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Dead in a Week or Your Money Back (stylized as Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) is a 2018 British black comedy film, the directorial debut of Tom Edmunds. The film stars Tom Wilkinson as an aging hitman and Aneurin Barnard as his prospective last contract.
The film premiered at the 2018 Edinburgh International Film Festival and also screened at the Rome International Film Festival, ahead of an exclusive release in Odeon Cinemas UK, by Republic Film Distribution.




Plot


The plot follows Leslie, an aging hitman on the brink of retirement, who has not met his annual quota with the British Guild of Assassins. His officious boss, Harvey, sets him a deadline that forces Leslie to resort to desperate measures – hanging out at suicide hotspots to try and pick up some extra business. On the wrong side of Chelsea Bridge, he meets struggling writer William. Leslie offers an unconventional deal: dead in a week or your money back. However, with the deal signed, William finally finds some sense of security, leading him to wonder if the deal is what he really wanted.




Cast


Tom Wilkinson as Leslie
Aneurin Barnard as William
Freya Mavor as Ellie
Christopher Eccleston as Harvey
Marion Bailey as Penny
Velibor Topic as Ivan
Nigel Lindsay as Brian




Reception


The film was well supported on its release in UK Cinemas, backed by Stephen Fry, who became an Executive Producer, and The Samaritans.
The critical reception was mixed. The Hollywood Reporter praised Tom Wilkinson's depiction of the hitman "Although Leslie proves quite ruthless and skilled at his evil profession, the veteran actor manages to make him somehow lovable."
Perhaps surprisingly the film had a much wider theatrical release in Italy taking almost $700k at the box office
The film was also released by Netflix in 2019.




References






External links


Dead in a Week or Your Money Back at IMDb
Dead in a Week or Your Money Back at Rotten Tomatoes

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