Kevin Zegers

Based on the remarkable true story of British undercover agent who successfully infiltrated the IRA, the writer / director Kari Skogland thriller takes the title of book author Martin McGartland's best-selling novel of the same name. In the 1980s when the Irish civil conflict was at its most treacherous, 22 year-old Martin McGartland was recruited by the British police to infiltrate and spy on the IRA. He lived his life under the constant threat of exposure and subsequent guaranteed torture and death and yet he continued because his information saved many lives. He enjoyed the buzz until he was discovered and had to flee, against all odds.

Synopsis
Marty McGartland is a street hustler 22-year-old native of Ireland, who live in the 1980s. It is pointed out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army | Irish Republican Army, but believed that their justice is cruel not good. The British want to use Marty as well, due to its link with the community undetected. British police want him to infiltrate and spy on the IRA. Marty decides to work for the police because of his aversion to the IRA. He soon forgets his political preferences when his position of power takes over. Despite fears that the IRA to learn more about his espionage, he built a new sense of self-esteem. Afraid that his family and friends will be murdered if they are informed, Marty begins to lead a double life. Even his new girlfriend Lara knows nothing of his work. Things begin to be felt when the British sell them. They explain their system could fall down and reveal their bait Marty was throughout. IAR capture and torture Marty, but he is able to escape. His best friend and former colleague, Marty believes the British police and decides to help him hide. Marty knows the IRA to turn to his family and is forced to make a decision, saving himself or his loved ones.

Premiering at the 2008 Festival, Toronto Film and always when the press does not have a release date in the United States or the United Kingdom is controversial crime thriller, Fifty Dead Men Walking. The subject is sensitive for a time that nobody enjoyed living. Skogland does a solid job directing the film and it becomes tight in its final act. However, the Irish accents are thick throughout the film it is very difficult to catch everything in the dialogue. The action starts in the second half of the film, but the first half is so crucial in establishing both character development and dialogue that speaks volumes of history. Bulk or even fictionalized adaptation, Skogland seems to have delivered an effective story. However, McGartland has protested and criticized the film, he even tried to block the film's release, but a settlement was made. He concluded that Fifty Dead Men Walking is not an exact account of my story, while the film's producers said it is inspired by the contents and that McGartland agreed not to use a fictitious name for the main character in the film. McGartland also criticized the consultation of members of the IRA by the former Skogland. More controversy followed the film when Rose McGowan, who plays Grace Sterrin powerful IRA members in the film, said at the premiere of the movie if she had grown up in Belfast that it would have been 100 percent in the IRA. This controversy added to the film besides he is already dealing with sensitive materials do not help the film find a distributor or a release date. Jim Sturgess and Ben Kingsley are exceptional in the film and share a tender chemistry, which is essential to their operations in the third act of the film.

Fifty Dead Men Walking is a good, but not a great film. The biggest distraction is the film thickness Irish accents, which makes it difficult to understand all the dialogues of the film especially in the first half. It is disheartening that this film has its main source of disturbance in.