Product Details

• Actors: Robert Carlyle, Gary Oldman, Terence Stamp, Billy Zane, Karel Roden
• Directors: Charley Stadler
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English, Japanese
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: April 8, 2008
• Run Time: 94 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0012EBV6A
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #66,096 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Dead Fish" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Gary Oldman (Batman Begins, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) is Lynch, a strangely charming hit man in this explosively funny dark comedy in the tradition of Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. With an all-star cast including Terence Stamp (Superman II, Star Wars I: Episode I - The Phantom Menace), Elena Anaya (Van Helsing, Sex and Lucia), Robert Carlyle (28 Weeks Later, The Full Monty) and Billy Zane (Titanic, The Kiss), Dead Fish is a chaotic tale of criminals looking for love, money and revenge that will have you falling out of your chair laughing!

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A movie Stands out from the others with its rare kind of outstanding script, Definitely Worth Watching,, July 14, 2009

By	Ozan Robert "RLS" (Glasgow,) - See all my reviews

I would consider every movie a good movie watching which I have a good time, especially when this feeling is confirmed to last with the ending of the movie leaving a good taste at me.It feels good to end something with the feeling of knowing that each second spent on it was totally worth it.This movie a friend of mine(to whom I should thank at the soonest occasion)gave to me was one of those movies in the every sense of the word, making me wonder while watching what was gonna happen, how the story would continue to unfold in the next scenes.Each character chosen to play in this movie suits his/her role perfectly in my opinion.Andrew Lee Potts couldn't have possibly acted better among these good actors as Abu character who is a kind of guy who mostly finds himself in the middle of the unsolveable-looking tough situations he didn't begin, yet each time finds a way to get out of the situation with the lest damage, sure with the luck on his side.I liked a lot his vulnerable, innocent character who is inside a good person and never wants to do the wrong thing indeed but is drawn to bad situations as things happen totally unplanned and out of his control.Robert Carlyle :) lol well this talkative Scottish man's character doesn't require to make any comments I would say, he's a movie on his own :) I burst out laughing most on the scenes where he plays...One of the most gifted actors I've seen yet lol.Love every move he makes...Billy Zane and others are good as well bringing a different taste into the movie making it more watchable in its different comedy line.The ending was totally unpredictable for me as it will most likely be for you, surely on the condition that you don't read it here or elsewhere, which you shoudln't.Overall this is certaintly a good comedy movie the story of which unfolds literally in a much different&nicer way than those that I've watched in the last years, which is why I've given it 5 out of 5.

1.0 out of 5 stars Even Gary Oldman Cannot Save the "Dead Fish", September 27, 2009

By	Tsuyoshi (Kyoto, Japan) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Despite its impressive cast including three gifted actors Gary Oldman, Robert Carlyle and Terence Stamp, I never heard of "Dead Fish" until recently. But I am a Gary Oldman fan and I was naturally interested in this crime comedy in which Oldman plays a hitman named Lynch. Here Lynch, competent but humorless, is suddenly attracted (romantically) to a girl Mimi (Elena Anaya) at a London station, where he helps her to retrieve her stolen cell phone, using his professional skills.

The idea sounds interesting, but the filmmakers completely failed to develop it into a decent story. Mimi was actually using the cell phone of her irresponsible boyfriend Abe (Andrew-Lee Potts), a petty criminal who owes money to a loan shark Danny (Robert Carlyle). For some reasons I don't understand, none of them - Abe, Lynch and Mimi - realize that Abe's cell phone is switched with Lynch's. More unbelievably, Abe actually accepts an "offer," not knowing the nature of a job that the killer Lynch should be doing.

The contrived set-up is followed by more incredible situations and stupid decisions of the uninteresting characters. For all its nice locations and interesting supports (Billy Zane, Jimi Mistry and Kevin R. McNally) the film lingers on pointless scene with uninspired dialogues. In short, if you are looking for Guy Ritchie, you will be disappointed. Acting is just average. If always reliable Gary Oldman looks bored, you know there is something wrong with the film.

"Dead Fish" is exactly what its unattractive title suggests.

2.0 out of 5 stars DON'T BOTHER WASTING A PENNY ON THIS FILM, September 14, 2009

By	Patricia Hemani (PA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Am a die hard Gary Oldman fan, watched almost all of his films available, when I ordered this I thought he would carry the movie and make it a fun experience, alas,this did not happen. He walked through the film without giving us the movie fan a performance we have come to expect from Mr. Oldman, excellence.