Dead Man Walking
Seen it?1988 | 87 min | Action, Science Fiction
Friday Night Flickearly ratingWhy it’s a Friday Night Flick
Critics loved it (95% on Rotten Tomatoes), it won an Oscar and it's still drawing plenty of interest. Make plans for this one.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Aimed squarely at fans of end-of-the-world stories and sci-fi fans. It builds a whole broken world and makes you live in it.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Lean, with little time wasted, at 1 hr 27 min. Short enough for a weeknight.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
- Not for anyone who finds explosions tiring.
After Leila, his boss's daughter, is kidnapped by psychopathic plague victim Decker, chauffeur Chazz teams up with plague-infected mercenary Luger to penetrate the toxic & off-limits Plague Zone and bring her back alive.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsVery strong
95% on Rotten Tomatoes, 80 on Metacritic
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsVery strong
Won 1 Oscar: Academy Awards: Best Actress. Won 1 SAG Award: Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role. Won 1 Berlin award: Berlin International Film Festival: Best Foreign Film. Won 1 Independent Spirit Award: Independent Spirit Awards: Best Male Lead. Also nominated for 3 more Oscars, 3 Golden Globes and 1 more SAG Award. Plus 14 other awards.
- Box office & staying powerSolid
$83 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactStrong
About 346K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Gregory Dark
- Wings HauserJohn Luger
- Brion JamesDecker
- Jeffrey CombsChaz
- Pamela LudwigLeila
- Leland CrookeNomad Farmer
- Sy RichardsonSnake
- Joe D'AngerioGordon
- Tasia ValenzaRika
- John Walter DavisBody Counter
- Penelope SudrowPookie