire
'If this film had been made in the 70s Tarantino would cite it as an influence' Mike Leeder – Impact (action entertainment magazine)
'Taking low budget action cinema to new levels of delirium and viciousness, Left For Dead happens to be an amazing adrenaline rush of a film' Matthew Sanderson, Rumourmachine.com
'Left for Dead is one hell of an action movie... pushing the action to extremes while maintaining an engaging plot' 4/5 Mark Pollard, Kungfucinema.com
'bloody and violent martial arts action... the fights come at you furiously... Left For Dead, thankfully, differs from the norm' − 6.5/10 Gregory Conley, yourvideostoreshelf.com
'Sets a whole new standard for digital video production... the UK movie scene just got its butt kicked!' 4.5/5 Dean Meadows, VENGEANCE Magazine
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Left for Dead". British Film Institute. London. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ^ "Left for Dead". Allmovie. Retrieved 10 November 2012.