Dead Shot

Raw and suspenseful, Dead Shot is an adrenaline fuelled thriller that will leave audiences weighing up the true cost of revenge. 

Directors: Tom Guard, Charles Guard

Writers: Ronan Bennett

Producer: Chris Coen, Brian Coffey, Rebecca Brown and Thorsten Schumacher

Executive Producer: Julia Stuart, Laura Grange, Norman Merry, Peter Hampden

Cast: Aml Ameen, Colin Morgan, Felicity Jones, Mark Strong, Sophia Brown, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor

Broadcaster: Sky Cinema

Screen Scotland Funding: The film accessed £400,000 through Screen Scotland’s Production Growth Fund to support the film to shoot on location in Glasgow and Cumbernauld whilst providing opportunities for Scottish crew including a number of trainees across the production.


Synopsis

When a border ambush goes wrong, a retired Irish paramilitary (Morgan) witnesses the fatal shooting of his pregnant wife by an SAS officer (Ameen). After outwitting the SAS, now wounded, and presumed dead, he escapes, taking his revenge to the dark and paranoid streets of 1970’s London. Raw and suspenseful, Dead Shot is an adrenaline fuelled thriller that will leave audiences weighing up the true cost of revenge. 

First-look still of Aml Ameen in Dead Shot, whose character is on the floor next to a car with blood on his face, Courtesy of The Highland Midgie. Credit: Mark MainzFirst-look still of Aml Ameen in Dead Shot, Courtesy of The Highland Midgie. Credit: Mark Mainz

A woman looks concerned as she steps out of a red phone boxFirst-look still of Felicity Jones in Dead Shot, courtesy of The Highland Midgie. Credit: Mark Mainz

More information

Sky started production in Glasgow in early 2022 for new Sky Original revenge-filled action thriller Dead Shot written by Top Boy creator Ronan Bennett and The Guard Brothers. Sky, Ingenious Media and Rocket Science present in association with Screen Scotland and LipSync. Dead Shotwill be available on Sky Cinema from 12 May 2023.

Header image: Courtesy of The Highland Midgie. Credit: Mark Mainz