Dead in a Week (or Your Money Back)
2018 · Movie · R · 90 min · ★ 6.3 · 45% critics
After a string of failed attempts to end his life, a struggling young man hires an aging assassin to do the job within a week—or refund the fee. But as new connections and purpose begin to surface, he starts to reconsider, while the assassin faces mounting pressure to follow through.
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Details
- Original title
- Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-09-12
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 45/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (364 votes)
About
If you enjoy dark, low-key British comedy with a surprisingly warm streak and a hitman twist, this could click, especially if you liked The Matador or Sick Note; Not for you if suicide-themed humor is a hard no.
Pros: dark British humor; witty dialogue; offbeat premise | Cons: one-joke feel; slow pacing; ending may overreach
Themes
- assassin
- hitman
- suicide attempt
- death wish
Cast & crew
Aneurin Barnard
as William
Tom Wilkinson
as Leslie
Freya Mavor
as Ellie
Christopher Eccleston
as Harvey
Marion Bailey
as Penny
Velibor Topic
as Ivan
Nigel Lindsay
as Brian
Gethin Anthony
as Charlie
Marcia Warren
as Margaret
Emma Campbell-Jones
as William's Mum
Directed by Tom Edmunds