Dead Man's Wire

Name: Dead Man's Wire
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime
Released: 2026-01-09
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 3.5
Cast: Kelly Lynch, Vinh Nguyen, Neil Mulac, Michael Ashcraft, Elliot Gross

His revolution was televised.

Rating

3.5 (1)

Release Date

1/9/2026

Runtime

106 mins

Genres

Thriller Drama Crime

Overview

In 1977, former real estate developer Tony Kiritsis puts a dead man's switch on himself and the mortgage banker who did him wrong, demanding $5 million and a personal apology.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$13,000,000

Revenue

$2,248,569

Homepage

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How It Feels

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A man wires himself and his victim with explosives in 1977 Indianapolis, turning a personal grudge into a sprawling media spectacle that unfolds like a real-time thriller with darkly comic undertones. It's a story about rage, desperation, and the seductive power of public vindication.

Mood

TenseDefiantAbsurd

Themes

RevengeObsessionClassPower

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

Bill Skarsgård

Tony Kiritsis

Dacre Montgomery

Colman Domingo

Al Pacino

Cary Elwes

Myha'la

Kelly Lynch

Mabel Hall

John Robinson

D.J. Stroud

Jordan Claire Robbins

Doreen

Katie Kinman

Ibby Hall

Mark Helms

Frank Love

Reviews

stormaciousd

Jun 5, 2026

I love how this looks. The 70s aesthetic is executed so perfectly, and I loved the little snippets meant to look like real news footage. Also it's kind of exciting when Bill Skarsgärd just has his normal face, isn't it? He's not a scary clown or anything. Just a cutie with a mustache trying to take down the man!

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